Resident Assistant / Night Shift

AdamsPlace•Gallatin, TN

26d•Onsite

About The Position

NHC Place Sumner is seeking a Resident Assistant to provide personal care and support to residents in a long-term care, skilled nursing, assisted living, or memory care setting. The role promotes teamwork among employees and hospitality and comfort for residents. The position is full-time, with hours listed as 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. Experience in long-term care or skilled nursing is preferred but not required. The location is NHC Place Sumner, 140 Thorne Blvd., Gallatin, Tennessee.

Requirements

Experience in long-term care, skilled nursing, and/or long-term care is preferred but not required.
Adhere to the facility's attendance standards.
Maintain confidentiality of resident and facility records and information.
Follow Standard Precautions, the Exposure Control Plan, and fire drill and evacuation procedures.

Nice To Haves

Experience in long-term care or skilled nursing.

Responsibilities

Provide residents with personal care, including grooming, bathing, dressing, and oral care.
Change bed linen and maintain appropriate grooming supplies in resident rooms.
Ambulate and transfer residents using appropriate assistive devices and body mechanics.
Record vital signs, weights, measurements, intake and output, food consumption, and other assigned information.
Turn and position residents as necessary.
Observe residents and report changes in condition to the Charge Nurse.
Recognize residents’ ability to make choices and support those choices within the caregiving environment.
Participate in collecting data for completion of the MDS and care plans, and provide input to nurses developing care plans.
Provide hydration to residents at regular intervals according to their needs.
Prepare residents for meals and transport them to the dining room when appropriate; make food trays and self-help devices accessible and assist residents who cannot feed themselves.
Maintain accurate food intake and output records as directed.
Maintain housekeeping standards in assigned areas, including general facility housekeeping and deep cleaning of resident rooms and bathrooms.
Assist nursing staff with basic aseptic and sterile techniques to prevent infection and contamination.
Monitor ventilation, temperature, lighting, and noise control.
Take temperature, pulse, respirations, and blood pressure, and weigh residents as directed.
Promptly answer call lights and respond to other resident needs.
Assist with orientation and training of other staff as requested.
Attend in-service education programs to meet facility education requirements.
Know and follow Standard Precautions, the Exposure Control Plan, and fire drill and evacuation procedures.
Maintain confidentiality of resident and facility records and information.
Protect residents from neglect, mistreatment, and abuse, and protect their personal property.
Adhere to attendance standards.
Perform other duties as directed by the supervisor or administrator.