What are the responsibilities and job description for the Resident Associate/Caregiver position at StoryPoint?
Resident Associate/Caregiver
StoryPoint Ankeny
Must haves to be a Caregiver:
- Passionate about working with the elderly.
- Punctuality and Professionalism are important factors.
- Interest in pursuing a career in Healthcare setting (ie, CNA, Nursing, Geriatrics)
What your day to day looks like as a Caregiver:
- You provide compassionate and competent care for residents by performing the following services
- Bathing, showering, and grooming/dressing assistance
- Assist residents with dining
- Wheelchair and walking escorts
- Meal, activity, and medication reminder assistance
- Answers resident call signals
- Follow medication administration protocols as identified for each individual resident.
- Participate in Life Enrichment activities.
General Working Conditions
This position entails standing for long periods of time. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to communicate effectively with others, sit, stand, walk, and use hands to handle keyboard, telephone, paper, files, and other equipment and objects. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms. This position requires the ability to review detailed documents and read computer screens. The employee will occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. The work environment requires appropriate interaction with others. The noise level in the work environment is moderate. Occasional travel to different locations may be required.
This classification description is intended to indicate the general kinds of tasks and levels of work difficulty that are required of positions given this title and should not be construed as declaring what the specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position shall be. It is not intended to limit or in any way modify the right of any supervisor to assign, direct and control the work of the employees under her/his supervision. The use of a particular expression or illustration describing duties shall not exclude other duties not mentioned that are of a similar kind or level of difficulty.
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