CCMC Caregiver

Clatsop Care Center Health District•Warrenton, OR

About The Position

The Caregiver provides services that support facility residents’ health, holistic well-being, and quality of life. The role assists residents with activities of daily living, encourages self-involvement in care, supports nutrition and hydration, and provides transportation and ambulation assistance. Caregivers observe resident conditions and behaviors, report changes, document services when required, and help adapt service plans to residents’ changing needs. The position also includes routine safety checks, participation in staff collaboration and new-employee orientation, and maintaining a confidential work environment. Housekeeping duties include cleaning assigned resident rooms, bathrooms, common areas, and household kitchen, dining, and activity areas, as well as processing resident laundry according to infection-control requirements. The employee must use equipment safely, complete required training, and perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

Successfully complete all employee training components and demonstrate knowledge and skills.
Meet Division background check requirements.
Demonstrate interest in and ability to work calmly and confidently with residents with dementia and challenging behaviors.
Work independently and prioritize multiple tasks, interruptions, and competing priorities.
Have good verbal and written communication skills.
Use cleaning products safely.
Maintain good working relationships with coworkers and the public.
Frequently lift and/or move residents by mechanical or non-mechanical means.
Have close vision, peripheral vision, and the ability to focus.
Current CPR and First Aid training, or ability to obtain CPR and First Aid cards within 30 days of hire.
Demonstrated interest and ability in caring for people with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.
Be able to ambulate, stoop, bend, squat, and move up to 60 pounds during routine care over an 8-hour shift.
Have visual and auditory activity within normal limits, with or without prosthetics.
Frequently walk and transport residents.
Push and pull wheelchairs and other equipment.
Function independently, demonstrate flexibility, and work effectively with residents, personnel, and support agencies.

Nice To Haves

Current Oregon license as a Certified Nursing Assistant.

Responsibilities

Support residents’ well-being and quality of life.
Assist residents with bathing, dressing, toileting, and grooming as needed or requested.
Encourage residents to participate in their own care to the extent possible.
Provide individual and small-group activities suited to residents’ abilities and interests.
Document resident services when required in service plans.
Transport residents and assist with ambulation.
Support residents’ nutrition and hydration by providing meals and snacks in a way that facilitates adequate intake.
Serve meals in the dining area according to appropriate meal-delivery and infection-control practices and resident preferences.
Bus dishes after meals and return dirty dishes to the kitchen.
Remain compliant with in-service training.
Collaborate with staff to deliver resident-centered care.
Use equipment safely and properly.
Maintain confidentiality.
Know residents’ current conditions and behaviors and immediately report changes.
Perform routine visual safety rounds to ensure residents’ well-being.
Organize tasks efficiently to provide resident care.
Relate positively to residents, staff, and visitors.
Observe changes in service plans to accommodate residents’ changing needs.
Help orient new personnel by demonstrating policies, procedures, and equipment use.
Clean assigned resident rooms daily, including dusting surfaces and emptying trash, and work with residents and families to minimize clutter.
Clean resident and common bathrooms and common areas when needed.
Clean, vacuum, and spot-mop hallways and other areas as needed.
Clean the household kitchen, dining, and activity areas after use as assigned.
Process resident and personal laundry and soiled linens from the assigned shift according to infection-control requirements.
Perform other duties as assigned.