Caregiver- PM Lead Caregiver

Autumn Leaves (J&M Family Management, LLC.)•Orland Park, IL

2d•$17 - $18•Onsite

About The Position

The Caregiver is responsible for providing professional, compassionate, and quality care for all residents. This role involves assisting residents with daily living activities, implementing care plans, and ensuring the physical and emotional well-being of residents. The position also requires maintaining a clean and tidy environment, adhering to professional standards, and responding to resident needs and emergencies.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent.
Must complete 12 hours of continuing education – provided through community in-services.
Must be fluent in English and have the ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating procedures, policies and employee manuals.
Ability to write reports and correspondence.
Must work with other staff towards overall resident care.
Ability to report to work at least 15 minutes early to conduct a “walk-though” with previous shift personnel.
Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of variables in situations.

Responsibilities

Assists residents with activities of daily living (ADL’s)
Implements and supports resident care plan.
Provides for the residents’ physical care including lifting, bathing, performing hygiene tasks, toileting, assisting with meals, and other tasks.
Transfers residents in and out of beds, baths, wheelchairs, and/or automobiles.
Changes bed linens, washes and irons resident’s laundry, and assists to maintain tidiness of residents’ bedrooms, closets, and dresser drawers.
Facilitates and/or participates in resident group activities and resident care conferences.
Engages residents in meaningful conversation and activities related to their individual interests.
Assists with resident room, bathroom, and common area cleanliness, overall facility, and other housekeeping duties as needed.
Maintains professional approach to responsibilities (uniform, start times, absenteeism, confidentiality, communication with residents, family members, other staff members and vendors, and daily work responsibilities.
Promptly responds to all resident care needs
Supports new resident welcome and assimilation process.
Monitors residents for changes in condition and reports changes to leadership, if delegated to do so by licensed nurse
Completes incident reports for any incidents occurred on assigned shift.
Responds to all emergency situations
Performs other duties as assigned