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About the Role

The Enhanced Care Partner (HHA) provides compassionate, person-centered onsite support to residents living with dementia or physical challenges. This role focuses on promoting dignity, independence, and quality of life through individualized care plans and meaningful engagement.

Responsibilities

• Knowledgeable about each household resident’s ISP.
• Provide meal preparation under the direction of the Food Service Manager.
• Required to temp and plate food properly using a recipe book.
• Follow recipes in book.
• Clean resident room and common areas, including dusting, vacuuming, floor cleaning, cleaning bathrooms, and keeping the kitchen tidy.
• Provides recreational activities to residents, according to residents’ preference and under the supervision of the Case Manager.
• Work well with household and neighborhood teams to maximize resident potential, comfort, and happiness.
• Perform residents’ personal laundry.
• Encourage resident involvement in household life, encouraging them to participate in household tasks to the extent their condition permits and the resident is interested.
• Follow procedures to provide resident care: bathing, oral hygiene, transferring to/from bathroom, use of commode, keep incontinent residents clean and dry, change bed linens as necessary.
• Transfer, ambulate and position residents to ensure comfort, prevent injury and promote optimal levels of function.
• See that residents are properly clothed at all times.
• Follow standard procedures to provide personal grooming: trims nails, combs hair, shaves male residents daily and shampoos hair as indicated and informs supervisor if changes occur.
• Make beds, keep nightstands, dressers and closets in orderly fashion.
• Assist resident at meals, serves, distributes beverages as needed, assist residents with cutting foods as needed, provides nourishment when indicated, encourages and monitors meal acceptance.
• Prepare residents for tests, X-rays, visits from physicians/dentists/therapists as directed by Supervisor.
• Perform personal services for residents such as writing/reading letters, using TV and radio.
• Promotes comfort, security, independence, and resident safety.
• Assist and communicate effectively with relatives, visitors, and guests.
• Direct inquiries and comments regarding resident health to nurse in charge.
• Maintain appropriate techniques in all resident care to prevent the spread of disease and infection.
• Observe residents and inform nurse of any change in attitude, reactions, appetite and/or other significant physical changes.
• Answer call lights and call bells to determine resident needs.
• Answer telephone calls and immediately relay messages to the proper source.
• Follow disaster plan to maintain safety of residents and others in the event of fire or disaster.
• Maintain accurate records on resident activities and functions such as TARS, Toileting Schedule, mealtime documentation to include food temperature.
• Complete documentation in Electronic system.
• Maintain a clean, safe, and orderly work area.
• Reports safety hazards.
• Complete 12 hours in-service training annually.
• Practices safe work habits and follows all safety procedures of the facility.
• Assures the safety, security, and wellbeing of our residents.

Requirements

• Must be currently certified as a Home Health Aide.
• Minimum of one year of work experience with the elderly, memory care preferred.
• Must have High School diploma or two years of related work experience.
• Must be able to read, write, speak, and understand the English language.
• Must possess the ability to make independent decisions when circumstances warrant such action.
• Must possess the ability to deal tactfully with staff, residents, family members, visitors, government agencies/staff, and the general public.
• Must be knowledgeable of practices and procedures, as well as laws, regulations, and guidelines that pertain to long-term care.
• Must possess the ability to plan, organize, develop, implement, and interpret department programs, goals, objectives, policies and procedures, etc., that are necessary for providing quality care.
• Must have patience, tact, a cheerful disposition and enthusiasm, as well as the willingness to handle challenging residents/associates.
• Must be able to communicate with staff and other department supervisors.
• Maintains a rapport with the residents and their families.
• Must be willing to seek out new methods and be willing to incorporate them into existing practices.
• Must not pose a direct threat to the health or safety of other individuals in the workplace.
• Must attend and participate in continuing educational programs.
• Must be able to move intermittently throughout the work day.
• Must be able to cope with the mental and emotional stress of the position.
• Must meet the general health requirements set fourth by the policies of this facility.
• May be necessary to assist in the evacuation of residents during emergency situations.
• Must possess sight/hearing senses or use prosthetics that will enable these senses to function adequately.
• Must be able to push, pull, move, and/or lift a minimum of fifty (50) pounds.
• Must be able to climb stairs.

Skills

• Compassionate care
• Person-centered support
• Dementia care
• Physical challenge support
• Individualized care plans
• Meaningful engagement
• Promoting dignity
• Promoting independence
• Promoting quality of life
• Meal preparation
• Food plating
• Cleaning
• Recreational activities
• Teamwork
• Personal laundry
• Resident grooming
• Resident assistance at meals
• Communication
• Record keeping
• Electronic documentation
• Safety procedures
• Emergency response

Location

• GreenField Terrace - Lancaster, NY 14086

Work Type

• Full Time
• Onsite

Experience Level

• 1 year of work experience with the elderly, memory care preferred

Education Level

• High School diploma

Salary/Compensations

• $16.75 - $21.00 Hourly

Benefits

• Competitive wages
• Pay based on experience
• Shift differential
• Paid Weekly
• Referral Bonus Plan & other types of Incentives
• Paid Holidays
• Vacation
• Sick Time
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance
• 401K with employer match
• Premier Third Party Child Daycare Onsite
• Free Access to Employee Wellness Center/Gym
• Uniform Allowance
• Free Parking

About the Company

• Employees are an important part of life at The GreenFields! Not only do they help our residents to achieve their goals, but they also help them to maintain an optimal quality of life. We're looking for caring, compassionate employees to join our team and to help us fulfill our mission to deliver the area's BEST senior care!

Equal Opportunity

• We are an equal opportunity employer. Applicants and employees are considered for positions and are evaluated without regard to mental or physical disability, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, marital status or any other protected Federal, State/Province or Local status unrelated to the performance of the work involved.