Job Description

Our VitaCare Living Hayward location is seeking individuals who embrace challenges with a positive mindset and a good dose of humor. Are you someone with a unique passion for supporting the elderly and enhancing their quality of life? Interested in launching a career in the healthcare field? VitaCare Living of Hayward is looking for a Care Specialist to join our team, and you could be the perfect fit! Take the first step by initiating the application process. We're excited to get to know you! We have FT/PT and Casual positions available on PM and Overnight shifts with flexible scheduling. No experience, no problem! We offer paid training. If you are ready to be a team player, we encourage you to apply today! Responsibilities: • Provide personal care tasks such as calling doctors’ offices, scheduling appointments, and coordinating Medicare and other insurance details • Reinforce accurate and up-to-date care records and work with the case manager to implement the patient care plan • Assist patients in completing personal hygiene tasks like bathing, grooming, dressing, toileting, shaving, etc. • Administer Medications: Dispense medications as directed, maintaining an annual error rate of no more than one mistake • Resident Response:  Attend to any and all resident call lights within 10 minutes to ensure responsive and attentive care • Light Housekeeping:  Perform regular light housekeeping in resident rooms at least once weekly to promote a clean and comfortable living space • Service Charting:  Accurately document all services provided without missing tasks, ensuring compliance with company standards • Assistance with ADLs:  Support residents in Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) according to each individual’s Client Service Plan, with a zero-tolerance policy for missed tasks • Administer Basic Medical Tasks: T aking vital signs, measuring glucose levels, replacing bandages and dressings, and ensuring the proper use of medical devices • Maintain Psychological and Emotional Support for Patients and Family Members: Provide quality companionship Qualifications: • A high school diploma or GED equivalent is required - some college is an asset • Empathetic, compassionate, and kind personality with excellent organization and communication skills are desired • Total Ownership: Takes control of outcomes, removes obstacles to success, no excuses • Resourcefulness: Finds ways to achieve results despite a lack of resources, able to self-educate • Big Why: The driving force behind your career is the passionate care for vulnerable adults • Growth: Has habits that lead to small improvements in self and team every day • Humility: Puts ego aside, accepts criticism, to finds the best solution in all situations • Reliability Show Up: Able to be trusted when needed • Gratitude: Intentionally looks for, thinks about, and talks about the good in any situation • A compassionate, kind, and empathetic personality is essential, with superb organization and communication skills • Ability to work every other weekend • CBRF Certifications or willingness to obtain them during employment About Company: About VitaCare Living Hayward I & Hayward II: We believe in living with a purpose outside of ourselves. VitaCare Living is a collection of communities full of people with purpose. Our residents wake up each day with another opportunity to grow and improve the world around them. Our staff work each day with people they care deeply for and have careers full of opportunity. VitaCare Living is an established Assisted Living and Memory Care provider with a mission to Add LIFE to the Years of our Residents and Staff. With 17 locations across two states, we care for over 300 residents in smaller, home-like settings that prioritize community, dignity, and purpose.

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Casual work, Flexible hours, Night shift, Weekend work,

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