Private Caregiver
$35,360–$39,520 year
On-siteNashville, Tennessee, United States
Nashville, Tennessee, United StatesOn-siteFull Time$35,360–$39,520 yearHigh School Or Equivalent
Full TimeHigh School Or Equivalent
Job Summary
Provide continuous supervision, safety monitoring, and hands-on assistance for a fully bedbound client, including activities of daily living, personal hygiene, incontinence care, and repositioning. Safely operate a Hoyer lift and perform approved transfers between the bed, wheelchair, and other areas. Prepare meals, offer fluids, and monitor intake while documenting all care tasks and reporting changes in condition immediately. Maintain a clean environment through laundry, light housekeeping, and supply organization. This awake overnight position requires strict adherence to an established care plan with no sleeping permitted during the 12-hour shift. Candidates must commit to recurring weekend availability, including Saturday, and provide verifiable employment history and professional references.
Required Qualifications
- Hoyer lift experience
- Previous hands-on Hoyer lift experience
- Comfortable safely following an established transfer plan and using approved transfer equipment
- Verifiable hands-on caregiving experience
- Experience providing care involving fully bedbound or significantly mobility-impaired clients
- Experience with total-assistance or high-care-needs clients
- Experience with bathing and bed baths
- Experience with incontinence and perineal care
- Experience with repositioning and bed mobility
- Experience with gait belts and other approved transfer equipment
- Experience with dressing and grooming
- Experience with feeding assistance
- Experience with meal preparation
- Experience with dementia or cognitive impairment when applicable
- Experience maintaining client safety throughout extended shifts
- Valid driver's license
- Reliable transportation to and from assigned client locations
- Proof of current automobile insurance
- Current CPR and First Aid certification
- High school diploma or GED
- Complete five-year employment history
- Verifiable previous caregiving employment and experience
- Professional references from previous employers, supervisors, facilities, agencies, nurses, or other appropriate professional sources
- Ability to provide verifiable professional employment references
- Accurate information regarding previous caregiving responsibilities and employment
- History of reliability and job commitment
- Ability to arrive on time for every scheduled shift
- Ability to maintain the availability provided during the hiring and placement process
- Ability to complete required shift confirmations
- Ability to maintain reliable communication with management
- Ability to remain for the entire scheduled shift
- Ability to never leave a dependent client unattended without authorization
- Ability to complete an appropriate caregiver-to-caregiver handoff before departing
- Ability to immediately contact management if an emergency or unexpected circumstance could affect attendance
- Ability to successfully complete required criminal background screening
- Ability to meet applicable abuse-registry and sex-offender-registry screening requirements
- Ability to successfully complete required drug screening and remain eligible for random drug screening
- Ability to provide required identification and employment documentation
- Ability to successfully complete agency onboarding and orientation
- Ability to complete all required agency training
- Ability to complete client-specific training and competency verification when required before independent placement
- Ability to accurately use the agency's electronic scheduling, clock-in/clock-out, documentation, and communication systems
- Ability to maintain client confidentiality and appropriate professional boundaries at all times
- Ability to be consistently available for at least one weekend day each week
- Ability to work night shifts (7:00 PM–7:00 AM) as an AWAKE overnight position
- Ability to remain awake, alert, responsive, attentive, and available to the client throughout the entire 12-hour night shift
- Ability to avoid sleeping, napping, dozing, intentionally lying down to rest, or otherwise becoming unavailable to the client during the shift
- Ability to wear clean, solid navy blue scrub tops and scrub pants
- Ability to wear closed-toe and closed-heel shoes appropriate for caregiving duties and transfers
- Ability to maintain clean, neat, and appropriately secured hair when necessary for safe hands-on care
- Ability to maintain personal hygiene throughout every shift
- Ability to avoid strong perfumes, colognes, body sprays, and fragrances
- Ability to remain appropriately dressed throughout the entire shift
- Ability to provide meaningful companionship and appropriate engagement while respecting the client's preferences, privacy, dignity, and independence
- Ability to complete all required electronic documentation, care tasks, shift notes, and change-of-condition reporting accurately and on time
- Ability to observe the client's skin during personal care and immediately report redness, irritation, bruising, swelling, skin breakdown, or other changes
- Ability to monitor for changes in the client's behavior, cognition, mobility, appetite, hydration, elimination, sleep patterns, skin condition, or overall well-being
- Ability to immediately report changes in condition, incidents, or safety concerns to management
- Ability to change sheets and bedding and maintain a clean, dry, sanitary, and comfortable sleeping environment
- Ability to complete client laundry, including clothing, towels, washcloths, sheets, and bedding
- Ability to perform routine light housekeeping and maintain the client's bedroom, bathroom, kitchen, and commonly used areas
- Ability to keep the client's care supplies and environment clean, sanitary, and appropriately organized
- Ability to properly dispose of trash and used personal-care supplies
- Ability to prepare appropriate meals and snacks according to the client's established dietary instructions and preferences
- Ability to provide feeding assistance when required
- Ability to offer and encourage fluids regularly according to the client's care plan
- Ability to monitor food and fluid intake and report significant concerns or changes
- Ability to provide permitted non-medical medication reminders and assistance according to the established care plan and agency policy
- Ability to provide continuous supervision, safety monitoring, and companionship throughout the scheduled shift
- Ability to provide complete assistance with activities of daily living (ADLs)
- Ability to perform thorough bed baths and maintain the client's personal hygiene
- Ability to assist with grooming, oral hygiene, dressing, hair care, and shaving as required
- Ability to provide prompt and thorough incontinence and perineal care
- Ability to regularly check the client for wet or soiled briefs and provide care promptly to maintain cleanliness, comfort, dignity, and skin integrity
- Ability to reposition the client according to the established care plan to maintain comfort and reduce prolonged pressure
- Ability to safely operate a Hoyer lift and other approved transfer equipment according to the client's individualized care plan
- Ability to assist with approved transfers between the bed, wheelchair, recliner, or other designated areas
- Ability to follow all established transfer, mobility, and positioning precautions
- Ability to provide permitted non-medical medication reminders and assistance according to the established care plan and agency policy
- Ability to maintain a clean, dry, sanitary, and comfortable sleeping environment
- Ability to complete client laundry, including clothing, towels, washcloths, sheets, and bedding
- Ability to perform routine light housekeeping and maintain the client's bedroom, bathroom, kitchen, and commonly used areas
- Ability to keep the client's care supplies and environment clean, sanitary, and appropriately organized
- Ability to properly dispose of trash and used personal-care supplies
- Ability to provide meaningful companionship and appropriate engagement while respecting the client's preferences, privacy, dignity, and independence
- Ability to complete all required electronic documentation, care tasks, shift notes, and change-of-condition reporting accurately and on time
- Ability to provide a complete five-year employment history when requested
- Ability to provide verifiable professional employment references
- Ability to provide professional references who can speak to reliability, attendance, professionalism, caregiving abilities, communication, and work performance
- Ability to provide accurate information regarding previous caregiving responsibilities and employment
- Ability to provide proof of current automobile insurance when required
- Ability to successfully complete required criminal background screening
- Ability to meet applicable abuse-registry and sex-offender-registry screening requirements
- Ability to complete required drug screening when requested and remain eligible for random drug screening according to agency policy
- Ability to possess or obtain current CPR and First Aid certification as required
- Ability to provide required identification and employment documentation
- Ability to provide a high school diploma or GED as required
- Ability to successfully complete agency onboarding and orientation
- Ability to complete all required agency training
- Ability to complete client-specific training and competency verification when required before independent placement
- Ability to be able to accurately use the agency's electronic scheduling, clock-in/clock-out, documentation, and communication systems
- Ability to maintain client confidentiality and appropriate professional boundaries at all times
- Ability to maintain reliable communication with management
- Ability to be consistently available for at least one weekend day each week
- Ability to work at least one weekend day each week
- Ability to work Saturday availability (strongly preferred)
- Ability to commit to a dependable, ongoing schedule
- Ability to maintain that commitment once accepting a recurring client schedule
- Ability to not have availability that changes frequently after accepting an assignment
- Ability to be dependable
- Ability to be energetic
- Ability to take reliability, professionalism, compassion, and client dignity seriously
- Ability to be confident providing personal care
- Ability to understand the responsibilities involved in caring for a fully dependent client
- Ability to be comfortable safely following an established transfer plan and using approved transfer equipment
- Ability to be prepared to discuss their previous hands-on experience with Hoyer lift
- Ability to have competency verified before independent placement
- Ability to provide verifiable hands-on caregiving experience
- Ability to have previous hands-on Hoyer lift experience
- Ability to provide verifiable professional employment references
- Ability to demonstrate a history of reliability and job commitment
- Ability to have a valid driver's license
- Ability to have reliable transportation to and from assigned client locations
- Ability to provide proof of current automobile insurance when required
- Ability to successfully complete required criminal background screening
- Ability to meet applicable abuse-registry and sex-offender-registry screening requirements
- Ability to complete required drug screening when requested and remain eligible for random drug screening according to agency policy
- Ability to possess or obtain current CPR and First Aid certification as required
- Ability to provide required identification and employment documentation
- Ability to provide a high school diploma or GED as required
- Ability to successfully complete agency onboarding and orientation
- Ability to complete all required agency training
- Ability to complete client-specific training and competency verification when required before independent placement
- Ability to be able to accurately use the agency's electronic scheduling, clock-in/clock-out, documentation, and communication systems
- Ability to maintain client confidentiality and appropriate professional boundaries at all times
- Ability to maintain reliable communication with management
- Ability to be consistently available for at least one weekend day each week
- Ability to work night shifts (7:00 PM–7:00 AM) as an AWAKE overnight position
- Ability to remain awake, alert, responsive, attentive, and available to the client throughout the entire 12-hour night shift
- Ability to avoid sleeping, napping, dozing, intentionally lying down to rest, or otherwise becoming unavailable to the client during the shift
- Ability to wear clean, solid navy blue scrub tops and scrub pants
- Ability to wear closed-toe and closed-heel shoes appropriate for caregiving duties and transfers
- Ability to maintain clean, neat, and appropriately secured hair when necessary for safe hands-on care
- Ability to maintain personal hygiene throughout every shift
- Ability to avoid strong perfumes, colognes, body sprays, and fragrances
- Ability to remain appropriately dressed throughout the entire shift
- Ability to provide meaningful companionship and appropriate engagement while respecting the client's preferences, privacy, dignity, and independence
- Ability to complete all required electronic documentation, care tasks, shift notes, and change-of-condition reporting accurately and on time
- Ability to observe the client's skin during personal care and immediately report redness, irritation, bruising, swelling, skin breakdown, or other changes
- Ability to monitor for changes in the client's behavior, cognition, mobility, appetite, hydration, elimination, sleep patterns, skin condition, or overall well-being
- Ability to immediately report changes in condition, incidents, or safety concerns to management
- Ability to change sheets and bedding and maintain a clean, dry, sanitary, and comfortable sleeping environment
- Ability to complete client laundry, including clothing, towels, washcloths, sheets, and bedding
- Ability to perform routine light housekeeping and maintain the client's bedroom, bathroom, kitchen, and commonly used areas
- Ability to keep the client's care supplies and environment clean, sanitary, and appropriately organized
- Ability to properly dispose of trash and used personal-care supplies
- Ability to prepare appropriate meals and snacks according to the client's established dietary instructions and preferences
- Ability to provide feeding assistance when required
- Ability to offer and encourage fluids regularly according to the client's care plan
- Ability to monitor food and fluid intake and report significant concerns or changes
- Ability to provide permitted non-medical medication reminders and assistance according to the established care plan and agency policy
- Ability to provide continuous supervision, safety monitoring, and companionship throughout the scheduled shift
- Ability to provide complete assistance with activities of daily living (ADLs)
- Ability to perform thorough bed baths and maintain the client's personal hygiene
- Ability to assist with grooming, oral hygiene, dressing, hair care, and shaving as required
- Ability to provide prompt and thorough incontinence and perineal care
- Ability to regularly check the client for wet or soiled briefs and provide care promptly to maintain cleanliness, comfort, dignity, and skin integrity
- Ability to reposition the client according to the established care plan to maintain comfort and reduce prolonged pressure
- Ability to safely operate a Hoyer lift and other approved transfer equipment according to the client's individualized care plan
- Ability to assist with approved transfers between the bed, wheelchair, recliner, or other designated areas
- Ability to follow all established transfer, mobility, and positioning precautions
- Ability to provide permitted non-medical medication reminders and assistance according to the established care plan and agency policy
- Ability to maintain a clean, dry, sanitary, and comfortable sleeping environment
- Ability to complete client laundry, including clothing, towels, washcloths, sheets, and bedding
- Ability to perform routine light housekeeping and maintain the client's bedroom, bathroom, kitchen, and commonly used areas
- Ability to keep the client's care supplies and environment clean, sanitary, and appropriately organized
- Ability to properly dispose of trash and used personal-care supplies
- Ability to provide meaningful companionship and appropriate engagement while respecting the client's preferences, privacy, dignity, and independence
- Ability to complete all required electronic documentation, care tasks, shift notes, and change-of-condition reporting accurately and on time
- Ability to provide a complete five-year employment history when requested
- Ability to provide verifiable professional employment references
- Ability to provide professional references who can speak to reliability, attendance, professionalism, caregiving abilities, communication, and work performance
- Ability to provide accurate information regarding previous caregiving responsibilities and employment
- Ability to provide proof of current automobile insurance when required
- Ability to successfully complete required criminal background screening
- Ability to meet applicable abuse-registry and sex-offender-registry screening requirements
- Ability to complete required drug screening when requested and remain eligible for random drug screening according to agency policy
- Ability to possess or obtain current CPR and First Aid certification as required
- Ability to provide required identification and employment documentation
- Ability to provide a high school diploma or GED as required
- Ability to successfully complete agency onboarding and orientation
- Ability to complete all required agency training
- Ability to complete client-specific training and competency verification when required before independent placement
- Ability to be able to accurately use the agency's electronic scheduling, clock-in/clock-out, documentation, and communication systems
- Ability to maintain client confidentiality and appropriate professional boundaries at all times
- Ability to maintain reliable communication with management
- Ability to be consistently available for at least one weekend day each week
- Ability to work night shifts (7:00 PM–7:00 AM) as an AWAKE overnight position
- Ability to remain awake, alert, responsive, attentive, and available to the client throughout the entire 12-hour night shift
- Ability to avoid sleeping, napping, dozing, intentionally lying down to rest, or otherwise becoming unavailable to the client during the shift
- Ability to wear clean, solid navy blue scrub tops and scrub pants
- Ability to wear closed-toe and closed-heel shoes appropriate for caregiving duties and transfers
- Ability to maintain clean, neat, and appropriately secured hair when necessary for safe hands-on care
- Ability to maintain personal hygiene throughout every shift
- Ability to avoid strong perfumes, colognes, body sprays, and fragrances
- Ability to remain appropriately dressed throughout the entire shift
- Ability to provide meaningful companionship and appropriate engagement while respecting the client's preferences, privacy, dignity, and independence
- Ability to complete all required electronic documentation, care tasks, shift notes, and change-of-condition reporting accurately and on time
- Ability to observe the client's skin during personal care and immediately report redness, irritation, bruising, swelling, skin breakdown, or other changes
- Ability to monitor for changes in the client's behavior, cognition, mobility, appetite, hydration, elimination, sleep patterns, skin condition, or overall well-being
- Ability to immediately report changes in condition, incidents, or safety concerns to management
- Ability to change sheets and bedding and maintain a clean, dry, sanitary, and comfortable sleeping environment
- Ability to complete client laundry, including clothing, towels, washcloths, sheets, and bedding
- Ability to perform routine light housekeeping and maintain the client's bedroom, bathroom, kitchen, and commonly used areas
- Ability to keep the client's care supplies and environment clean, sanitary, and appropriately organized
- Ability to properly dispose of trash and used personal-care supplies
- Ability to prepare appropriate meals and snacks according to the client's established dietary instructions and preferences
- Ability to provide feeding assistance when required
- Ability to offer and encourage fluids regularly according to the client's care plan
- Ability to monitor food and fluid intake and report significant concerns or changes
- Ability to provide permitted non-medical medication reminders and assistance according to the established care plan and agency policy
- Ability to provide continuous supervision, safety monitoring, and companionship throughout the scheduled shift
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