Hospitality Aide

Life Care Center of Cleveland • Cleveland, TN

2d

About The Position

The Hospitality Aide performs non-direct-care activities, including passing ice, making beds, and passing meal trays to residents who are able to feed themselves. Duties are performed under the direct supervision of a licensed nurse to help assure patient safety and attain or maintain each patient's highest practicable physical, mental, and psychosocial well-being in accordance with applicable laws, regulations, and Life Care standards. The role requires dependable attendance, a positive and professional approach, effective communication and teamwork, and the ability to perform the listed physical activities and lift, carry, and push or pull up to 35 pounds.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• CPR certification upon hire or obtained during orientation; certification must remain current during employment.
• Ability to make independent decisions when circumstances warrant.
• Knowledge of practices, procedures, laws, regulations, and guidelines governing functions in a post-acute care facility.
• Ability to implement and interpret departmental programs, goals, objectives, policies, and procedures.
• Proficiency in competency areas including patient rights, safety, and sanitation.
• Ability to maintain professional working relationships with associates and vendors.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality of proprietary and confidential information.
• Ability to follow company policies, including harassment and compliance procedures, and adhere to Life Care's Code of Conduct and required compliance training.
• Ability to read, write, speak, and understand English.
• Ability to sit, stand, bend, lift, push, pull, stoop, walk, reach, and move intermittently during working hours.
• Ability to lift 35 pounds from floor to waist and waist to shoulder, lift and carry 35 pounds, and push or pull 35 pounds.

Responsibilities

• Pass ice, water, and snacks to residents; clean nourishment refrigerators and carts.
• Assist with passing and retrieving meal trays for cognizant residents and clean dining areas after meals.
• Make unoccupied beds and change bed linens.
• Organize residents' drawers and closets and label personal items.
• Organize shower rooms, clean utility rooms, and ensure adequate inventory.
• Provide one-to-one attention to cognitively impaired residents.
• Deliver residents' mail.
• Transport wheelchair-bound residents to and from rooms.
• Respond promptly to call lights.
• Assist in evacuating patients.
• Maintain dependable, regular attendance.
• Communicate and work productively as part of an interdisciplinary team.
• Perform duties under the direct supervision of a licensed nurse to help assure patient safety and residents' well-being.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: High school or GED