PRN Home Care Assistant - CNA Required

Galloway Ridge, Inc.•Pittsboro, NC

10d•$19 - $21•Onsite

About The Position

Galloway Ridge is an upscale continuing care retirement community offering top-quality care in a warm, welcoming environment—and we’re looking for a compassionate, detail-oriented Home Care Assistant to join our clinic team. The Home Care Assistant is responsible for assisting residents with in-home care. This may include, but not limited to, assistance with ADLs, personal grooming, meal preparation, light housekeeping, transporting residents to medical appointments or to run errands. They will also incorporate the philosophy and mission of the facility of providing quality care in a personal manner with total regard for individual human dignity. You MUST have a CNA license for this position.

Requirements

High School Diploma or GED
Valid Drivers License
Basic Life Support Certification
Must be able to write reports as required for patient care reporting.
Must be able to communicate in a courteous, caring, and friendly manner.
Ability to comprehend instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule format.
Basic mathematical ability; comprehension of quantities and measures.
Ability to work independently for scheduled periods of time.
Ability to handle routine problems and when to report problems to supervisor.
CNA license

Responsibilities

Provides personal care assistance to residents as directed (bathing, grooming, assisting with meals, toileting) with ADL’s utilizing standard precautions.
Prepares residents for meals, by either taking them to GR dining areas, collecting their meals for them, or preparing and serving their meals.
Helps residents with ambulation, transfers, range of motion exercises, and turning and repositioning while in bed.
Obtains vital signs on residents whose medical conditions warrant such monitoring.
Obtains urine samples, weights, intake/output, empties foley catheter bags.
Monitors any change in residents’ behavior or condition, reports such changes to HCM.
Performs other related duties as assigned or requested.
Regularly checks on residents ensuring comfort, dignity and privacy, responds to residents’ requests promptly, makes sure all needs are met.
Ensures resident maintains a safe environment, keeping them exempt from avoidable accident, injury or infection.
Keeps residents’ home free of clutter, keeps transport vehicles clean and with fuel.
Reports any vehicle maintenance needs to Home Care Supervisor.
Enhancing the Resident Experience.