This position is responsible for providing care and services to residents as assigned to ensure the best quality of life.

Essential Job Functions:

• Receive report from previous shift
• Responsible for the medication pass, charting medications and proper accountability of medications on the unit
• Take vital signs and weight as required and maintain related records
• Record and maintain required documentation on shift activities and residents
• Communicate with Doctors for orders and to give updates on medical condition
• Assist with activities of daily living, showers, tub, whirlpool baths, and answer call bells as needed
• Communicate with families regarding resident condition
• Help residents to appointments or activities as needed which may include pushing wheelchairs
• Participate in quarterly Support Plan Conference
• Complete assessments and Support Plans
• Provide wound care dressings and other treatments
• Assure residents receive mail
• Make beds, change linens, give fresh towels, fresh water and empty trash
• Assist in dining room and plan and conduct activities before meals
• Receive telephone calls and take messages
• Order medications following department policies and procedures
• Wash, dry and store resident’s personal laundry and towels as needed
• Provide activities for the residents, have one-on-one time with residents and encourage then to attend activities on campus
• Restock supplies on unit
• Prepare paper work for appointments, lab slips, and review MAR’s monthly
• Offer snacks and resupply snack items as needed
• Maintain and clean medication cupboards, medication refrigerator, tidy work area and resident rooms

Qualifications:

• High School Diploma or GED
• CNA training or 1 year of experience in personal care or long-term care setting
• Current Med Tech certificate or successfully complete Med Tech training
• Department of Welfare Personal Care Home Direct Care Person Training or successfully complete reading and test required.
• Current CPR and First Aid