Caregiver Full Time

About the role

Richwood Nursing & Rehab is hiring a Caregiver to join our Assisted Living Team - The Oaks, in LaGrange, Kentucky.

Responsibilities

• Use PCC to ensure correct resident information when assisting with ALDS, meals, etc.
• General Housekeeping
• Report all changes in the residents’ condition to the Health and Wellness Director as soon as practical.
• Record all entries on notes, SPAs, and incident reports, etc., in an informative, descriptive manner.
• Report on all accidents and incidents you observe on the shift that they occur to the Executive Director and Health and Wellness Director.
• Agree not to disclose resident’s protected health information and promptly report suspected or known violations of such disclosure to the Executive Director.
• Report any known or suspected unauthorized attempt to access community’s information system.
• Perform only those care tasks that you have been trained to do.
• Ensure that the resident’s room is ready for the resident (i.e., bed made).
• Greet residents and escort them to their room.
• Introduce residents to his/her roommate, if any, and other residents and personnel as appropriate.
• Create and maintain an atmosphere of warmth, personal interest and positive emphasis, as well as a calm environment throughout the unit and shift.
• Meet with your shift’s nursing personnel, on a regularly scheduled basis, to assist in identifying and correcting problem areas, and/or the improvement of services.
• Report all complaints and grievances made by residents.
• Participate in and receive the nursing report as instructed.
• Follow established policies concerning exposure to blood/body fluids.
• Make beds as instructed.
• Put extra covers on beds as requested.
• Ensure that residents who are unable to call for help are checked frequently.
• Answer resident calls promptly.
• Check residents routinely to ensure that their personal care needs are being met.
• Assist residents with packing their personal possessions when they are being transferred to a new room, or when being discharged.
• Transport residents to new rooms or to the receiving area.
• Assist with loading/unloading residents’ to/from vehicles as necessary.
• Assist with daily functions (dental and mouth care, bath functions, combing of hair, dressing and undressing as necessary).
• Keep residents dry (change gown, clothing and linens, when it becomes wet or soiled).
• Assist residents with preparing for medical tests (i.e., lab work, x-ray, therapy, dental, etc.).
• Assist with lifting, turning, moving, positioning, and transporting residents into and out of beds, chairs, bathtubs, wheelchairs, lifts, etc.
• Perform restorative and rehabilitative procedures as instructed.
• Assist in preparing the resident for a physical examination.
• Check each resident routinely to ensure that his/her personal care needs are being met in accordance with his/her wishes.
• Observe and report the presence of pressure areas and skin breakdowns to prevent decubitus ulcers (bedsores).
• Report injuries of an unknown source, including skin tears.
• Observe disoriented and comatose residents.
• Record and report data as instructed.
• Perform special treatments as instructed.
• Immediately notify the Nurse of any resident leaving/missing from the facility.
• Use only the equipment you have been trained to use.
• Report defective equipment to the Nurse Supervisor/Charge Nurse.
• Maintain the confidentiality of all resident care information including protected health information.
• Report known or suspected incidents of unauthorized disclosure of such information.
• Report all allegations of resident abuse and/or misappropriation of resident property.
• Honor the resident’s refusal of treatment request.
• Report such requests to your supervisor.
• Give back rubs as instructed.
• Assist residents with dressing\undressing as necessary.
• Assist residents with hair care functions (i.e., combing, brushing, shampooing, etc.).
• Assist residents with nail care (i.e., clipping, trimming, and cleaning the finger/toenails) as instructed.
• Shave male residents.
• Keep hair on female residents clean (i.e., facial hair, under arms, on legs, etc., as instructed).
• Keep residents dry (i.e., changing gown, clothing, linen, etc., when it becomes wet or soiled).
• Make beds (occupied and unoccupied).
• Put extra covers on beds as requested.
• Position bedrest residents in correct residents in correct and comfortable positions.
• Assist residents with bowel and bladder functions (i.e., take to bathroom, offer bed pan, urinal, portable commode, etc.).
• Maintain intake and output records as instructed.
• Keep incontinent residents clean and dry.
• Check and report bowl movements and character of stool as instructed.
• Perform restorative and rehabilitative procedures as instructed.
• Utilize protective and adaptive equipment as instructed.
• Provide eye and ear care (i.e., hearing aide installation, cleaning eyeglasses/hearing aids, etc.) as instructed.
• Assist in preparing the resident for physical examination.

Qualifications

• Must possess, as a minimum, a high school education or its equivalent.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from managers and employees.
• Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios and proportions to practical situations.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Skills

• Microsoft Suite proficiency.

Benefits

• Health Coverage: Medical, Dental & Vision.
• PTO and Holidays: Sick, Vacation & 7 paid Holidays (includes your Birthday).
• Financial Wellness: Health Saving (HSA) & Flexible Spending (FSA) Accounts.
• Retirement Planning: 401(k) plan with company match.
• Support When You Need It: Employee Assistance Plan (EAP).

Pay

$13.00 per hour.

Schedule

• Every other Saturday 3-11
• Every other Sunday 7am-3pm
• Every Tuesday 3pm-11pm