Lead Caregiver
Position Summary
The Lead Caregiver plays a key leadership role within our Companion Care team. This position provides hands-on care to residents while also supporting, mentoring, and motivating caregiving team members. The Lead Caregiver works closely with the Companion Care Assistant Manager and Companion Care Manager to ensure exceptional resident care, strong team performance, and compliance with all policies and care plans.
If you are a compassionate caregiver with leadership qualities and a passion for supporting both residents and teammates, we would love to meet you.
Key Responsibilities
- Assist residents with activities of daily living (ADLs), including bathing, dressing, grooming, incontinence care, vital signs, and weights
- Promote resident dignity, independence, and quality of life
- Serve as a positive role model by setting a “can-do” tone each shift
- Support, motivate, and inspire caregiving team members
- Train and mentor new team members using the onboarding program
- Address caregiving questions and concerns from team members
- Review caregiving duties to ensure quality and compliance
- Monitor and document resident health, behavior, and care needs
- Provide medication reminders and complete required documentation
- Participate in on-call responsibilities and manage on-call phone as scheduled
- Communicate effectively with residents, families, team members, and leadership
- Provide tours to prospective residents and families when leadership is unavailable
- Escort residents to medical appointments as needed
- Ensure resident safety and follow all emergency, evacuation, and care protocols
- Maintain confidentiality of all resident and client information
- Attend meetings, in-services, and required training
- Assist leadership with additional duties as assigned
Qualifications
- High School Diploma or GED required
- Minimum of one year of prior caregiving experience
- Strong leadership and interpersonal skills
- Ability to problem-solve and work independently
- Friendly, courteous, and professional communication style
- Basic computer skills and ability to navigate simple programs
- Ability to read regulations and resident records
- Legible handwriting
Physical Requirements
- Ability to lift up to 50 pounds and push up to 200 pounds
- Ability to walk, stand, sit, reach, and use hands and fingers regularly
- Ability to see, hear, and communicate effectively
- Maintain a professional appearance (uniform or professional attire, name tag, minimal jewelry)
Apply today to become part of a community where compassion, leadership, and quality care truly matter.
The Village at Germantown is a nonprofit retirement community where we focus on your individual needs so that you can have quality care in all seasons of retirement. As a Continuing Care Retirement Community in Germantown Tennessee, we offer multiple levels of care like independent living, skilled nursing, assisted living, rehabilitation, and memory care. We encourage residents to find a novel passion among new friends and focus your newfound time on what you love but didn’t have time for before retirement. We encourage you to get to know the Village at Germantown by exploring our website. Click on the careers tab to see all of the open positions we currently have.