Caregiver FT

SRM MANAGEMENT GROUP LLC•Bluffton, SC

5d•Onsite

About The Position

The Caregiver is responsible for enhancing and improving the SRIM experience by providing heartfelt care to residents and their families. The role demonstrates SRIM’s golden-rule core value by treating residents, families, visitors, and associates with respect and kindness. Caregivers assist residents with activities of daily living, meals, light housekeeping, and laundry while encouraging independence. The position also supports resident activities and helps maintain a clean, safe, orderly, and dignified community environment. Caregivers communicate changes in residents’ health or emotional well-being to a supervisor, follow established policies and emergency procedures, protect resident privacy, and collaborate with associates and management.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED, or one to two years of related experience and/or training, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
Ability to write simple correspondence.
Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small-group situations to customers, clients, and other employees.
Ability to use common-sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions.
Ability to address problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
Ability to meet the essential job functions, with reasonable accommodations available for individuals with disabilities.

Responsibilities

Assist residents with activities of daily living, including dressing, grooming, peri-care, toileting, and hygiene.
Interact with residents at all levels of care with empathy, kindness, compassion, and respect.
Observe residents and report changes in their health or emotional well-being to a supervisor daily.
Serve and assist residents in the dining room at breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Initiate and participate in leisure activities described on the activity calendar.
Maintain a clean, safe, and orderly environment and perform general housekeeping according to established schedules.
Provide housekeeping and laundry duties to maintain the community in a clean and sanitary condition.
Respond promptly and courteously to requests for assistance, including requests from residents, family members, and visitors.
Communicate effectively in a language each resident can understand.
Ensure residents or their responsible parties sign residents out when they leave the community.
Help maintain a safe and secure work environment, practice safe working habits and good body mechanics, and immediately report hazards to a supervisor.
Follow established policies and procedures during emergencies and serve as essential personnel during emergencies or inclement weather, remaining at the community until released by a supervisor.
Assist associates when requested or required and work collaboratively with associates and management to complete assignments.
Demonstrate a positive and respectful attitude toward work issues, policies, procedures, residents, families, visitors, associates, and management.
Follow attendance and call-off policies; participate in training, in-service sessions, and mandatory meetings.
Wear clean and appropriate clothing in accordance with the dress code.
Refer resident-care questions from families and visitors to the immediate supervisor rather than discussing care issues.
Comply with HIPAA regulations.
Assist with training and mentoring new employees.
Take initiative, seek additional information, offer solutions and suggestions, and willingly take on special projects or assignments outside regular duties.
Perform other reasonable duties as assigned or requested.