Caregiver at CareLinx by Sharecare
Jamaica, NY
About the Job
CareLinx by Sharecare is not your average agency or registry. We empower you to work on your terms! You choose your shifts at our partner facilities, make your own schedule, and how much you want to work whether it’s full-time, part-time, sometimes, or anytime - there are no minimum or maximum hours required.
Earn more doing what you love by being in control of the when, where, and what shifts you want to work through CareLinx’s mobile app. Join our community of healthcare professionals and nurses making a difference and maintaining a better work/life balance. Get the respect you deserve as a nursing professional.
Job Summary:
CareLinx by Sharecare is looking for Per Diem Caregivers (CGs) to join our team.
This role is part-time. We are looking for several caregivers for various shifts with some weekends and holidays required. Sitter's responsibilities include monitoring the participants' daily activities, providing emotional support and companionship, as well responding to the patients' inquiries, concerns, and requests.
Essential Job Functions:
• Supervise patients in your care without distraction
• Alerting nurses when patients need help or intervention
• Providing emotional support and companionship to patients
• Refraining from performing medical procedures or any unauthorized actions
• Keeping patient information confidential
• Develop and facilitate engaging, functionally appropriate, interesting, stimulating and safe program
• Activities in the indoor area. Ensure that activities are balanced to meet the needs of the member
• Effectively communicate and build trust with the member verbally or using verbal or visual cuing techniques to provide care and interact to meet the social and emotional needs of the individual
• Report notable program participant changes
• Adhering to the facility’s policies and standards
Specific Skills/ Attributes:
• Care and compassion for others
• Customer focused
• Good communicator
• Team player
• Ability to learn new systems and work processes
• Exceptional listening and communication skills
• Strong observation ability
• Ability to handle emotionally distressing situations.
• Professional appearance and excellent hygiene
• Ability to act calmly and swiftly under pressure
• Fluent in Hebrew, Russian, Spanish and/or Cantonese language (Preferred).
Qualifications:
• Caregiver experience especially with de-escalation.
• Ability to communicate in English
• Care and compassion for others
• Valid government ID
• Eligibility to work in the US
• TB test
• Proof of COVID vaccination, including first booster
• Reliable transportation
CareLinx by Sharecare is a leading nationwide network of licensed tech-enabled caregivers and nurses dispatched on-demand to serve patients in need. As a professional caregiver and health care professional marketplace, CareLinx connects trusted and licensed professionals with families in need of home care services, health care facilities, and partner locations. Nurse on Demand, the medical staffing division of CareLinx, leverages our established nationwide network of tech-enabled nursing and care professionals for on-demand dispatch and medical staffing. CareLinx is part of Sharecare Inc.
Sharecare is the leading digital health company that helps people – no matter where they are in their health journey – unify and manage all their health in one place. Our comprehensive and data-driven virtual health platform is designed to help people, providers, employers, health plans, government organizations, and communities optimize individual and population-wide well-being by driving positive behavior change. Driven by our philosophy that we are all together better, at Sharecare, we are committed to supporting each individual through the lens of their personal health and making high-quality care more accessible and affordable for everyone. To learn more, visit www.sharecare.com.
Sharecare, Inc. and its subsidiaries are Equal Opportunity Employers and E-Verify users. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, age, equal pay, disability, genetic information, protected veteran status, or other status protected under applicable law.