Resident Assistant (AM Shift) Part Time

Summary :

The Resident Assistant / Caregiver provides direct personal care as supervision to the residents of the facility. The Resident Assistant / Caregiver promotes the residents well-being and satisfaction through support with activities of daily living, including daily housekeeping duties, such as making beds, emptying trash, picking up and straightening rooms. Communicates with other departments to ensure resident needs are met.

Hours are MTW 6 : 00 am - 10 : 30 am & Sat / Sun 6 : 00 am - 2 : 30 pm

Essential Functions :

• Assists with activities of daily living following facility protocols, licensing regulations, and guidelines for both resident and employee safety.
• Performs daily housekeeping duties for residents, including making of beds, emptying of trash, picking up and straightening rooms before 10 : 00 a.m.
• Follows the schedule of duties for the resident assistant, as well as the individual plan of care for each resident.
• Functions as a team, assisting coworkers whenever the need arises.
• Monitors resident activity, food intake, functional status, and psychosocial status, taking action as required to promote resident well-being.
• Reports status change immediately to the supervisor.
• Acts immediately on any resident crisis, following universal precautions, internal protocol, and basic first aid training.
• Documents resident status changes, including but not limited to, physical change, reaction to medication, psychosocial status change.
• Follows safety guidelines in the facility, including proper lifting techniques and universal precautions when providing care to residents.
• Promotes open communication between health care professionals, families, residents, and staff.
• Adheres to guidelines in the employee handbook including dress code, conduct, and scheduling.
• In the event all assigned duties cannot be completed, ask for assistance and report to the supervisor or administrator.
• Regular attendance.

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