Per Diem- Resident Assistant -Keene

American House Senior Living Communities•Keene, NH

3h•Onsite

About The Position

Under the general direction of the Executive Director and Wellness Director, the Per Diem Resident Assistant's primary responsibilities include assisting in the management of the day-to-day operations of the health and wellness component of the community. The role aims to ensure the maximum levels of resident functional ability, safety, and well-being. This involves ensuring compliance with American House’s philosophy and policies, coordinating communication among staff, residents, and families, and maintaining liaison with them. The assistant will also help in providing continuous high-quality service within the Health and Wellness Department, fostering teamwork, and assisting with recruitment, supervision, training, disciplining, counseling, motivating, and evaluating team members. Other duties include assisting with orientation and in-service training, ensuring staff follow safety regulations, making reports to the Wellness Director, coordinating healthcare services, assessing residents' appropriateness for living in the community, coordinating wellness meetings, completing administrative paperwork, assisting with medication administration, and working with residents' attending physicians. The role also involves submitting recommendations for budget, equipment, and supplies, assisting in developing work schedules, and maintaining confidentiality according to HIPAA and company policies.

Requirements

Ability to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
Excellent communication skills and a compassion for older adults.
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret facility forms, signs and product instructions.
Ability to speak clearly and interpret verbal communication.
High degree of interpersonal relationship skills.
Strong organizational and time-management skills.
Considerable initiative, judgment, and leadership skills.
Telephone skills.
Problem solving and logic skills.
Computer skills.

Responsibilities

Ensure compliance to American House’s philosophy as well as all written policies and procedures that govern the operation of the Resident Services Department.
Assist in the coordination of effective communication among Resident Associates, residents, and families.
Maintain liaison with residents and family members.
Through ongoing supervision, oversight and delegation assists in the provision of a continuous high quality of service within the Health and Wellness Department.
Assist in establishing rapport among Health and Wellness team members to facilitate teamwork.
Assist in the recruitment and selection of competent Resident Associates.
Assist in the continuous, ongoing supervision of all Health and Wellness team members, including but not limited to training, disciplining, counseling, motivating, and evaluating.
Assist in the orientation and in service training.
Assist to ensure that all staff follows established safety regulations, including fire protection, infection control, blood borne pathogens, hazardous waste, and quality assurance procedures.
Make written and oral reports to the Wellness Director concerning the operation of the Health and Wellness Department.
Assist in the coordination of healthcare services with other resident services to ensure continuity of care.
Continuity assess residents to verify their appropriateness to live within the community.
Assist in the coordination of regularly scheduled wellness meetings.
Complete all administrative paperwork as required.
Assist with medication administration.
Works in conjunction with resident’s attending physician to make certain highest quality of service is being provided.
Submit recommendations to the Wellness Director for budget completion, equipment, and supplies.
Assist in the development of work schedules and assignments to ensure staff accountability and task completion.
Maintain confidentiality of verbal and written information pertaining to residents, according to HIPAA.
Maintain confidentiality of verbal and written information pertaining to the private materials, policies or procedures related to the operation of the community and/or personnel records, unless directed or allowable by law.