Resident Assistant-Overnight

Good Shepherd Lutheran Services•Winona, MN

23h•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 focuses on maintaining or improving residents’ physical, mental, and psychosocial functioning while supporting resident choice, dignity, and quality of life. The position is located in Rushford, Minnesota, and may require some travel. Work is performed in a well-lighted, well-ventilated work area. Hours are as scheduled, and the position is non-exempt. Care duties include supporting nutrition and hydration; continence and personal hygiene; mobility, transfers, positioning, and restorative activities; comfort, rest, and a pleasant living environment; and respectful communication with residents, families, and staff. The Resident Assistant observes residents, reports changes or concerns promptly to nursing staff, follows individual care plans and established safety, infection-control, privacy, and emergency procedures, and documents care as directed. With special training, duties may also include taking vital signs and changing oxygen tanks. Applicants must be at least 16 years old, able to read, write, follow instructions, and document care in English, and must have completed an approved nursing assistant 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 requires patience, sensitivity, confidentiality, integrity, professional conduct, and a neat appearance.

Requirements

Must be at least 16 years of age.
Able to read, write, follow oral and written instructions, and document care provided in English.
Must have successfully completed an approved nursing assistant training program and be listed on the Minnesota NA Registry, or be enrolled in an approved training program and successfully complete the class and testing within four months of hire.
Good communication skills, including the ability to communicate clearly and effectively 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 maintaining a positive attitude.
Ability to document daily the services and care provided.
Teamwork skills and willingness to help and support colleagues.
Ability to accept supervision and follow directives, policies, rules, and regulations.
Problem-solving skills, including recognizing potential or actual problems and using constructive approaches.
Good observation skills and ability to notice and report changes in resident status, problems, and hazards.
Ability to react calmly and efficiently to new or stressful situations.
Sensitivity to residents’ and families’ needs and opinions; patience, gentleness, concern, sincerity, warmth, and friendliness.
Ability to maintain confidentiality, integrity, honesty, tact, diplomacy, and professional behavior.
Neat and well-groomed appearance; careful use of property, supplies, and time.
Regularly stand, bend, and walk; may also need to sit, climb, stoop, kneel, crouch, push, and pull.
Regularly lift or move objects up to 10 pounds; frequently support 10–50 pounds; emergency situations may require carrying or supporting 25 pounds or greater.
Use hands for repetitive actions, including simple and firm grasping and fine manipulation.
Functional hearing and ability to perform the listed job duties, including reading medical records, making observations, and documenting in writing and computer records.

Responsibilities

Provide direct resident care under the Charge Nurse’s supervision and according to each resident’s plan of care and NA Standards of Care.
Support residents’ nutritional needs by serving meals and snacks according to diet requirements, assisting with eating, encouraging and recording intake as directed, providing fresh water, measuring weight as directed, and reporting changes in appetite or ability to eat.
Provide continence care, including assisting with toileting, following bowel and bladder programs, collecting routine specimens as directed, maintaining catheter care, recording output and bowel movements, providing colostomy care as directed, and keeping residents clean and dry.
Assist with ambulation, transfers, positioning, repositioning, range-of-motion exercises, rehabilitation, restorative programs, and participation in social and therapeutic activities using appropriate assistive devices and body mechanics.
Provide personal hygiene care, including bathing, hair and skin care, grooming, perineal care, dressing, oral and denture hygiene, nail care, and shaving.
Promote residents’ comfort, preferred routines, rest, socialization, exercise, and mental stimulation; maintain a clean and pleasant environment; make beds and change linens; and observe ventilation, temperature, lighting, and noise.
Communicate therapeutically and respectfully with residents, families, and staff; receive shift report; report off to the nurse before leaving; and promptly report unmet requests or changes in residents’ communication.
Follow infection-control, HIPAA, resident safety, fall-prevention, emergency, and disaster procedures; respond promptly to call lights; keep call lights within reach; and observe residents at least every two hours or more often when required.
Follow resident care plans, use safety devices as directed, report hazards, incidents, injuries, and changes in resident condition, and seek nursing guidance or additional assistance when needed.
Document care, vital signs, intake and output, behaviors, and other information as directed.
With special training, take vital signs and change oxygen tanks.
Perform other duties as assigned by the licensed nurse or Household Manager.