Caregiver / Care Partner

Provide care and assistance to residents in a compassionate, quality customer service environment that preserves dignity, may be assigned as lead person on evening and night shifts.

• Assists residents with bathing and skin care following community’s policies and procedures.
• Assists residents with activities of daily living as described on individual care plans.
• Assists residents getting into and out of bed as needed.
• Cleans up after accidents in a timely, efficient manner while maintaining the dignity of the resident
• Assists those who have fallen providing safety, security, and compassion.
• Takes vital signs and weights as required.
• Communicates effectively with residents with empathy and assurance. Follows up with appropriate personnel regarding their concerns.
• Assists with eating and drinking as required.
• Escorts to/from dining room as needed.
• Picks up laundry from resident’s rooms assuring all items are identifiable and sorted according to the proper resident.
• Sorts, washes, dries, folds, and hang laundry according to community’s procedures.
• Irons as required, according to community’s procedures.
• Returns clean laundry to proper resident’s room.
• Serves meals to those unable to ambulate to dining room according to policy.
• Assures excellent customer service by maintaining open and honest communication, answering phone promptly and professionally, and assuring residents, families, physicians and other employees’ needs are met.
• Assists residents in getting to daily activities.
• Provides tours to potential residents and families that show how the residents’ individual needs can be met and promotes the concept of care of the community.
• Maintains a professional appearance and demeanor that encourages a positive nurturing environment for the residents, families, vendors, and guests.
• Maintains a positive customer service environment and practices honesty and integrity in all aspects of performance.
• Maintains confidentiality of residents’ personal information in and out of the community and protects and supports residents’ rights.
• Attends regularly scheduled in-service and training sessions.
• Calls emergency medical response as needed during emergency situations.
• Documents care/services in appropriate places.

• Interpersonal skills to communicate effectively with residents and staff.
• Must be able to read, write, and understand English for patient care and safety for self and others.
• Must show compassion and genuinely care for the elderly.
• Must be knowledgeable of the location of the MSDS sheets on hazardous materials and able to understand the guidelines.
• Must be able to work independently and as a team to prioritize work load as emergencies arise.
• Must possess First Aid knowledge and skills.
• Ability to work in stressful situations with residents, families, visitors, and other staff.
• Computer literate to engage in training, company communications, enrollment and updating benefits and personal information.

Education/Experience: High school diploma or equivalent preferred. Certification in nursing assistance desired.

Working Environment/Physical Requirements: Moderate physical activity required by handling objects up to 50 pounds occasionally and/or up to 20 pounds frequently. Must be able to lift residents, with assistance, over 100 pounds. Position requires frequent standing, walking, pushing, stooping, bending.

Shift hours 6 am - 2 pm, 2 pm - 10 pm, 10 pm - 6 am, 4 hour float shifts for days and evenings