Full-Time Caregiver: Afternoons/Evenings

The Goodman Group, LLC•Billings, MT

About The Position

The Caregiver provides residents with routine daily care in a caring and respectful manner, following each resident’s assessment and service plan. The role supports residents’ dignity, safety, personal care needs, social participation, and quality of life in an assisted living and senior care community. The position follows facility policies, procedures, regulations, and guidelines and promotes Westpark Village’s Platinum Service® commitment to courteous, responsive, and quality service. This position has no direct reports or supervisory responsibilities. Duties may change, and employees are expected to follow applicable policies and procedures and complete other job-related duties as assigned. The work may involve exposure to blood, body fluids, infectious diseases, air contaminants, and hazardous chemicals. Physical demands include lifting up to 50 pounds, with resident transfers potentially requiring lifting up to 75 pounds, as well as extended standing, bending, stooping, stretching, twisting, sitting, reaching, and fine motor activity. The work environment may include ambient room temperatures and lighting.

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 within the facility.
Communicate effectively with supervisors, team members, prospects, residents, and families.
Maintain confidentiality and resident privacy.
Have knowledge of or proficiency with the facility’s electronic health record (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 to bend, stoop, stretch, twist, sit, and reach.
Fine motor skills.
Ability to execute tasks independently, communicate clearly and effectively verbally, concentrate on moderate details with frequent interruptions, and meet visual acuity and hearing-alertness demands.

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 and following applicable policies and care plans.
Move and transfer residents into and out of beds, chairs, bathtubs, wheelchairs, and lifts using appropriate safety, lifting, and transfer techniques.
Immediately communicate relevant information, including incident information and 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 requests for care, and provide assistance as needed.
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 each resident according to the service schedule to ensure personal care needs are met in accordance with the resident’s wishes.
Assist with fire and other safety drills to ensure resident safety.
Perform other essential job-related duties as assigned.
Provide courteous, responsive, and quality service to residents in accordance with the Platinum Service® program.
Follow all policies and procedures.