CAREGIVER ( Senior living)

SIGN ON BONUS FOR 2ND shift

Essential Job Specific Duties / Responsibilities

Promotes and maintains independence of residents.

Conducts activities tailored to meet the residents individual needs and interests.

Assists with resident structured activities programs, encouraging resident

participation.

Provides / assists residents with hygiene needs.

Provides / assists residents with bathing, showering, and dressing needs.

Provides / assists residents with hair care, nail care, oral hygiene (denture and

mouth care), and shaving needs.

Assists residents in meeting their hydration and nutritional needs.

Prompts and / or assists residents to the dining room for meals as appropriate.

Serves meal trays to residents in their room promptly and efficiently.

Assists wheelchair dependent residents to and from the dining room.

Ensures that nourishment / fluids are passed at the appropriate times.

Reports to charge nurse if resident eats less than 75% of their meal.

Understands the importance of daily fluid needs.

Assists with maintaining physical and mental functioning of residents.

Assists with ambulation and / or transportation needs of residents.

Encourages participation in the facility?s activity programs.

Repots changes in physical or mental functioning to charge nurse.

Assists with application of assistive devices / orthopedic appliances as instructed.

Provides ROM exercises as directed.

Follows through on necessary documentation requirements, i.e. bath sheets and

restorative programs.

Reports verbal / non-verbal complaints of pain / ?hurt? to charge nurse immediately.

Promotes / assists hands-on care related to incontinence.

Gives sensitive assistance to the resident when there is an incontinent episode.

Assists in ambulation to the bathroom or to the commode as necessary.

Provides bedpans or urinals in a timely manner.

Answers call lights promptly (within 3-5 minutes).

Assists residents in learning self-care of incontinence episodes, i.e. application of

incontinence products and explaining proper perineal care to prevent skin

breakdown.

feports to charge nurse persistent incontinence and / or inability of resident to

provide self-care.

Provides / assists in maintaining skin integrity.

Checks residents using incontinence products and changes them regularly.

Provides / assists residents with regular perineal care and with skin care as directed

by nurse.

Reports reddened skin or breakdown of skin to nurse promptly, i.e. bony

prominence, heels.

Has knowledge of, and properly uses, air mattress, whirlpool, etc.

Performs designated nursing duties, as assigned.

Weighs residents and demonstrating proper use of standard scale and chair scale.

Reports significant weight changes.

Takes vital signs when delegated by nurse.

Assists in providing a clean and safe environment.

Changes bed linens as appropriate and discards soiled linens according to facility

policy. Bags personal laundry and keeps it separate from facility laundry.

Makes unoccupied beds.

Straightens rooms and disposes of excess refuse in rooms appropriately.

Reports loss / theft / damage as soon as discovered.

Cleans in-room refrigerator and reports non-functioning equipment.

Satisfies all educational in-service requirements mandated by CHI Living Communities,

the department, external accrediting, and regulatory agencies.

Attends all mandatory in-service programs.

Adheres to facility policies and procedures.

Completes yearly online education program by deadline.

Attends employee meetings on a regular basis.