Universal Worker- PRN

PruittHealth•Baldwin, GA

About The Position

The Universal Worker is responsible for safely providing for residents’ care and well-being, while maintaining a responsible demeanor that helps residents feel confident their needs will be met. The role supports residents with personal care, mobility, dining, activities, appointments, laundry, housekeeping, and other daily needs. The position also involves observing and reporting changes in residents’ conditions, maintaining equipment and supplies, responding to call lights, and following direction from care and administrative staff.

Requirements

Completion of some high school or equivalent courses.
Active, unexpired CPR certification.
Ability to provide resident care; on-the-job training is provided, and no prior experience is required.

Nice To Haves

High school diploma or equivalent.
Certified Nursing Assistant certification.
Familiarity and willingness to work with the elderly population.
Previous elder care experience.

Responsibilities

Assist residents with toileting, ambulation, bathing, dressing, personal hygiene, escorting, transfers, and other care needs.
Understand residents’ alert status, service plans, and changing needs; follow interim service plans as care needs change.
Observe and promptly report changes in a resident’s condition to the appropriate care or management staff.
Assist in the dining room with setup, taking meal and beverage orders, serving, and cleaning tables and the dining area.
Assist with activities as needed and help residents get to scheduled activities.
Prepare residents for scheduled appointments and escort them to the lobby.
Deliver and restock residents’ incontinence supplies.
Wash, dry, fold, and return laundry to the appropriate resident.
Collect and dispose of trash in designated receptacles.
Learn or demonstrate proper techniques for assisting with equipment and supplies, including gait belts, sit-to-stand lifts, transfer boards, oxygen equipment, catheters, specimens, transfer poles, trapezes, wheelchairs, and scales.
Take accurate vital signs and weights.
Perform assigned housekeeping duties, including dusting, vacuuming, polishing, wiping down handrails, chairs, and tables, picking up newspapers, cleaning bathrooms, restocking toilet paper and paper towels, and mopping.
Maintain general cleanliness in residents’ apartments, including cleaning commodes and raised toilet seats.
Report apartment safety issues, such as frayed cords or broken furniture or equipment, to maintenance or appropriate management staff.
Notify management when an incident or error occurs during a shift and accurately complete an incident report.
Cover for the receptionist as directed.
Answer call lights in a timely manner.
Maintain responsibility for pagers, keys, and radios while on duty, and sign them in and out each shift.