Caregiver Assisted Living and Memory Care

The Goodman Group, LLC•Sarasota, FL

5d•Onsite

About The Position

The Caregiver provides residents with routine daily care services in a caring and respectful manner, in accordance with each resident’s assessment and service plan. This role supports assisted living and memory care residents and contributes to a safe, responsive, and welcoming community. Caregivers are expected to provide courteous, competent, and timely service consistent with the Platinum Service® program, maintain resident privacy, and follow facility policies and procedures.

Requirements

Meet all applicable state and federal requirements for the position.
Be able to make independent decisions and follow instructions.
Deal tactfully with personnel, prospects, residents, family members, visitors, government agencies and personnel, and the public.
Be capable of working with ill, disabled, elderly, and emotionally upset people.
Communicate effectively with supervisors, team members, prospects, residents, and families.
Maintain confidentiality and resident privacy.
Have knowledge of or proficiency with the facility EHR.
Ability to lift 50 pounds; moving, lifting, or transferring residents may involve lifting up to 75 pounds.
Ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift and carry to a height of 3 feet, and push and pull to a distance of 5 feet.
Ability to use abdominal and lower-back muscles over time without fatigue.
Ability to stand for extended periods and bend, stoop, stretch, twist, sit, and reach.
Fine motor skills.

Nice To Haves

Six months or more of experience in home care, assisted living, or a long-term care facility.

Responsibilities

Assist residents with activities of daily living, including bathing, dressing, grooming, toileting, transferring, and mobility, while maintaining dignity and respect.
Move and transfer residents into and out of beds, chairs, bathtubs, wheelchairs, and lifts using required safety, lifting, and transferring techniques.
Communicate relevant information, including incident report details, and promptly report observed or suspected changes in residents’ conditions to a supervisor.
Assist residents with walking, with or without self-help devices, as instructed.
Encourage residents to socialize and participate in scheduled activities and outings, and assist with those activities as needed.
Respond promptly and courteously to resident alerts, needs, and care requests.
Observe residents’ emotional conditions and promptly report changes to the nurse.
Promote personal safety and a safe environment by observing infection-control practices, following facility guidelines, and reporting unsafe situations to the nurse or management.
Check residents according to their service schedules to ensure personal care needs are met in accordance with their wishes.
Assist with fire and other safety drills to ensure resident safety.
Perform other essential job-related duties as assigned.
Follow company policies and procedures and provide courteous, responsive, quality service to residents.