Description

Job Details

Hours are 3:00pm-9:00pm part time including every 3rd weekend.

Lansdale, PA • Independent Living

Purpose

To perform non-professional direct resident care duties under the supervision of the Director of Residential Services and to assist in maintaining a positive physical, social, and psychological environment for residents in the Independent Living Facility. To perform these duties in accordance with applicable current regulations and standards governing personal care facilities; and to perform these duties in accordance with the mission of Elm Terrace Gardens to promote the health and well-being of individual residents based on their functional abilities and potential.

IL MED TECH AIDE - Duties

1 Assist residents with personal hygiene, including bathing, dressing, and care of clothes, hair grooming

and shampooing, oral care, and shaving.

2 Assist residents with tasks of daily living as directed by the Supervisor, including

securing transportation, making and keeping appointments, shopping, use of the telephone,

correspondence, personal laundry, social and leisure activities, securing health care, ambulation, use of prosthetic devices, and dining.

3 Provide resident care functions as directed by the Admin/Supervisor including measuring and
recording of temperature, pulse, blood pressure, and respiration.

4 Weighing and measuring residents.

5 Performing restorative procedures and assisting with rehabilitative procedures.

6 Assist with medications and Complete medication documentation as required.

Requirements

 Qualifications

1 Must be at least eighteen (18) years of age and completed high school or obtained the equivalent of a high school education; or be a C.N.A. in good standing and maintain as long as employed by Elm Terrace Gardens, must be able to take the DHS test. (direct Care Worker Certification) must possess a Medication Technician certification.

2 Must be at least eighteen (18) years of age with one to three years previous experience in a licensed personal care facility and have been an employee in good standing in said facility; and

3 In accordance with Personal Care Home Licensing Regulation, must be certified or capable of obtaining certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation, first aid, and Heimlich maneuver; and

4 Must possess the ability to speak to and be understood by residents and staff in English, and demonstrate the ability to read, write, and follow oral and written directions in English; and

5 In accordance with Personal Care Home Licensing Regulation, must be of good moral character and must be free from a medical condition, including drug or alcohol addiction, that would limit the direct care staff from providing necessary personal care services with reasonable skill and safety; and

6 Must demonstrate the ability to work with minimum supervision; and

7 Must possess an agreeable and helpful attitude toward senior adults.