Position Summary:
The Caregiver is responsible for providing the highest degree of quality care and services to a consistent group of residents and their families in our assisted living and memory care neighborhoods. The CNA role includes providing hands-on care, physical and emotional support, while maintaining a safe and comfortable home-like environment.
Experience and Qualifications:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed throughout this job description are representative of the knowledge, skills, and abilities required.
- High school diploma or GED accepted and maybe required per state regulations
- Must be at least 18 years of age
- Must have CNA Certification
- Previous experience working with seniors preferred and desire to serve and care for seniors
- Ability to make choices, decisions, and act in the resident’s best interest
- Ability to react and remain calm in difficult situations
- Ability to handle multiple priorities
- Must possess written and verbal skills for effective communication and level of understanding
- Demonstrates good judgment, problem-solving, and decision-making skills
- Ability to stand/walk 4-7 hours per during an 8-hour shift
- Maintains proper certifications as required by the state and participates in all required training
Essential Duties:
- Observes, reports, and documents symptoms and conditions of residents
- Reviews, reads, notates, and initializes daily logs to document and learn about pertinent information and any resident’s physical and/or behavioral changes
- Assists residents with ADL’s (Activities of Daily Living)
- Helps maintain the self-respect, personal dignity, and physical safety of each resident adhering to the standards of Resident Rights
- Strives to understand and respond to each resident with empathy; always mindful of the resident’s unique communication patterns and history
- Checks residents for changes in skin condition, side effects of medication, and overall health conditions
- Notifies supervisor if resident has increased care needs
- Ensures established safety procedures are being followed at all times
- Maintains universal care precautions of cleanliness, hygiene, and health standards
**Equal Opportunity Employer
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time
Pay: From $15.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Physical setting:
Standard shift:
Weekly schedule:
- Monday to Friday
- Rotating weekends
Work Location: In person