Resident Care Assistant Part-Time

Episcopal SeniorLife Communities•City of Rochester, NY

20h•$18 - $20

About The Position

The Resident Care Assistant provides personal care, assistance, support, and supervision to residents, along with housekeeping, activity, and food-service support. The role helps residents with daily living needs, maintains their apartments and laundry, responds to alerts, supports meal service and activities, and communicates relevant observations and information to other staff. The position is part-time and works nights. Pay is $18.25–$20.25 per hour, depending on relevant experience; shift differentials are offered for evenings, nights, and weekends.

Requirements

Certification as a Home Health Aide (HHA) or Personal Care Aide (PCA) is required.
Basic First Aid is required.
High school diploma or equivalent, with reading, comprehension, and writing ability at the 12th-grade level or higher.
Experience or interest in working with older adults.
Strong team approach to working with other staff.
Ability to interact courteously and tactfully with staff, residents, family members, visitors, vendors, and the general public.
Ability to lift loads of up to 50 pounds without assistance occasionally.
Ability to perform duties involving lifting, bending, walking, and standing; sitting, talking, and hearing are also required.
Vision abilities include close, distance, peripheral, and color vision, and the ability to adjust focus.

Responsibilities

Assist residents with daily grooming, bathing, and dressing as needed.
Help develop and update resident care plans by reporting observations.
Provide assistance with activities of daily living (ADLs).
Straighten residents’ apartments daily and make beds.
Respond to PERS alerts through the R Care System in a timely manner, and ensure phones remain on site and are handed over to a responsible person each shift.
Strip and remake residents’ beds weekly.
Do residents’ personal laundry weekly or as required.
Help residents pick up trash and dispose of expired food in their apartments.
Monitor changes in residents’ appetites and report them to the nurse on duty.
Serve meals from the kitchen and assist in the dining room as needed.
Assist with the activity program and conduct activities as directed by the activity coordinator or supervisor.
Ensure residents get to appointments, activities, and meals.
Provide one-on-one support or visitation to assigned residents as needed.
Encourage or remind residents to participate in activities and encourage socialization.
Communicate pertinent information to other staff in a timely manner.
Complete all documentation by the end of the shift.
Assist with cleaning as needed.
Complete medication certification training unless previously exempted.
Complete assigned online or in-person training.
Perform other duties as assigned.