Full-Time Resident Care Assistant

Episcopal SeniorLife Communities•Penfield, NY

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The resident care assistant will provide personal care services, assistance, support and supervision to residents. The resident care assistant also will provide housekeeping services to residents and assist with activities and food service.

Requirements

Certification as a Home Health Aide (HHA) or Personal Care Aide (PCA) is required.
Basic First Aid is also required.
Must possess high school diploma or equivalent with reading, comprehension and writing ability at 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.
Lifting, bending, walking and standing.
Must be able to occasionally lift loads of 50 pounds without assistance.
Ability to sit, talk, and hear is required.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, color vision, and the ability to adjust focus.
Shall be fully acquainted with all safety policies and procedures of all Assisted Living locations.
Takes an active role in all fire drills during the shift and/or emergencies for internal and external disasters as monitored by supervisor and incident manager.
Must comply with facility in-service requirements.
Maintain confidentiality of all information related to the organization, residents, participants, family and staff, that may be encountered, either formally or informally, during the normal course of business. This includes medical and treatment records, financial and human resources information.

Responsibilities

Assist residents with daily grooming, bathing, dressing as needed.
Assist in the development and updating of each resident’s care plan.
Provide ADL assistance to residents via Optimus system.
Straighten residents’ apartment daily and make bed.
Respond to all PERS alerts via the company pager in a timely manner. Make sure pagers remain on site and are turned over to a responsible person on each shift.
Strip and remake residents’ bed weekly.
Do personal laundry for residents weekly or as required.
Assist residents with picking up trash and disposing of expired food in the apt.
Monitor changes in residents’ appetite.
Serve residents’ meals from kitchen as needed.
Assist in the dining room during meals as needed.
Assist with the activity program, conduct activities as directed by the activity coordinator or assigned by supervisor.
Assure residents get to appointments, activities, and meals.
Provide one-on-one support/visitation to assigned residents as needed.
Encourage and/or remind residents to participate in activities.
Encourage socialization among residents.
Communicate all pertinent information to other staff in a timely manner.