Caregiver

Quail Park•Seattle, WA

20d•Onsite

About The Position

The Caregiver position at Quail Park of West Seattle involves assisting residents with daily living activities, monitoring their condition, and maintaining a safe and supportive environment. This role requires effective communication, basic computer skills, and the ability to learn and perform essential care tasks. The caregiver will work closely with residents, families, and the healthcare team to ensure residents receive personalized and attentive care.

Requirements

Ability to take blood pressure, pulse, respiration, temperature, and O2 Sat or ability to learn.
Must maintain current CPR/First Aid credentials.
Must maintain current Food Handlers credentials.
Must maintain annual Continuing Education Credits.
Must enjoy working with seniors.
Ability to establish effective relationships with residents, family members and team members.
Must be able to read, comprehend, write, and speak English to communicate effectively with residents, families, visitors and other team members.
Proficiency in basic computer skills, including Word and Excel.
Must meet all health-related requirements pertaining to state licensure.
Subject to pre-employment screening TB testing and criminal background check.

Nice To Haves

Previous experience working with the elderly in a residential or long-term care setting preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

Reviews and understands all resident individual service plans.
Assists residents with activities of daily living, including bathing, dressing, grooming, toileting, eating, transferring, and ambulation, as specified in residents’ individual service plans.
Engages residents in meaningful conversation and socialization while providing personal care assistance.
Observes residents for changes in physical, emotional, mental and social condition, unusual symptoms, accidents, injuries, or unusual occurrences, and reports promptly to a licensed nurse and/or supervisor.
Completes all forms to include but not limited to incident reports, and written and computerized documentation, as necessary for communication of resident information with other members of the Resident Care Team and with the licensed nurses, Executive Director.
Assists with resident meal times in dining room, serves meals in accordance with proper serving technique and ensures that food is presented in an attractive manner as needed.
Post Mortem care carried out by a Med Tech” for a resident who passes away in the community under hospice.
Makes resident beds, empties apartment trash, and tidies resident apartment daily and as needed or requested.
Turns down resident beds in the evening if requested.
Changes resident linens and towels according to community laundry schedule, and as needed or as requested.
Maintains resident clothing and closet in a neat and orderly manner.
Assists in cleaning walkers, wheelchairs, and other resident equipment, as needed.
Assists with other housekeeping duties as assigned.