Caregiver 6P 6A

SR COMPANIES LLC•Knoxville, TN

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Caregiver enhances the resident and family experience by providing heartfelt care and promoting the organization’s Golden Rule value. The role supports residents’ daily living needs while encouraging independence, including assistance with activities of daily living, meals, light housekeeping, and laundry. Caregivers help maintain a clean, safe, orderly, and dignified community environment and interact with residents, families, visitors, and associates with empathy, kindness, compassion, and respect. The position also involves observing and reporting changes in residents’ health or emotional well-being, assisting with dining and leisure activities, responding to requests, following safety and emergency procedures, protecting resident confidentiality, and supporting and mentoring new employees. Caregivers participate in required training and meetings, comply with attendance and dress-code policies, and may perform other reasonable duties as assigned. The position is located at Trinity Hills of Knoxville in Knoxville, Tennessee. The stated shift is 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. The work environment may occasionally involve exposure to blood-borne pathogens.

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 present information effectively in one-on-one and small-group situations.
Ability to apply common-sense understanding to detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions.
Ability to address problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
Regularly stand, walk, use hands, reach with hands and arms, and talk or hear; frequently stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, and taste or smell; occasionally sit and climb or balance.
Occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

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 listed on the activity calendar.
Maintain a clean, safe, and orderly environment and perform general housekeeping according to established schedules.
Provide housekeeping and laundry services to help keep the community orderly, clean, and sanitary.
Respond promptly and courteously to resident requests, phone calls, and requests from family members and visitors.
Communicate in a language each resident can understand.
Ensure residents or their responsible parties sign residents out when they leave the community.
Identify and help prevent hazards or situations that could cause harm or falls; report safety hazards immediately to a supervisor.
Practice safe body mechanics and working habits and follow established emergency policies and procedures.
Serve as essential personnel during emergencies or inclement weather and remain at the community until released by a supervisor.
Work collaboratively with associates and management to complete assignments and maintain a positive, respectful attitude.
Comply with attendance and call-off policies, participate in trainings, in-service sessions, and mandatory meetings, and follow the dress code.
Refer family and visitor inquiries about resident care to the immediate supervisor and 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.
Perform other reasonable duties as assigned or requested.