What are the responsibilities and job description for the SUPPORTIVE CARE AIDE - LIBERTY COMMONS OF COLUMBUS COUNTY position at Liberty Health?
Liberty Cares
With Compassion
At Liberty Healthcare and Rehabilitation Services, we promote a challenging, but rewarding opportunity in a caring environment.
We Are Currently Seeking An Experienced
SUPPORTIVE CARE AIDE
Job Summary
Background checks/drug-free workplace.
EOE.
With Compassion
At Liberty Healthcare and Rehabilitation Services, we promote a challenging, but rewarding opportunity in a caring environment.
We Are Currently Seeking An Experienced
SUPPORTIVE CARE AIDE
Job Summary
- Safeguards all residents’ rights.
- Treats all individuals with dignity and respect, maintaining positive attitude and pleasant tone of voice.
- Maintains confidentiality of resident and company-related information.
- Prioritizes residents' needs and assists with the following tasks:
- Provides 1:1 monitoring of residents that require monitoring due ot behavioral challenges or socialization
- Answering call lights and assisting with needs if not care related
- Passing ice/fluids for hydration, replacing thickened liquids and ice in coolers
- Making beds, tidying room
- Bagging and labeling personal items
- Labeling and storing bed pans per facility protocol
- Providing companionship to residents as needed for emotional and supportive services
- Restocks supplies
- May assist with grooming, shaving, and brushing teeth as needed, if trained to do so.
- Assists staff in transporting residents to activities and carrying out scheduled activities.
- Assists with meal and snack as needed, including clean up. May assist with feeding after completing State approved feeding assistant course.
- Reports any resident concerns to charge nurse.
- Reports maintenance issues immediately to ensure safety of residents and staff.
- Maintains positive relationship with residents, families, co-workers, volunteers and facility representatives.
- Participates in regular staff training and in-service education as directed.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
- High school diploma preferred.
- Prefer one-year experience working with older adults or a related field, not required
- Proven ability to read and write English sufficient to understand business correspondence and policy statements; ability to speak clearly with correct pronunciation and communicate effectively with staff, families, and residents.
Background checks/drug-free workplace.
EOE.