Caregiver Job Description Sample

This Caregiver sample job description can be used to help you create a job advert that will attract candidates who are qualified for the job. Feel free to revise this job description to meet your specific job duties and job requirements.

Job Title: Caregiver

Caregiver Job Purpose:

Providing medical and day-to-day care for the elderly, ill, disabled, and other people who aren't able to take care of themselves.

Caregiver Job Duties:

  • Interacting with patients in medical facilities, nursing homes, or in the patients' homes
  • Traveling between sites to give care to multiple patients
  • Providing a warm and welcoming care environment
  • Listening to a patient's needs, wants, and other suggestions about their care
  • Attending to patient's hygienic needs such as bathing, dressing and undressing, cleaning teeth or dentures, and using the bathroom
  • Recording basic health information such as weight, food intake, and daily bowel movements/urination
  • Reporting any unexpected or worrisome conditions in the patient: medical, psychological, emotional, or otherwise
  • Assisting patients with preparing meals, eating, and cleaning up after themselves
  • Performing household chores on behalf of the patient such as making the bed, tidying up the bedroom, doing laundry, dusting, sweeping, mopping, etc.
  • Assisting with shopping, keeping a detailed financial record of all transactions
  • Accompanying patients on approved outings
  • Assisting patients with mobility needs (helping them get up, helping them get into a wheelchair or walker, pushing a wheelchair, etc.)
  • Reminding patients to take medication according to their doctor's prescription
  • Respecting the patients' privacy and rules of confidentiality
  • Establishing a relationship with each patient and members of patients' families
  • Answering the telephone and greeting guests on behalf of the patient
  • Responding to medical and other emergencies immediately

Caregiver Skills and Qualifications:

Patience, Attentiveness, Concern, Empathy, Domestic Tasks, Medicine, Listening, Communication, Positive Attitude, Discretion, Punctuality, Friendliness, Writing, Reporting, Preparing Meals, Babysitting, Cleaning, Laundry, Traveling

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