Direct Care Worker (Non-Meds)

Midwest Health•Centerville, IA

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Direct Care Worker (Non-Meds) provides direct care to community residents, primarily assisting with activities of daily living. The role also includes housekeeping and laundry duties, meal service, and other responsibilities assigned by an authorized supervisor or the Executive Director. The position requires following community procedures and care plans, completing resident documentation before leaving the shift, and communicating resident status through shift reports. The employee must attend work regularly, complete required in-service education and Relias assignments, and pass an annual skills check-off with the RN. The role requires basic computer skills, the ability to communicate in English, and the ability to maintain effective working relationships. The employee must be able to assist with resident evacuation during emergencies and perform essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation. Rotating weekends and holidays are required, and work beyond normal hours may be necessary.

Requirements

Complete at least 12 hours of in-service education approved and required by the community, Department of Human Services, and Department of Inspections and Appeals.
Complete Relias assignments on time.
Successfully complete an annual skills check-off with the RN.
Demonstrate the ability to develop and maintain good working relationships with coworkers and other departments.
Have basic computer skills.
Be able to read, write, speak, and understand English.
Be able to assist in evacuating residents during emergencies.
Be able to perform essential position functions with or without reasonable accommodation.
Use a transfer/gait belt or obtain another employee’s assistance when helping residents or lifting or carrying objects over 25 pounds.
Be able to relate to and work with ill, disabled, elderly, emotionally upset, and sometimes hostile people.
Be able to see and hear, or use prosthetics that enable these senses to function adequately for the job.
Meet the physical demands described in the posting, including frequent lifting of 26–50 pounds and over 50 pounds, and required bending, twisting, crawling, squatting, kneeling, crouching, climbing, and balancing.
If required to operate a motor vehicle for business purposes, successfully complete the requirements in the company’s Motor Vehicles policy.

Responsibilities

Assist residents in and out of bed and into wheelchairs, following procedure and using a gait belt or another aide when needed.
Assist residents with bathing, dressing, undressing, toileting, and personal grooming.
Provide perineal care as needed.
Take and record residents’ vital signs according to community schedules and policies.
Assist residents to the dining area and, when required, help feed them.
Strip beds and replace linens according to schedule or as needed.
Turn residents as required by their care plans.
Clean bedpans and empty catheter bags when required.
Document and report resident information as instructed, completing documentation before leaving the shift.
Maintain the medication room in a clean and orderly manner.
Give shift reports about resident status as required.
Provide scheduled or required housekeeping and cleaning services in resident and common areas.
Provide laundry and linen services and deliver residents’ laundry as designated.
Perform minor maintenance and service community equipment as instructed, including inventorying supplies.
Monitor personal and staff compliance with state and federal requirements, including blood-borne pathogen, hazardous materials, infection-control, and fire-safety requirements.
Monitor personal and staff compliance with residents’ rights.
Assist with resident evacuation during emergencies.
Work rotating weekends and holidays and beyond normal working hours when necessary.