Care Partner

Position Summary

The Care Partner provides direct resident care, completes assignments as a universal worker, and assists in maintaining a positive physical and psychosocial environment for residents.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Provides direct resident care while promoting resident dignity, independence, and personal choice.
• Regularly observes residents’ physical and mental conditions and reports changes to health services leadership or Executive Director.
• Provides care and services as directed by the resident’s cooperative service plan.
• Collaborates with co-workers to assist with lifting and responds to assistance pages promptly.
• Reports and documents all changes of condition, incidents, and accidents per policy.
• Completes required notifications and incident report forms.
• Performs First Aid and initiates emergency response procedures as required.
• Greets residents, visitors, and staff courteously and answers phones when assigned.
• Fulfills community fire safety and infection control practices and promptly reports any unsafe conditions or equipment to immediate supervisor or Executive Director.
• Serves meals in the dining room, including meal set up, service, assisting residents at mealtime, providing resident tray delivery, and assisting with dining room and kitchen clean up and maintenance.
• Aids residents with keeping their apartments clean. Communicates observed problems appropriately.
• Serves as a partner with the community team to clean all common areas of the building.
• Aids residents with laundry service for residents, as well as building laundry.
• Follows the daily schedule and the planned activity program schedule. Supports and encourages residents to participate as is appropriate for their abilities.
• Aides residents to and from activities.
• Administers resident medications and treatments according to scheduled times; following the medication administration policies, as assigned and delegated.
• Aids with tours, move-ins, move-outs, and transfers.
• Aids with apartment housekeeping services and resident’s laundry.
• Attends and participates in training, in-services, and staff meetings. Completed all required training.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Company Wide Responsibilities

• Demonstrates Core Values of Respect, Integrity, Commitment, and Trust.
• Safeguards a dignified and caring atmosphere with residents, residents’ families, visitors, and staff.
• Protects privacy and confidentiality of information pertaining to residents, team members, the department/center/community, and company information and records.
• Maintains a safe and secure working environment and practices safe working habits.