Resident Assistant: Part-Time Evenings

Good Shepherd Lutheran Services•Winona, MN

11h•Onsite

About The Position

The Resident Assistant provides direct resident care according to each resident’s plan of care and under the direct supervision of the Charge Nurse. The role supports residents’ physical, mental, and psychosocial functioning while promoting choice, dignity, and quality of life. Care includes nutritional support; continence care; mobility and transfer assistance; personal hygiene; comfort and environmental care; communication; safety and infection prevention; observation and reporting; and documentation. With special training, the position may also involve taking vital signs, changing oxygen tanks, and other duties assigned by the licensed nurse or Household Manager. The position is part-time and scheduled for evening work in Rushford, Minnesota. Some travel may be required. The work area is well lit and well ventilated. The role involves standing, bending, walking, and potentially sitting, climbing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, pushing, and pulling. Employees regularly lift or move objects up to 10 pounds, frequently support 10–50 pounds, and may need to carry or support 25 pounds or more in emergencies. Other potential exposures include unprotected heights, moving machinery, temperature or humidity changes, driving, and dust, fumes, or gases. Candidates must be at least 16 years old, able to read, write, follow instructions, and document care in English, and either have completed an approved NA training program and be on the Minnesota NA Registry or be enrolled in an approved program and complete the class and testing within four months of hire. The role calls for communication, organization, documentation, teamwork, problem-solving, observation, calm responses to stressful situations, and professional, sensitive interactions with residents, families, and coworkers.

Requirements

Must be at least 16 years of age.
Able to read and write, follow oral and written instructions, and document care provided in English.
Must have completed an approved NA training program and be on the Minnesota NA Registry, or be enrolled in an approved training program and complete the class and testing within four months of hire.
Good communication skills, including clear and effective communication with tact and diplomacy.
Organizational skills, attention to detail and accuracy, initiative, and ability to work effectively with minimal supervision.
Interpersonal skills including patience, understanding, enthusiasm, and a positive attitude with residents, families, and staff.
Ability to document daily services and care provided.
Teamwork skills and willingness to support and help coworkers.
Ability to accept supervision and follow directives, policies, rules, and regulations.
Problem-solving skills, including recognizing potential and actual problems and using constructive interventions and approaches.
Good observation skills to notice changes in resident status and identify problems or hazards, and to determine when a licensed nurse should assess a resident.
Ability to react calmly and efficiently to new or stressful situations.
Ability to communicate objective information to nursing management and demonstrate support of management.
Sensitivity, patience, gentleness, concern, sincerity, warmth, and friendliness when interacting with residents, families, and staff.
Ability to maintain confidentiality of written and verbal information and demonstrate integrity, honesty, tact, diplomacy, and professional behavior.
Neat and well-groomed appearance; care with property, supplies, and use of time.
Physical ability to perform the duties described, including standing, bending, walking, lifting, supporting residents, and using hands for repetitive grasping and fine manipulation.
Functional hearing and ability to read medical records, make observational assessments, and document in written and computer records.

Responsibilities

Provide direct resident care in accordance with care plans and NA Standards of Care, promoting resident choice, dignity, and quality of life.
Provide nutritional care, including serving meals and snacks, assisting or monitoring residents with eating, encouraging and recording intake, supplying water, measuring weight as directed, and reporting changes in appetite or eating ability.
Provide continence care, including assisting with toileting and established bowel and bladder programs, collecting samples as directed, caring for catheters and colostomies as directed, recording output and bowel movements, keeping residents clean and dry, and reporting changes in elimination patterns.
Assist with ambulation, transfers, positioning, repositioning, range-of-motion exercises, rehabilitation and restorative programs, and participation in social and therapeutic activities; use prescribed mobility aids and proper body mechanics, and report mobility changes, incidents, or injuries.
Assist residents with bathing, hair and skin care, grooming, perineal care, dressing, oral and denture hygiene, nail care, and shaving; report changes in activities of daily living abilities or skin integrity.
Support residents’ comfort and preferred routines; assist with rest, socialization, exercise, and mental stimulation; maintain a clean and pleasant environment; change linens and make beds; and monitor ventilation, temperature, lighting, and noise.
Communicate therapeutically and respectfully with residents, families, and staff; respond to resident expressions of need; receive shift report and report off to the nurse; and report unmet requests or changes in communication patterns.
Follow infection prevention, privacy, safety, fall prevention, emergency, disaster, and organizational policies; respond promptly to call lights; keep call lights accessible; use protective devices according to care plans; report hazards, incidents, injuries, and vulnerable adult concerns; and report resident status or behavior changes.
Follow resident care plans, seek direction when resident status changes, and request assistance when needed.
With special training, take vital signs, change oxygen tanks, and document care, vital signs, intake and output, behaviors, and other information as directed.
Perform other duties assigned by the licensed nurse or Household Manager.