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About the Role
The resident care assistant will provide personal care services, assistance, support, and supervision to residents. This role also involves providing housekeeping services, assisting with activities, and supporting food service operations.
Responsibilities
- Assist residents with daily grooming, bathing, and dressing.
- Report observations to assist in the development and updating of resident care plans.
- Provide ADL assistance to residents.
- Straighten residents’ apartments daily and make beds.
- Respond to all PERS alerts via the R Care System in a timely manner.
- Ensure phones remain on site and are turned over to a responsible person on each shift.
- Strip and remake residents’ beds weekly.
- Perform personal laundry for residents weekly or as required.
- Assist residents with picking up trash and disposing of expired food.
- Monitor changes in residents’ appetite and report to the nurse on duty.
- Serve residents’ meals from the kitchen as needed.
- Assist in the dining room during meals as needed.
- Assist with the activity program and conduct activities as directed.
- Assure residents get to appointments, activities, and meals.
- Provide one-on-one support/visitation to assigned residents as needed.
- Encourage and/or remind residents to participate in activities.
- Encourage socialization among residents.
- Communicate all pertinent information to other staff in a timely manner.
- Complete all documentation by end of shift.
- Assist with cleaning as needed.
- Successfully complete medication certification training unless prior exemption.
- Complete all assigned trainings via online or in-person.
- Complete other job duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Certification as a Home Health Aide (HHA) or Personal Care Aide (PCA) is required.
- Basic First Aid is also required.
- Must possess a high school diploma or equivalent with reading, comprehension, and writing ability at a 12th-grade level or higher.
- Experience or interest in working with older adults.
- Strong team approach to working with other staff.
- Ability to interact courteously and tactfully with staff, residents, family members, visitors, vendors, and the general public.
- Lifting, bending, walking, and standing are required.
- Must be able to occasionally lift loads of 50 pounds without assistance.
- Ability to sit, talk, and hear is required.
- Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, color vision, and the ability to adjust focus.
Work Type
- Full-Time
- Overnights
Education Level
- High school diploma or equivalent
Salary/Compensations
- $18.25 - $20.25 Hourly
- Generous shift differential offered for evenings, nights, and weekends.
Benefits
- 100% employer-paid medical insurance for High-Deductible Health Plan (HDHP) for single-subscribers.
- Health Saving Accounts (HSA) with Weekly Employer Contributions.
- Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA).
- Dental insurance with orthodontist coverage.
- 401(K) with Company Match: 100% company match on the first 3% of your contributions.
- Competitive pay rates.
- Tuition assistance program.
- Earned Time Off (ETO) plan that accrues weekly.
- Paid Holidays: six designated holidays and one floating holiday.
- Voluntary benefits and insurances such as Short-Term Disability, Vision, Employee Assistance Program, and access to Workforce Success Coaches.
About the Company
- We provide high quality services from skilled nursing and restorative care to housing, assisted living and community-based wellness programs.
- We are committed to meeting each individual’s needs, in a culturally competent manner, supporting family and loved ones through transitions, and fulfilling our pledge… Life. Inspired Every Day.
- Winner of the 2024 Best-in-Class Employer award, ESLC was recognized for its comprehensive approach to benefits, compensation, and employee experience.
Equal Opportunity
- Episcopal SeniorLife Communities is an Equal Opportunity Employer.