MC Resident Care Specialist - PRN

Watercrest Senior Living•The Villages, FL

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About The Position

The MC Resident Care Specialist assures day-to-day resident care is provided in a sensitive, professional, and effective manner, in accordance with state and company regulations. The role supports residents’ personal care, activities of daily living, activity engagement, dining, and community programming to help ensure quality care. The specialist promotes personal choice, independence, spiritual needs, and residents’ personal and property rights while maintaining confidentiality and established infection-control practices.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED.
CPR and First Aid certification.
Medication Assistance license or certificate, if applicable and required by state regulations.
Ability to communicate effectively with management, team members, residents, family members, vendors, referral sources, and outside contacts.
Ability to make independent decisions.
Ability to communicate in a warm, friendly, and caring manner.
Passion for working with and around senior citizens.
Knowledge of customer service principles and practices.
Ability to stand or walk for 75% of the day, concentrate amid frequent interruptions, and work under stress and in emergency situations.
Ability to perform work involving sitting, standing, walking, reaching, pulling, pushing, and grasping; occasionally lift or carry up to 50 pounds.
Ability to talk and hear effectively to convey messages, instructions, and information.

Nice To Haves

Certified Nursing Assistant or Home Health Aid credential; preferred but not required.
Experience with seniors in a Memory Care environment.

Responsibilities

Assist residents with personal care, activities of daily living, and activity engagement as assigned or requested.
Perform assigned daily housekeeping tasks using established procedures and standards.
Review and participate in 24 Hour Reports, Daily Logs, Shift Cross-over Reports, and Verbal Reports as needed.
Assist residents to and from scheduled programs and participate in resident programming when scheduled or needed.
Promote residents’ personal choices, independence, and spiritual needs.
Perform assigned laundry duties and help clean and tidy residents’ rooms.
Respond to resident emergency calls and be knowledgeable and prepared for disasters, fires, and other emergencies.
Dispose of used resident hygiene care products.
Immediately report resident changes in condition to the Memory Care Director or Resident Wellness Director.
Check residents every two hours or as required.
Maintain established infection-control practices and use required personal protective equipment.
Report hazardous conditions and equipment to the Memory Care Director.
Clean and properly store equipment at the end of each shift.
Report burned-out light bulbs and lights, including exit, overhead, and emergency call lights, to the supervisor as soon as possible on the day they are found.
Report all accidents and incidents to the supervisor as soon as possible, regardless of severity.
Maintain confidentiality of residents’ personal care information and honor residents’ personal and property rights.
Wear the company uniform and remain resident-ready at all times.
Perform other related essential duties as assigned.