Care Partner

Redwood Terrace Assisted Living • Grants Pass, OR

2d

About The Position

The Care Partner provides direct resident care, completes assignments as a universal worker, and helps maintain a positive physical and psychosocial environment. The role includes assisting with activities of daily living, delegated tasks, medication management, and other services supporting resident well-being and building operations. The Care Partner follows each resident’s cooperative service plan while promoting dignity, privacy, independence, personal choice, and a home-like environment.

The position involves observing and reporting changes in residents’ physical or mental conditions, documenting changes and incidents, providing first aid and initiating emergency response when needed, and following safety, fire-safety, infection-control, and medication-administration procedures. The Care Partner also supports dining, housekeeping, laundry, activities, community operations, and resident transitions, and participates in required training and staff meetings.

Requirements

• Previous experience working with older adults is preferred but not required; the education section also identifies a high school diploma or GED and one or more years of personal care experience with older adults as preferred, or equivalent knowledge and skills obtained through education, training, and experience.
• Hold state-required certification and complete state-required delegation and/or training requirements.
• Successfully complete the ADL competency demonstration.
• Maintain current First Aid and CPR certification.
• Hold a Food Handlers permit/card if required by the state.
• Have word-processing skills.
• Keep all information confidential.
• Complete required new-hire and ongoing training and attend required monthly in-services.
• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds regularly and 75 pounds occasionally.
• Ability to spend long periods on feet and ambulate quickly.
• Ability to work various schedules and shifts as needed.

Nice To Haves

• Previous experience working with older adults.
• High school diploma or GED with one or more years of personal care experience with older adults, or equivalent knowledge and skills obtained through education, training, and experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct resident care and assistance with bathing, dressing, grooming, personal hygiene, and other activities of daily living.
• Promote residents’ dignity, privacy, independence, individuality, and personal choice.
• Follow residents’ cooperative service plans and complete delegated tasks, including medication administration and treatments when assigned and delegated.
• Observe residents’ physical and mental conditions and report changes to health services leadership or the Executive Director.
• Report and document changes of condition, incidents, and accidents, and complete required notifications and incident forms.
• Coordinate personal care with coworkers, assist with lifting, and respond promptly to assistance pages.
• Provide first aid and initiate emergency response procedures as required.
• Serve meals; set up dining areas, assist residents during meals, deliver trays, and clean and maintain dining and kitchen areas.
• Help residents keep their apartments clean, communicate observed problems, and assist with resident and building laundry.
• Partner with the community team to clean common areas.
• Follow daily and planned activity schedules, encourage participation as appropriate, and assist residents to and from activities.
• Greet residents, visitors, and staff courteously and answer phones when assigned.
• Follow fire-safety, infection-control, administrative, and other safety practices; promptly report unsafe conditions or equipment.
• Assist with tours, move-ins, move-outs, and transfers.
• Read staff communication records, maintain familiarity with resident records and service plans as required, and exchange reports between shifts as needed.
• Attend and participate in required training, in-services, and staff meetings; complete new-hire and ongoing training.
• Maintain confidentiality and protect resident, team member, community, and company information and records.
• Maintain respectful working relationships and a safe, secure work environment; avoid loss, breakage, and waste of supplies and equipment.
• Assist with orientation of new staff when assigned and perform other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Education Level: High school or GED