Caregiver/Personal Care Assistant 40+ Hours Weekly

Overview

This position is for the Maryville (39 hours weekly) and Alcoa (8 hours weekly) areas. As a Caregiver/Personal Care Assistant, you’ll provide respectful, hands-on support that helps clients and residents maintain comfort, safety, and independence. You may work in home care, home and community care, assisted living, group homes, nursing homes, or long-term care settings. Your impact: Attentive personal care and patient monitoring help individuals and their families feel supported and informed.

Duties

• Assist with activities of daily living (ADLs), personal care, mobility, and safe transfers; use a Hoyer lift and other equipment when trained and appropriate.
• Follow care plans, observe changes in condition, monitor vital signs as assigned, and communicate updates clearly to clients, residents, and the care team.
• Support medication administration within your authorized role and follow privacy requirements, including the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), and residents’ rights.
• Prepare meals, cook, light housekeeping
• Deliver compassionate senior care, geriatrics, dementia, Alzheimer’s, memory, hospice, disability, and home health support, adapting care to each person’s needs.

Qualifications- Preferred but Not Required

• Patient care, caregiving, direct support, client communication, and patient observation skills; experience assisting people with disabilities, autism, developmental or intellectual disabilities, or neurodevelopmental disorders is valuable.
• Experience in home care, home and community care, assisted living, group homes, nursing homes, or long-term care is welcome.
• Knowledge of manual handling, patient transfer methods, heavy lifting, patient monitoring, and vital signs is helpful.
• First aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) skills are preferred. Nursing experience and familiarity with care plans and medication administration are also valued.
• Demonstrate patience, respect, reliability, and a commitment to safe, person-centered care.

Office phone: (931) 723-3770 ext. 126

Qualifications

- Must be 18 years old

- Valid driver’s license

- Car insurance

- Social Security card

- Pass background check

- Pass drug screening

All qualified applicants will receive consideration from contract without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin.

Pay: From $15.00 per hour

Expected hours: 40.0 – 45.0 per week

Benefits

• Flexible schedule
• Referral program

Shift availability

* Day Shift (Required)

Ability to Commute

* Maryville, TN 37804 (Preferred)

Work Location: In person