Caregiver/Resident Care Aide

Company: Hillside Terrace Senior Living
Location: Ann Arbor
Posted on: May 13, 2022

Job Description:

Job Purpose:
Helps our Residents by supporting personal hygiene and daily living needs; providing comfort, transportation, and vital sign monitoring.

Duties:
* Provides Residents personal hygiene by giving bedpans, urinals, baths, backrubs, shampoos, and shaves; bathroom assisting; helping with showers and/or bed baths.

* Provides for activities of daily living by assisting with serving meals, feeding Residents as necessary in our 2 Specialized Care Neighborhoods; escorts to daily events/meals, ambulating, turning, and positioning Residents; providing fresh water and nourishment between meals.

* Maintains Resident's stability by checking vital signs and weight; testing urine; recording intake and output information.

* Provides Residents comfort by utilizing resources and materials; answering Resident's call lights and requests; reporting observations of the Residents to nursing supervisor that is on duty 24hrs a day.

* Documents actions by completing forms, reports, logs, and records.

* Maintains work operations by following policies and procedures.

* Protects organization's value by keeping Residents information confidential.

* Serves and protects the Residents community by adhering to professional standards, company policies and procedures, federal, state, and local requirements/standards.

* Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities on a monthly basis at our Expected Monthly All Staff Meetings.

* Enhances nursing department and our Community's reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.

* Adhere to all company infection control practices & Covid regulations and guidelines.

Skills/Qualifications:
Multi-tasking, facility wide Teamwork philosophy, compassionate and patient Bedside Manner, adhering to Infection Control policies/procedures, Nursing Skills, Health Promotion and Maintenance, Creating a Safe, Effective Environment, Informing Others, Judgment, Pain Management

Keywords: Hillside Terrace Senior Living, Ann Arbor , Caregiver/Resident Care Aide, Healthcare , Ann Arbor, Michigan