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Well Being Home Health Care, LLC Direct Care Worker- Coatesville in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Specific Duties:

? Perform personal care activities, including but not limited to bathing, grooming, dressing, eating, and using the bathroom.

? Perform household duties, including but not limited meal preparation, light housekeeping, and running errands.

? Provide patients with mobility assistance

? Medication reminders. DCW must not administer any medications.

? Follow care plans and guidelines set by RNs.

? Prepare and submit all documentation by established deadlines in conjunction with policies and procedures.

? Report unusual behavior, changes in patient condition, refusal of care, home safety hazards, or any other pertinent patient information to supervisor

? Show flexibility in responding to the needs of the patient.

? Maintains a safe, secure, and healthy patient environment by following standard precautions, maintaining security precautions, and following prescribed dietary requirements and nutrition standards.

? Collaborate with physicians, patients and their families, nurses, therapists, social workers and other members of the patient care team to implement and follow a patient specific care and treatment plan.

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