Caregiver Assisted Living & Memory Care

The Goodman Group, LLC•East Naples, FL

About The Position

The Caregiver provides residents with routine daily care services in a caring and respectful manner, in accordance with each resident’s assessment and service plan. The role supports residents in assisted living and memory care and contributes to a safe, responsive, and welcoming community. Caregivers are expected to deliver courteous, competent, timely service consistent with the community’s Platinum Service® principles and to follow applicable policies, procedures, regulations, and guidelines.

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.
Communicate effectively with supervisors, team members, prospects, residents, and families.
Maintain confidentiality to ensure resident privacy.
Have knowledge of or proficiency with facility 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 or 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, express oneself clearly and effectively verbally, concentrate on moderate details with frequent interruptions, and maintain visual acuity and hearing alertness.

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.
Move and transfer residents into and out of beds, chairs, bathtubs, wheelchairs, lifts, and other equipment using safe lifting and transferring techniques.
Immediately communicate appropriate information, including incident information and observed or suspected changes in a resident’s condition, to a supervisor.
Assist residents to walk 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, providing assistance as needed.
Observe each resident’s emotional condition and promptly report changes to the nurse.
Promote personal safety and a safe resident environment by observing infection-control practices, following facility guidelines, and reporting unsafe situations to the nurse or management.
Check residents according to their service schedules to ensure personal care needs are met in accordance with their wishes.
Assist with fire and other safety drills to ensure resident safety.
Perform other essential job-related duties as assigned.
Follow company policies and procedures and provide courteous, responsive, quality service in accordance with the Platinum Service® program.