As a Caregiver you are responsible for providing caring and personalized assistance for residents living in our community.
Minimum Qualifications:
TB skin test
Covid vaccination preferred but not required.
Required Experience for Caregiver:
• High School Diploma or GED preferred.
• Previous Health care, Geriatrics or experience working with the elderly population preferred.
• Certified Nurse Aide (CNA) or Medical Assistant (MA) Certification preferred.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
Physical Requirements:
• Visual and auditory acuity within normal limits
• Fine hand coordination
• Frequent Standing
• Walking and transporting of residents
• Bending and kneeling
• Reaching
• Grasping
• Pushing and pulling wheelchairs and other equipment
• Lifting Residents (70-290 lbs) with assistance as indicated
• Move residents in bed(40 lbs), up in bed(60 lbs)
• Chair to standing(60 lbs)
• Ability to communicate with residents and personnel
• Read and write
• Remain calm under stress
Accountabilities for Caregiver:
• Timely & Accountable Attendance: Upholding to work schedules, being ready to start work on time, remaining on the job for the whole duration of shift and limited use of time off.
• Communicate resident changes immediately: Providing timely and detailed information to your Wellness Leader regarding any changes to a resident's needs or care.
• Responsible communication with families: Communicating messages tactfully and timely with resident's families and ensuring the message has been received and correctly understood.
• Build strong community relationships: With Wellness and community peers, with families, residents and Leaders.
Responsibilities for Caregiver:
• Completion of daily tasks as assigned by the Wellness Coordinator, supervising nurse or the MedTech, as well as assisting others routinely with their assignments if needed.
• Will provide compassionate and competent care for residents by performing the following services:
o Bathing, showering and grooming assistance
o Assist residents at mealtime
o Provides wheelchair and walking escorts
o Provides toileting and incontinence care assistance
o Assistance with morning and bedtime routines
o Performs light upkeep of resident rooms
o Answers resident call signals
o Personal care
• Completes and documents appropriate records, including pertinent information entered into client charting system.
• Works scheduled shift but also provides flexibility and is open to helping other shifts if needed.
• Maintains knowledge of all safety and emergency procedures.
• Is knowledgeable of and abides by all company policies and procedures.
• Communicates any concerns regarding resident care, treatment, or changes in behavior to the appropriate person.
• Attends community staff meetings, in-service programs, safety courses, and other required meetings.
• Stays up to date and knowledgeable of all departmental communication.
• Initiates incident reports as needed.
Skills for Success:
• Building strong resident relationships
• Making good and timely decisions.
• Taking on new challenges with a sense of urgency.
• Working efficiently and effectively and continuously improves.
• Working well with others to meet shared goals.
• Communicating clearly and frequently.
Pay Rate: $22/hr
