ALF/Lead Caregiver

INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS•Walla Walla, WA

5d•$20 - $24•Onsite

About The Position

The Lead Caregiver provides oversight and assistance to caregivers during shifts, oversees scheduled care and services, and helps ensure adherence to facility procedures. The role provides assistance with activities of daily living and medication services to residents in the assisted living facility. It supports nursing staff, the Resident Care Manager, and the Assisted Living Director, and reports to the Assisted Living Director, Resident Care Manager, or Charge Nurse. Caregivers report to this position. The Lead Caregiver coordinates schedules and assigned work, assists caregivers with resident care and medication passes, monitors and documents resident care, and reports changes in residents’ conditions. The position also helps maintain resident dignity, rights, safety, confidentiality, and regulatory compliance; participates in care planning and emergency preparedness; and completes required training and competency checks. Other related duties may be assigned.

Requirements

Home Care Aide certification.
At least two years of caregiving experience in long-term care.
High school diploma or equivalent.
Current CPR/BLS certification.
Meet initial leadership and continuing education leadership training requirements.
Have no disciplinary action in effect against the required certification.
Ability to read, write, speak, and understand English.
Basic computer skills, including the ability to navigate electronic medical record systems.
Ability to make independent decisions when circumstances warrant.
Ability to communicate information concerning residents’ conditions and deal tactfully with staff, residents, families, visitors, government personnel, and the public.
Patience, tact, teamwork, strong listening skills, professionalism, courtesy, and the ability to handle conflict and difficult interactions.
Ability to work beyond normal working hours and on weekends and holidays when necessary.
Ability to move intermittently throughout the workday and to walk, stand, sit, bend, and stoop for extended periods.
Ability to bend, stoop, kneel, crouch, perform overhead lifting, and perform other common physical movements needed for the position.
Dexterity in hands and fingers to perform resident care.
Ability to lift, move, push, or pull a minimum of 35 pounds.
Knowledge of safe body mechanics, gait-belt use, and practices to prevent injury while assisting residents.
Meet facility health requirements, including medical and physical examinations and checking immunity status for infectious diseases.
Ability to assist in evacuating residents during emergencies.
Ability to comply with facility policies, procedures, and the compliance and ethics program as a condition of employment.

Responsibilities

Provide oversight and assistance to caregivers during shifts and ensure scheduled care and services are completed in accordance with established requirements.
Support nurses, the Resident Care Manager, the Assisted Living Director, and caregivers as needed.
Oversee adherence to schedules for showers, laundry, refrigerator cleaning, assistive-device cleaning, and vital signs, including documentation.
Assist caregivers with resident care, medication passes, and daily tasks to ensure completion and quality.
Assign additional tasks and distribute work equitably among floors and caregivers.
Carry the nurse phone and keys when the nurse is at lunch, away from the building, or additional support is needed in an emergency.
Assist residents with activities of daily living in accordance with care plans, policies, and procedures; provide routine standby assistance with transfers.
Assist with dining-room service, delivery of trays to rooms when needed, and feeding assistance in emergency or hospice situations.
Deliver nutritional supplements at assigned times and assist residents as needed to ensure intake.
Assist with resident weighing, record weights, and report weight changes to the nurse and supervisor.
Oversee monthly resident vital-sign collection and documentation according to assisted living standards and nursing instructions.
Help track residents’ skin condition and report pressure areas, skin breakdown, or skin tears to the nurse and supervisor.
Assist nursing staff with toileting program activities.
Document completed tasks and resident progress in the electronic medical record as directed.
Inform the nurse and supervisor of factors that interfere with assigned work, and report changes in residents’ conditions.
Check the work schedule regularly, report for assigned shifts, and coordinate scheduling changes and time off with the administrator.
Set up basic activities in the absence of the activities director, such as playing movies or setting up card games.
Attend weekly care conferences with assisted living administration and contribute to care coordination and resident updates.
Participate in care-plan creation and updates as requested or needed.
Treat residents with dignity and respect, protect residents’ rights, and follow facility policies, standards of conduct, and applicable regulations.
Follow safety, hygiene, and infection-control practices; protect confidential health information and report noncompliance, confidentiality breaches, retaliation, discrimination, suspected abuse, neglect, exploitation, mistreatment, or misappropriation as required.
Protect residents from abuse and cooperate with investigations.
Report occupational exposures, work-related injuries, and illnesses according to facility policy; participate in life-safety and emergency drills and training and perform assigned emergency-plan duties.
Complete assigned training and skills competency requirements; attend care-plan or safety committee meetings and participate in QAPI or facility assessment activities as requested.
Use proper lifting and body mechanics when providing resident care and assist with resident evacuation during emergencies when necessary.
Make beds for residents in the morning according to facility standards.