Resident Assistant
Full-time, part-time and PRN positions on evenings (2 – 10:30 p.m.) and nights (10 p.m. to 6:30 a.m.) available.
Skills
- Certified Nurse Assistant preferred but not mandatory.
- 18 years of age
- High school graduate or equivalent
- Prior experience in senior services preferred
Duties
- Assists residents with activities of daily living (i.e., grooming, dressing and undressing, toileting, shaving (with electric shaver), hair care, denture care, filing and cleaning nails, bathing)
- Makes routine rounds as scheduled
- Responds to pulled emergency cords
- Assists residents with clothing choices appropriate for the day’s weather, clean and stain-free
- Assists residents with ambulation and use of walkers, canes, wheelchairs, etc.
- Assists residents in transferring from bed to chair, wheelchair and commode
- Assists residents during meal times in the dining room and serve residents’ meals including tray service
- Routinely checks residents to ensure care needs are being met
- Performs housekeeping duties in resident apartments and common areas as assigned
Temperament/Aptitude
- Enjoys serving seniors
- Excellent customer service and hospitality
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Patient and compassionate
- Able to multitask efficiently
