Residential Assistant - New Starting Rate
About The Position
The Residential Assistant (RA) cares for residents in assisted living facilities under the direction of nursing staff. The role ensures residents’ personal care needs are met with an emphasis on quality, compassion, and timeliness. Responsibilities include supporting residents with activities of daily living and other care needs, assisting with medication self-administration and laundry, overseeing in-room meal preparation, and helping maintain a clean, safe, and pleasant environment. The role may also involve responding to resident signals, changing linens, running errands, directing visitors, and answering the telephone. Shepherd of the Valley is a Christian not-for-profit healthcare community guided by values of compassion, respect, dignity, spirituality, integrity, and quality. Its services include short-term rehabilitation, skilled nursing, long-term care, assisted living, independent living, and home health. Candidates must pass a pre-employment background check and drug screen.
Requirements
- High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or 1–3 months of related experience and/or training; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Pass a pre-employment background check and drug screen.
Responsibilities
- Answer signal lights, bells, or intercom system to determine residents’ needs.
- Assist residents with specific needs involving activities of daily living.
- Assist residents with laundry.
- Oversee residents’ meal preparation in their rooms.
- Assist residents with self-administration of medications.
- Change bed linens, run errands, direct visitors, and answer the telephone.
- Maintain the physical environment in a clean, safe, and pleasant manner.
- Perform other related activities as assigned or requested.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, and prescription medication coverage available to eligible employees.
- Fully paid $10,000 life insurance benefit.
- Flexible spending account for eligible medical and child-care expenses.
- Paid time off accrued beginning immediately.
- Seven paid holidays; employees who work a holiday are paid double time.
- In the third year of service, paid birthday and choice of floating holiday.
- Eligibility to participate in a 403(b) tax-deferred annuity from the first day.
- Professional Development Scholarship of $1,000 per year for employees pursuing further education in their field, including free STNA classes.
- Student loan forgiveness of up to $2,500 paid out over four years.
- Ohio University discounts of 5% for undergraduate programs and 10% for graduate programs.
- Discounts at local businesses.
- Bonus recognition for employees of the month.
- Recruitment bonuses for staff and residents.
- Ongoing longevity bonus after two years.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
High school or GED
