Caregiver AM SHIFT 6 AM-2:30 PM

THE ROLE

Fair Oaks Estates is hiring a full-time morning Caregiver in Carmichael.

Mornings set the tone for the whole day. You’ll be the first friendly face our residents see, helping them start the day feeling clean, fed, comfortable, and treated like the adult they are.

This is the busiest shift we run. Showers, dressing, and breakfast all land in the same few hours, and appointments start stacking up mid-morning. If you like being genuinely useful and you’d rather the time fly by than crawl, this is your shift.

To be clear about scope: medications at Fair Oaks Estates are handled by our Med Techs, not by caregivers. Your job is direct resident care.

THE SCHEDULE: WHAT "4 ON, 2 OFF" ACTUALLY MEANS

If you haven’t worked this kind of rotation before, here’s how it works:

You work four days in a row. Then you get two days off. Then the pattern starts over. Four on, two off, continuously.

Because the cycle is six days long and a week is seven, your days off move through the calendar rather than landing on the same days every week. One cycle your days off might be Tuesday and Wednesday; the next they might be Monday and Tuesday; eventually they land on a weekend. Everyone on this rotation gets weekends off regularly. They just come around on a cycle instead of every week.

What this means for you in practice:

• You get a two-day break every six days, instead of working five straight and waiting for Saturday.

• You work about 20 days a month rather than the usual 22, for full-time hours.

• Your schedule lives in an app, not on a break room wall. You can see your rotation weeks ahead, pick up open shifts when you want extra hours, swap shifts directly with a coworker, and request time off from your phone.

• You will work some weekends and some holidays. We’re telling you that up front rather than letting you discover it later.

• Mornings mean early alarms. Your shift starts at 6:00 AM, so plan on being up before the sun for part of the year.

 

Shift hours: 6:00 AM to 2:30 PM.

Full-time, scheduled on a six-week rotation.

PAY

Starting pay: $16.90 per hour (California minimum wage)

Top of range: $17.90 per hour

Overtime: paid at time-and-a-half, per California law

Raises are based on performance, experience, and attendance, not on time served.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Wake and greet residents gently, at their own pace

• Assist with morning personal care: showers and bathing, dressing, grooming, daily shaving, oral and denture care, and incontinence care

• Answer call lights within minutes

• Provide safe transfers and walking support, including gait belt, Hoyer lift, and two-person assists

• Tray service for breakfast and mid-morning snacks; assist residents to and from meals and with feeding as needed

• Support memory care residents through morning routines with patience and gentle redirection

• Alert the Med Tech or Care Managers promptly if a resident seems unwell, is in pain, or is refusing care

• Report any change in a resident’s condition immediately: weight, mood, falls, skin tears, bruises, or not eating

• Help residents get ready for and get to appointments, therapy, and activities

• Assist the activity director, remind residents of what’s coming up, and help them take part

• Lead or support morning activities such as walks in the garden, exercises, reading, and conversation

• Change and launder bed linens; handle laundry, housekeeping, and sanitation

• Document in Eldermark before the end of your shift

• Give a clear, complete handoff to the afternoon shift so nothing falls through the cracks

• Respond calmly to falls, confusion, and behavioral changes, escalating per protocol

WHAT WE OFFER

• A rotation you can build a life around. Four on, two off, visible weeks ahead in the scheduling app.

• Scheduling you control from your phone. Our app shows your rotation weeks out, lists open shifts you can pick up when you want extra hours, lets you swap shifts directly with a coworker, and handles time-off requests. No paper schedule taped to a wall, and no chasing down a manager to trade a day.

• Afternoons and evenings free. Off by 2:30 PM, so you can pick up kids, make appointments, take a class, or just have your own day.

• The same residents every shift. You’ll learn who takes their coffee black and who needs a minute before they’re ready to stand up.

• Paid initial training, delivered onsite and through accredited online training providers. It covers ADLs, building and fire safety, emergency response, postural supports, and restricted health conditions, plus dementia care and hands-on shadowing.

• Paid continuing education every year, onsite and online, including dementia care.

• Health coverage for regular full-time employees. You’re eligible the first of the month after your 90-day anniversary.

• Paid sick leave for every employee, accrued at one hour for every 30 hours worked, and available to use after 90 days.

• Paid vacation for regular full-time employees after one year of continuous employment.