Resident Care Assistant
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ArchCare
NY
Summary
The Resident Care Assistant provides direct personal care to residents, including hygiene, grooming, and mobility support. They are also responsible for monitoring resident health, documenting care, and ensuring safety protocols are followed.
Job Description
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- Responds promptly to requests for assistance from residents.
- Assists assigned residents with AM/PM care as required (including but not limited to: skin care, nail care, hair care, mouth care, dressing, and general grooming/hygiene activities.
- Assists with bathing, showers, and bed bath as per schedule or resident request.
- Assists with toileting as required.
- Assists with proper use of eyeglasses, hearing aids, and dentures as required by residents.
- Observes residents for overall health and well-being and promptly reports all changes/concerns to nurse.
- Completes all documentation in a meaningful and accurate manner as per specified timelines.
- Ensures all safety-related procedures are followed at all times.
- Escorts residents to meals, activities, etc. as needed.
- Assists with putting away resident’s personal laundry.
- Maintains and develops work-related knowledge and skills through continuous learning activities, attendance at in services and workshops, etc.
- Completes special projects/tasks in support of effective department functioning as assigned by supervisor.
Qualifications:
- Must have current HHA Certification from a valid training program
- High School Diploma/GED
ArchCare is the Continuing Care Community of the Archdiocese of New York and one of the nation’s largest and most dynamic healthcare systems. ArchCare provides quality care to thousands of people of all faiths through its home and community-based and residential care programs, including long-term skilled nursing care, short-term rehabilitation, home care, nursing home alternatives, hospice, assisted living, an acute care specialty hospital and health and social services for people with Huntington’s disease, HIV/AIDS, developmental disabilities and other specialized care needs.
ArchCare reserves the right in its sole discretion to delete any comments it deems are inappropriate. Comments including but not limited to the following may be deleted by the page moderators:
1. Comments that use foul language or "hate speech" (for example, derogatory comments related to legally protected characteristics such as race, ethnicity, religion and gender)
2. Personal attacks or defamatory statements or comments (i.e., making negative personal or untrue comments about a participant), instead of just criticizing his/her posting, opinion or comments
3. Comments that violate the privacy of our patients and their families
Founded
1899
Company size
1,001-5,000 employees
Industry
Healthcare
Org type
Nonprofit
Headquarters
New York, NY
ArchCare is the Continuing Care Community of the Archdiocese of New York and one of the nation’s largest and most dynamic healthcare systems. ArchCare provides quality care to thousands of people of all faiths through its home and community-based and residential care programs, including long-term skilled nursing care, short-term rehabilitation, home care, nursing home alternatives, hospice, assisted living, an acute care specialty hospital and health and social services for people with Huntington’s disease, HIV/AIDS, developmental disabilities and other specialized care needs.
ArchCare reserves the right in its sole discretion to delete any comments it deems are inappropriate. Comments including but not limited to the following may be deleted by the page moderators:
1. Comments that use foul language or "hate speech" (for example, derogatory comments related to legally protected characteristics such as race, ethnicity, religion and gender)
2. Personal attacks or defamatory statements or comments (i.e., making negative personal or untrue comments about a participant), instead of just criticizing his/her posting, opinion or comments
3. Comments that violate the privacy of our patients and their families
Founded
1899
Company size
1,001-5,000 employees
Industry
Healthcare
Org type
Nonprofit
Headquarters
New York, NY
