PRN Resident Advocate Float CNA

Goodwin Living•Falls Church, VA

6d•Onsite

About The Position

This position serves as a Resident Advocate who works cooperatively with the Goodwin Living team at each campus to supplement staffing and accompany residents to the hospital when they are transferred by 911 via Rescue Squad. The role also assists residents with activities of daily living while helping maintain a clean, comfortable, pleasant, and stimulating environment in accordance with applicable standards, regulations, scope of practice, and Goodwin Living policies and procedures. The Resident Advocate helps ensure residents’ comprehensive individual needs are met while upholding Resident Rights. During hospital transfers between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m., the Resident Advocate may be activated to accompany a resident from any of the three campuses. Depending on the campus where the employee is working, they may travel with the resident in the ambulance, meet the resident at the hospital, or provide coverage at the transferring campus via Uber Health. The employee stays with the resident until a family member or power of attorney arrives, or, if unavailable, until the resident is settled for no more than four hours. The role may support multiple residents transferred to the same hospital and may require working past the end of the shift. The position also provides resident care and support with daily activities, mobility, transportation, activities, meals, admissions, transfers, and discharges. It includes observing and reporting changes in residents’ health or behavior, responding to requests, providing general care for residents in isolation and postmortem care, following infection-control procedures, and encouraging residents’ physical, mental, social, and spiritual functioning. Pay is $23.50 per hour. The listed schedule is the night shift, 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. The role is PRN (as needed) and requires cross-training and travel among the three Goodwin Living campuses and, when needed, to hospitals.

Requirements

Have reliable transportation and maintain a valid driver’s license and auto insurance.
Cross-train to work at all three campuses: Goodwin House Alexandria, Goodwin House Bailey’s Crossroads, and The View Alexandria.
Be willing to travel to all three campuses, which are within a five-mile radius.
Be willing to accompany residents in an ambulance when they are sent to the hospital via 911.
Be willing to travel at night to the campus sending a resident to the hospital.
Be willing to travel to a hospital to meet a resident in the emergency room.
Be skilled in providing resident care.
Be able to communicate in English, verbally and in writing.
Be kind, gentle, patient, and organized, and be able to accept constructive suggestions.
Be able to work as a contributing member of a team.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of Person Directed Care.

Responsibilities

Supplement staffing at Goodwin Living campuses.
Accompany residents transferred to the hospital by 911, including traveling in the ambulance or meeting residents in the emergency room as assigned.
Stay with residents until a family member or power of attorney arrives, or until the resident is settled for up to four hours if no representative is available.
Support and advocate for multiple residents transferred to the same hospital when needed.
Travel to another campus or provide coverage at the transferring campus via Uber Health when assigned.
Assist residents with activities of daily living, mobility, and transportation.
Plan and participate in resident and household activities.
Know residents individually and report observed changes in health status or behavior to the Household Nurse.
Assist with resident admissions, transfers, and discharges.
Respond promptly to residents’ needs and requests and perform general care activities for residents in isolation.
Provide postmortem care.
Follow infection-control and blood-borne pathogen policies and procedures.
Assist residents at mealtimes as needed and encourage adequate nutrition and hydration.
Encourage residents to attain their highest level of physical, mental, social, and spiritual functioning.
Work past the scheduled shift end when needed for a late-shift resident transfer.