Resident Assistant
About The Position
Primrose Retirement Communities is hiring for a Resident Assistant to be responsible for providing basic care to residents and assisting them in daily living activities. The Resident Assistant (RA) must possess excellent people skills and the ability to be compassionate and enjoy helping others. The RA provides care to residents which may include personal hygiene, dressing, housekeeping, laundry, social-recreational activities, meal services and other duties and services as assigned within the community. The RA collaborates and assists in supporting the entire nursing department, other departments, medical professionals, consultants, residents and families in an efficient and economic manner to enable each resident to attain or maintain the highest practical physical, mental, and psycho-social well-being.
Requirements
- Experience in a long-term care or assisted living environment is preferred.
- Current certification as a Nursing Assistant or State Trained Nursing Assistant dependent upon state regulations
- Maintain CPR/First Aid certification per state regulations.
- Knowledge of Alzheimer’s Disease, other dementias and related memory impairments is preferred.
- Demonstrates ability to work as a team.
- Able to work weekends and holidays on a rotating basis.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in a long-term care or assisted living environment
- Knowledge of Alzheimer’s Disease, other dementias and related memory impairments
Responsibilities
- Providing basic care to residents
- Assisting residents in daily living activities
- Providing personal hygiene assistance
- Assisting with dressing
- Performing housekeeping duties
- Performing laundry duties
- Assisting with social-recreational activities
- Assisting with meal services
- Collaborating with the nursing department
- Collaborating with other departments
- Collaborating with medical professionals
- Collaborating with consultants
- Collaborating with residents and families
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
