Caregiver

Duties and Responsibilities include the following:

• 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 any changes in the resident's health and emotional wellbeing.

• Serves and assist residents in the dining room at breakfast, lunch, and dinner daily.

• Always maintains a clean, safe, and orderly environment for all residents.

• 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.

• 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 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.