About this position
Description:
- Provides compassionate services, support, and guidance to the residents, treating each resident with respect and dignity and recognizing their individual needs.
- Provides assistance with and opportunities for resident engagement. Continually seeks opportunities to blend a variety of multi-sensory experiences to meet resident's mental, intellectual, creative, spiritual, and physical needs.
- Facilitates spontaneous individual activities of the resident's choice and functional level.
- Employs dementia care practices to include facilitated decision-making, behavior management, task segmentation, and hand-in-hand care techniques.
- Provides daily personal hygiene and care, including oral hygiene (denture care and brushing of teeth).
- Provides grooming of hair and fingernails, including shaving and eye care and eyeglass care.
- Cares for continent residents by toileting at frequent intervals. Cares for incontinent residents by changing briefs every two hours and as needed.
- Straightens room unit including drawers and closets, ensures that resident has adequate clothing and supplies at all times. Makes sure that bathroom sink, and floor are clear of objects.
- Makes beds in a neat and professional manner changing all soiled linen and removing all soiled linen and clothing in an appropriate container.
- Ensures proper positioning of all residents while in bed or in the wheelchair, making sure that all mattresses, pads, and positioning devices are in place.
- Always maintains resident's privacy, knocking on doors, closing doors while performing personal care.
- Sets up meal tray for residents when it is needed.
- Maintains and records calorie counts accurately. Distributes fresh water to residents every shift. Distributes supplements as ordered.
- Practices proper hand washing technique and ensures that gloves are used whenever bodily fluids are involved. Removes gloves when leaving room and disposes of properly.
- Always uses proper body mechanics and utilizes gait belt for all transfers.
- Answers telephone in a courteous and professional manner identifying self. Answers and speaks to all residents, families, and staff in a courteous and professional tone.
- Charts electronically and on sheets (as needed) at appropriate times and at completion of tasks.
- Performs any other duties as assigned by the charge nurse, including change of assignment and/or floor as needed by the nursing department.
- High School Diploma or G.E.D
- 6 months experience in relevant field
Salary Information
$18.00 - $18.00
Hourly Wage