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Residential Assistant

Galeon • Full-time • Osakis, MN, US • 3m ago

GALEON ASSISTED LIVING JOB DESCRIPTION
POSITION TITLE: Unlicensed Staff/Resident Assistant

HOURS: Full & Part Time All Shifts

RESPONSIBLE TO: Director of Clinical Services

Director of Housing Services

Licensed Assisted Living nurses (RN & LPN)

JOB SUMMARY: This position is responsible for providing personal care and designated services designed to maintain the tenant’s physical, mental, social, spiritual, emotional and vocational well being.

RESPONSIBLITIES, DUTIES:

Assist the tenant with personal cares which may include all or some of the following:
Shampooing of hair, assist with showering, rubbing with lotions, fingernail cares, perineal/incontinence cares, assisting with soiled incontinence products and foot cares if instructed to do so, medication administration, redirection of a confused resident, and other cares as assigned.
Assist with redirecting confused/agitated clients.
Assist with dressing, grooming and oral cares as assigned.
Assist in use of hearing aids, glasses, dentures, prosthetics or other devices/tools intended to enable tenants to achieve optimum level of functioning.
Help each tenant to reach and maintain the highest level of performance and independence.
Assist or lead tenant exercises, activities &/or outings as scheduled or assigned.
Observe tenant and report changes in condition or abilities.
Serve meals as directed following special meal plans if instructed, wash pots, pans and dishes.
Attend or complete in-service training as assigned.
Cooperates and participates in timely completion of scheduled and unscheduled cleaning tasks in public and private areas.
Perform household chores when the tenant’s care requires the prevention of exposure to infectious disease or containment of infectious disease.
Laundry, including tenants’ clothing and linens.
Complete written and/or computer documentation.

LANGUAGE SKILLS:

Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, correspondence and memos.
Ability to write simple correspondence and documentation on each tenant.
Ability to effectively present information on one-to-one and small group situations to customers, tenants, supervisor and other employees of the organization.

REQUIRED SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

Must be willing to accept instruction and direction from supervisor.
Must understand and communicate clearly with co-workers.
Must be punctual, with a good attendance record.
Must be mature and emotionally stable using calm and kind tone of voice, remaining calm in difficult or unusual circumstances.
Promote independence, not dependence, with residents offering choices and fostering self-help skills.
Must be able to prioritize and organize work effectively and efficiently.
Must be flexible and adaptable to changing situations.
Must be willing to learn and be open to new ideas.
Must be compassionate and work with tact and ethical awareness.
Must work as a team member with other personnel, supervisor and RN.
Must demonstrate good interpersonal skills.

To be committed to activities to optimize the treatment of infection while reducing the adverse events associated with antibiotic use and to slow down the development and spread of antibiotic resistant infections.

Job Types: Part-time, Full-time

Benefits: