Quail Park at Shannon Ranch offers comfortably appointed apartment homes and extraordinary opportunities to allow our residents to remain active and be social. Join the team today!

Caregiver Job Description

To provide personal care and assist in monitoring the wellbeing and the environment of the residents receiving assisted living services.

Caregiver Job Description Benefits Offered

• Paid time off
• Health insurance (for full time) 
• Dental insurance (for full time) 
• Retirement benefits or accounts
• Education assistance or tuition reimbursement
• Workplace perks such as meal and coffee
• Variable schedule options 

Caregiver Job Description Minimum Requirements

• CNA (Certified Nursing Assistant) or previous experience working with the elderly in a residential or long-term care setting preferred
• Current CNA license, other license or ability to obtain as required by State regulatory agency
• Ability to take blood pressure, pulse, respiration, temperature, and O2 Sat or ability to learn
• Must maintain current CPR/First Aid credentials
• Must maintain current Food Handlers credentials
• Must maintain annual Continuing Education Credits
• Must enjoy working with seniors
• Ability to establish effective relationships with residents, family members and team members
• Must be able to read, comprehend, write, and speak English to communicate effectively with residents, families, visitors and other team members
• Proficiency in basic computer skills, including Word and Excel
• Must meet all health-related requirements pertaining to state licensure
• Subject to pre-employment TB test & criminal background check

Caregiver Job Description Essential Functions

• Reviews and understands all resident individual service plans
• Assists residents with activities of daily living, including bathing, dressing, grooming, toileting, eating, transferring, and ambulation, as specified in residents’ individual service plans
• Engages residents in meaningful conversation and socialization while providing personal care assistance
• Observes residents for changes in physical, emotional, mental and social condition, unusual symptoms, accidents, injuries, or unusual occurrences, and reports promptly to a licensed nurse and/or supervisor
• Completes all forms to include but not limited to incident reports, and written and computerized documentation, as necessary for communication of resident information with other members of the Resident Care Team and with the licensed nurses, Executive Director
• Assists with resident meal times in dining room, serves meals in accordance with proper serving technique and ensures that food is presented in an attractive manner as needed
• Post Mortem care carried out by a Med Tech” for a resident who passes away in the community under hospice
• Makes resident beds, empties apartment trash, and tidies resident apartment daily and as needed or requested
• Turns down resident beds in the evening if requested
• Changes resident linens and towels according to community laundry schedule, and as needed or as requested
• Maintains resident clothing and closet in a neat and orderly manner
• Assists in cleaning walkers, wheelchairs, and other resident equipment, as needed
• Assists with other housekeeping duties as assigned

Starting Salary: $16.25 to $17.07 per hour 

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