Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
- Provides assistance to residents with all activities of daily living including dressing, grooming, peri-care, toileting, and hygiene.*
- Speaks to and interacts with residents at all levels of care while showing empathy, kindness, compassion, and respect.*
- Observes and reports to supervisor daily.*
- Changes in the resident's health and emotional wellbeing.*
- Serves and assist residents in the dining room at breakfast, lunch, and dinner daily.*
- Responsible to initiate and participate in leisure activities provided to residents as described in the activity calendar.*
- Always maintains a clean, safe, and orderly environment for all residents.*
- Performs daily general housekeeping duties following established cleaning schedules.*
- Ensures and supports a dignified caring atmosphere for residents, families, visitors, and associates.*
- Responds promptly and courteously to resident's request for assistance including phone calls and requests from family members and visitors.*
- Communicates effectively in a language that each resident is capable of understanding.*
- Ensures residents and or responsible parties sign residents out when they leave the community.*
- Maintains a safe and secure working environment free.*
- Responsible for objects, situations that could cause harm, falls to residents, families visitors, and associates.*
- Practices good body mechanics and safe working habits.*
- Observes and reports safety hazards immediately to supervisor.*
- Provides assistance to associates when requested or required.*
- Knows, understands, follows established policy, and procedures in emergency situations.*
- Responsible for being essential personnel during emergencies and or inclement weather.*
- Reports or remains at community until released by supervisor.*
- Works as a team player with other associates and management in accomplishing work assignments.*
- Demonstrates a positive and respectful attitude about work issues, policies, and procedures.*
- Demonstrates a positive and respectful attitude with residents, families, visitors, associates, and management.*
- Complies with attendance and call off policy.*
- Participates in trainings, in-service, and mandatory meetings.*
- Wears clean and appropriate dress per established dress code policy.*
- Refrains from discussing resident care issues with families, visitors, and refers all inquiries to immediate supervisor.*
- Knows, understands, and complies with HIPAA regulations.*
- Assists with training of new employees.*
- Assists in mentoring new employees.*
- Responsible for without asking, takes the initiative in work, seeks out additional information, offers solutions, and suggestions.
- Responsible for willingly taking on special projects or assignments outside of regular duties.
- Provides a variety of housekeeping and or laundry duties in maintaining the community in an orderly, clean, and sanitary condition.
- Performs all other reasonable duties as assigned or as requested.
Requirements
Qualifications:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Language Ability:
Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.
Reasoning Ability:
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
Job Type: Full-time
Benefits:
Schedule:
Experience:
- Caregiving: 1 year (Preferred)
Ability to Commute:
- Franklin, TN 37064 (Required)
Ability to Relocate:
- Franklin, TN 37064: Relocate before starting work (Required)
Work Location: In person