Resident Associate

Job DetailsJob Location: Davenport , IA 52806Job Overview:

The overall purpose of the Resident Associate is to provide personal care to residents in a manner conducive to their safety and comfort.

General Responsibilities:

Assists residents in performing daily personal care as requested in a manner consistent with Ridgecrest’s policies and procedures.
Follows the service plan directed per resident cares for grooming, bathing, toileting, oral care, communication, locomotion, hearing, transportation.
Daily resident care includes but is not limited to the following:

Bathing/Showering
Dressing
Grooming
Oral care
Incontinent care
Assists with prosthesis, back braces and supports
Ambulation/mobility
Personal laundry
Light housekeeping
Light meal preparation
Dishwashing
Assistance with dining
Tray service to rooms

Promotes and supports the greatest possible degree of independence for residents.
Advises the nurse of changes in the resident’s status.
Contributes knowledge of each resident’s condition to the resident assessment and service plan.
Runs errands within the facility.
Observes the reports on resident’s conditions and documents observations as required.
Able to complete an incident report if an accident and/or a fall occurs.
Promotes a safe and clean environment.
Complies with requirements of procedures for assistance with safe lifting and/or safe transfer of residents per established policies and procedures.
Assures that equipment is clean and functional.
Functions within the constraints of education/training/legal limits on actions and consults with the nurse as necessary.
Is assigned responsibility/authority for decisions specific to assigned functions, but may seek additional direction from the nurse, or the AL Director as appropriate.
Working contacts include residents, resident’s families, medical professionals, and other facility staff.
Demonstrates competency in skills mandated by required education and training.
Performs other duties as assigned.

QualificationsJob Qualifications:

High School graduate or GED equivalent.
Functional literacy in English.
Complete familiarity with the duties of a certified nursing assistant and certified medication aide is required.

Skills/Aptitude:

Must possess patience, tact, enthusiasm, and a cheerful disposition.
Highly developed observation skills are desirable.
Must possess the mental and physical capabilities to fulfill the duties of this position.
Must possess the knowledge, skill, and empathy necessary to work with geriatric residents and their families.
Must possess problem-solving skills.
Must be able to continuously articulate clearly and precisely and communicate with persons of varying backgrounds.

General Qualifications:

Willingness to be open to learning and growing.
Maturity of judgment and behavior.
Maintains high standards for work areas and appearance.
Maintains a positive attitude.
Ability to work a flexible schedule helpful.
Must comply with any dress code requirements.
Must be able to work nights, weekends, and some holidays.
Attends work and shows up for scheduled shift on time with satisfactory regularity.

Physical Requirements:

Frequently climbs stairs.
Occasionally reaches at or above the shoulder height.
Occasionally assists with lifting, standing, and transferring residents weighting 75-250 pounds.
Frequently stoops, bends, walks, and stands for extended periods of time.
Frequently lift and carries equipment, supplies and laundry weighing less than 50 pounds.
Manual dexterity required to perform simple manipulative tasks.
Must be adequately able to detect smells.
Ability to transfer, lift, move and turn a resident to or from a bed, wheelchair, toilet, bathtub, and shower and occasionally the floor.  Requires varying degrees of pushing, pulling, and lifting due to the differences in resident weights which could be over 100 lbs.
Ability to safely assist a resident with all ADL’s, transfers and ambulation requiring good hand/eye coordination, steadiness, and the ability to move about in tight spaces, between objects, equipment, and furniture.

Working Conditions (may add additional conditions specific to defined work location):

Exposure to blood, body tissue and other potentially infectious fluids.
Exposure to sudden fluctuations in temperature.
Exposure to dust, bodily injury, loud or unpleasant noise and odors.

Safety Requirements:

All employees are expected to respond to emergency situations involving the safety of residents, other employees, and the facility. This includes the ability to assist with a possible evacuation of residents.
Ridgecrest Village recognizes that an individual with a disability may require accommodations to enable them to successfully perform a job function. Should you require such  accommodations please let your supervisor know in the section below. Consideration will be given to all suggested reasonable accommodations.