Minimum Eligibility Requirements
- High school diploma or equivalent preferred. Mustbe State Registered or Certified Nursing Aide/Assistant in the state for whichposition is held.
- Previous experience working with the elderly in a residential orlong-term care setting is also preferred.
- Must be able to read, write and speak English to communicateeffectively with residents, families, visitors, and other staff members.
- Must be able to perform job duties and responsibilities with or withoutreasonable accommodation.
- Able to pass the necessary tests (i.e., CPR, First Aid, Food Handlers,etc.) if required by state regulations.
Essential Functions
- Assists residents with activities of daily living, including bathing,dressing, grooming, toileting, eating, transferring, and mobility
- Assists residents to/from appointments with lifting, turning,moving, positioning, and transporting residents into/out of beds, chairs,bathtubs, wheelchair lifts etc.
- Perform restorative and rehabilitative procedures/plans asinstructed including but not limited to ambulation with/without self-help devices,range of motion exercises, dining, and bowel/bladder training.
- Assist in the care of the dying resident and provide post-mortemcare as instructed.
- Engages residents in meaningful conversation, socialization, andactivity while providing personal care assistance
- Responds to all resident needs and/or requests for care promptly, andprovides or obtains assistance with care as necessary
- Upholds Residents’ Rights at all times
- Supports and upholds all company policies and care philosophy
- Observes residents for changes in physical, emotional, mental, orbehavioral condition, unusual symptoms, accidents, injuries, or unusualoccurrences, and reports promptly to a licensed nurse
- Completes all forms and documentation such as incident reports, changeof condition reports, and behavior tracking, as requested, and in a timelymanner
- Assists in the dining room during resident mealtimes
- Encourages residents to participate in scheduled activities and outings,and assists with those activities as needed
- Provides residents with opportunities for self-expression and enhancedself-esteem through spontaneous individual or small group interaction andactivity
Housekeeping
- Makes resident beds, empties resident garbage and tidies residentrooms daily and as needed
- Cleans bedrails, over the bed tables, nightstand, etc. asnecessary to keep the resident’s room tidy and clean.
- Changes resident bed linens according to Community schedule and asneeded soiled, stained, or dirty.
- Changes resident towels on daily and as needed if soiled
- Maintains resident clothing and clothing closet in a clean, neat, andorderly manner
- Cleans dining room tables and chairs after meals and snacks
- Notifies Housekeeper of spills and soiled areas; assists with clean-upas needed. When no Housekeeper is onduty, cleans up spills and soils immediately
- Assists with straightening chairs, pillows, and decorative items in commonareas as needed, and returns items to appropriate location when found out of place
- Assists in cleaning wheelchairs, walkers, and other resident equipmentper Community cleaning schedule and as needed
- Makes frequent rounds on assigned residents to facilitatetheir needs being met.
- Assists with admissions and performs the inventory and markingof personal items.
- Assists residents with bowel and bladder functions, monitoringof bowel movements, and specimen collection (i.e., urine and stool, etc.) as instructed.
- Monitors rooms for adequate lighting, safety hazards asappropriate.
- Uses only the equipment trained on in a safe manner.
- Cleans, disinfects and returns resident care equipment to itsdesignated storage area after use.
- Follows established isolation procedures.
Other
- Attends all required staff meetings and in-service training sessions and any other form of learning to achieve required continuingeducation to maintain registered/certified nursing aide status.
- Demonstrates a positive attitude and contributes to an atmosphere ofteam spirit and cooperation within the Community
- Answers phones as needed, in a prompt and courteous manner
- Promotes customer service and positive community relations by treatingresidents, families, other staff, and all visitors in a courteous, helpful, andfriendly manner
- Assists with other duties as assigned
Who are We?
As a Sinceri Senior Living community and certified Great Place to Work®, we are an established and dedicated senior living care provider,where every team member takes great pride and responsibility in creating Meaningful Moments ® for our residents. We strive to make each residentinteraction positive, meaningful, and unique to them. Through an in-depth understanding of our resident’s life stories, we are able to Honortheir Experience of Aging and create an environment that feels just like home.
If you are interested in building your health care career,providing holistic care for our residents and their families, and would like to see what our community has to offer, apply online and join our amazing team.
Certified by our employees as a Great Place to Work ® for our 4th Year in a row!
- 93% of our associates shared "My work has special meaning; this is not just a job."
- 95% of our associates shared "People celebrate around here"
- 94% of our associates shared "I’m proud to tell others I work here"
- 91% of our associates shared "People care about each other here"
Questions about the application process? Come visit us and our staff will be happy to assist you!
