Caregiver 2nd Shift Full Time FT

SR COMPANIES LLC•Louisville, KY

15h•$16 - $17•Onsite

About The Position

The Caregiver enhances the experience of residents and their families by providing heartfelt care and treating residents, families, visitors, and associates with kindness, compassion, respect, and the same consideration the caregiver would want to receive. The role supports residents’ daily living needs while encouraging independence, maintaining a clean and safe community, and helping create a dignified, caring atmosphere. The caregiver provides personal care and assistance with activities of daily living, serves residents during meals, participates in leisure activities, and performs housekeeping and laundry tasks. The role also includes observing and reporting changes in residents’ health and emotional well-being, responding to requests, following safety and emergency procedures, protecting resident privacy, and contributing to teamwork, training, and mentoring. The caregiver may be designated essential personnel during emergencies or inclement weather and may need to remain at the community until released by a supervisor.

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 to customers, clients, and other employees.
Ability to apply 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 perform the essential duties satisfactorily, with reasonable accommodations where applicable.
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 and report daily to a supervisor any changes in residents’ health or emotional well-being.
Serve and assist residents in the dining room at breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Initiate and participate in resident leisure activities listed on the activity calendar.
Maintain a clean, safe, and orderly environment and perform general housekeeping duties according to established schedules.
Provide housekeeping and laundry services to maintain the community in a clean, orderly, and sanitary condition.
Respond promptly and courteously to resident requests, including phone calls, and to 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 objects or situations that could cause harm or falls; practice safe body mechanics and work habits, and report safety hazards immediately.
Follow established policies and procedures during emergencies; serve as essential personnel during emergencies or inclement weather and remain at the community until released by a supervisor.
Work cooperatively with associates and management to accomplish assignments and assist associates when requested or required.
Maintain a positive and respectful attitude toward work issues, policies, procedures, residents, families, visitors, associates, and management.
Comply with attendance and call-off policies, attend trainings, in-service sessions, and mandatory meetings, and follow the dress code.
Refer questions about resident care from families and visitors to the immediate supervisor rather than discussing resident care issues with them.
Comply with HIPAA regulations.
Assist with training and mentoring new employees.
Take initiative by seeking additional information, offering solutions and suggestions, and willingly taking on special projects or assignments outside regular duties.
Perform other reasonable duties as assigned or requested.