Lead Caregiver

Job Overview

As a Lead Caregiver, you’ll coordinate daily care and provide hands-on support that helps residents maintain comfort, dignity, and independence. You’ll guide caregiving routines, observe changes in residents’ well-being, and communicate clearly with residents, families, and care team members. Your impact: Consistent observation and timely communication help residents receive responsive care and support safer daily routines.

Responsibilities

• Provide patient care and personal care assistance, including help with activities of daily living (ADLs), mobility, and personal transportation.
• Follow care plans; support medication administration as authorized, monitor vital signs, and report changes in condition.
• Use safe patient transfer methods and equipment, such as a Hoyer lift, and follow manual-handling practices.
• Prepare meals, cook, clean living areas, and support residents’ daily routines.
• Respect residents’ rights and privacy, follow Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) requirements, and maintain first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) readiness.

Requirements

• Caregiving or direct support experience; experience leading care routines is valuable.
• Relevant experience may include assisted living, group homes, nursing homes, long-term care, home care, home health, hospice, home and community care, senior care, or geriatrics.
• Familiarity with Alzheimer’s, dementia, or memory care; experience supporting people with autism, developmental or intellectual disabilities, neurodevelopmental disorders, or other disabilities is welcome.
• Knowledge of patient observation and monitoring, nursing, patient care, meal preparation, cleaning, ADLs, transfers, and safe lifting is useful.
• First aid and CPR credentials may be required for the role; follow applicable care procedures and communicate respectfully with residents and clients.

Pay: $24.11 - $29.04 per hour

Expected hours: 40.0 per week

Benefits

• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Mileage reimbursement
• Paid orientation
• Paid time off
• Paid training
• Referral program
• Relocation assistance

Work Location: In person