A Resident Assistant serves as a caregiver, providing person-centered care to campus residents. This position directly supports the daily routines of residents, while ensuring a safe and comfortable environment that feels like home.

Essential Responsibilities:

· Aids with personal care tasks (washing, bathing, dressing) with dignity, respect and compassion

· Identifies and addresses the unique safety needs of persons with dementia

· Considers the person’s individual interests and preferences to maximize comfort, sense of well-being, and independence

· Helps the person to maintain their customary activities with people they love and involvement with extended friends in the community, as much as possible, for as long as possible

· Contributes to a vibrant (meaningful) dining experience, even when the individual is dependent on staff for assistance with meals – assists dining services staff with service and clean up as needed

· Identifies and validates feelings, expressed verbally or non-verbally, of the person

· Demonstrates effective ways of listening to and communicating with someone who has dementia

· Resolves the person’s problems and anticipates the person’s needs, utilizing multidisciplinary team strategies

· Maintains a safe working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations, calling for assistance from co-workers and/or members of the management team

· Vigilantly protects the person in our care and safeguards the wellbeing of others (families, co-workers, employees, and extended community members) by adhering to infection control policies and protocols, and security of community

· Contributes to care service plans by charting in the person’s record and department records as required

· Maintains continuity among staff teams by documenting and communicating actions, irregularities, and continuing needs

· Maintains individual and family member’s confidence and protects operations by keeping information confidential

· Maintains nursing supplies inventory by checking stock to determine inventory level; anticipating needed supplies; notify when supplies are low; verifying receipt of supplies; using equipment and supplies as needed and required to accomplish job results

· Ensures simple housekeeping tasks are maintained, including but not limited cleaning dishes, vacuuming, wiping down tables, etc.

· Actively ensuring resident have adequate meal time, feeding residents

· Other duties as assigned

Note: This job description is intended to provide a general overview of the position. It is not an exhaustive list of responsibilities, skills, or qualifications associated with the role.

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time

Pay: From $16.00 per hour

Expected hours: 24 – 40 per week

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid orientation
• Paid time off
• Paid training
• Vision insurance

Healthcare setting:

• Assisted living facility

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Evening shift
• Holidays
• Monday to Friday
• Night shift
• Overnight shift
• Overtime
• Rotating weekends

Ability to Relocate:

• Ypsilanti, MI 48198: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person