Resident Associate - 3rd shift

Job Overview:

The overall purpose of the Resident Associate is to provide personal care to residents in a manner conducive to their safety and comfort.

Base wage an additional shift differential will be added for shift work.

General Responsibilities:

• Assists residents in performing daily personal care as requested in a manner consistent with Ridgecrest’s policies and procedures.
• Follows the service plan directed per resident cares for grooming, bathing, toileting, oral care, communication, locomotion, hearing, transportation.
• Daily resident care includes but is not limited to the following:

1. Bathing/Showering
2. Dressing
3. Grooming
4. Oral care
5. Incontinent care
6. Assists with prosthesis, back braces and supports
7. Ambulation/mobility
8. Personal laundry
9. Light housekeeping
10. Light meal preparation
11. Dishwashing
12. Assistance with dining
13. Tray service to rooms

• Promotes and supports the greatest possible degree of independence for residents.
• Advises the nurse of changes in the resident’s status.
• Contributes knowledge of each resident’s condition to the resident assessment and service plan.
• Runs errands within the facility.
• Observes the reports on resident’s conditions and documents observations as required.
• Able to complete an incident report if an accident and/or a fall occurs.
• Promotes a safe and clean environment.
• Complies with requirements of procedures for assistance with safe lifting and/or safe transfer of residents per established policies and procedures.
• Assures that equipment is clean and functional.
• Functions within the constraints of education/training/legal limits on actions and consults with the nurse as necessary.
• Is assigned responsibility/authority for decisions specific to assigned functions, but may seek additional direction from the nurse, or the AL Director as appropriate.
• Working contacts include residents, resident’s families, medical professionals, and other facility staff.
• Demonstrates competency in skills mandated by required education and training.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Job Qualifications:

• High School graduate or GED equivalent.
• Functional literacy in English.
• Complete familiarity with the duties of a certified nursing assistant and certified medication aide is required.

Skills/Aptitude:

• Must possess patience, tact, enthusiasm, and a cheerful disposition.
• Highly developed observation skills are desirable.
• Must possess the mental and physical capabilities to fulfill the duties of this position.
• Must possess the knowledge, skill, and empathy necessary to work with geriatric residents and their families.
• Must possess problem-solving skills.
• Must be able to continuously articulate clearly and precisely and communicate with persons of varying backgrounds.

General Qualifications:

• Willingness to be open to learning and growing.
• Maturity of judgment and behavior.
• Maintains high standards for work areas and appearance.
• Maintains a positive attitude.
• Ability to work a flexible schedule helpful.
• Must comply with any dress code requirements.
• Must be able to work nights, weekends, and some holidays.
• Attends work and shows up for scheduled shift on time with satisfactory regularity.

Physical Requirements:

• Frequently climbs stairs.
• Occasionally reaches at or above the shoulder height.
• Occasionally assists with lifting, standing, and transferring residents weighting 75-250 pounds.
• Frequently stoops, bends, walks, and stands for extended periods of time.
• Frequently lift and carries equipment, supplies and laundry weighing less than 50 pounds.
• Manual dexterity required to perform simple manipulative tasks.
• Must be adequately able to detect smells.
• Ability to transfer, lift, move and turn a resident to or from a bed, wheelchair, toilet, bathtub, and shower and occasionally the floor.  Requires varying degrees of pushing, pulling, and lifting due to the differences in resident weights which could be over 100 lbs.
• Ability to safely assist a resident with all ADL’s, transfers and ambulation requiring good hand/eye coordination, steadiness, and the ability to move about in tight spaces, between objects, equipment, and furniture.

Working Conditions (may add additional conditions specific to defined work location):

• Exposure to blood, body tissue and other potentially infectious fluids.
• Exposure to sudden fluctuations in temperature.
• Exposure to dust, bodily injury, loud or unpleasant noise and odors.

Safety Requirements:

• All employees are expected to respond to emergency situations involving the safety of residents, other employees, and the facility. This includes the ability to assist with a possible evacuation of residents.
• Ridgecrest Village recognizes that an individual with a disability may require accommodations to enable them to successfully perform a job function. Should you require such  accommodations please let your supervisor know in the section below. Consideration will be given to all suggested reasonable accommodations.

Salary : $17