Direct Care Worker (Meds)

Duties And Responsibilities

• Aid residents in and out of bed and into wheelchair.
• Assist residents in bathing.
• Assist residents in dressing or undressing.
• Assist residents to bathroom and provide peri care as needed.
• Take and record vital signs of residents.
• Assist residents to dining area for meals.
• May assist with feeding of residents.
• May strip bedding and replace with clean linens per schedule or as needed.
• May assist in personal grooming of residents.
• May turn residents as needed when designated on care plan.
• May clean bedpans and empty catheter bags.
• May document and/or report information regarding residents as instructed.
• Maintain med room in a clean and orderly manner.
• May assist with laundry and linen service as required.
• Perform minor maintenance and servicing on community equipment.
• Monitor personal and staff compliance to all state and federal requirements.
• Monitor residents' rights.
• Pass medications and give treatments according to physician's orders.
• Perform simple dressing changes to wounds.
• Notify RN of medications needing to be refilled.
• Maintain a clean and organized med cart.
• Available to work rotating weekends and holidays.

Essential Job Duties/Physical Requirements

• Regular worksite attendance.
• Complete at least 12 hours of in-service education approved and required by the community, Department of Human Services, and Department of Inspections and Appeals.
• Complete Relias assignments on time.
• Successfully complete skills check-off with the RN annually.
• Develop and maintain good working relationships with co-workers and other departments.
• Have basic computer skills.
• If required to operate a motor vehicle for business purposes, complete the requirements contained in Company’s Motor Vehicles policy.
• Read, write, speak, and understand the English language.
• Work beyond normal working hours and on weekends and holidays when necessary.
• Evacuate residents during emergency situations.
• Use a transfer/gait belt or obtain the assistance of another employee when lifting or carrying objects in excess of 25 pounds.
• Perform the essential functions of the job with, or without reasonable accommodation.
• Twisting, bending, crawling, squatting, kneeling, crouching, climbing, and balancing are required.
• Operate and various games.
• Relate to and work with the ill, disabled, elderly, emotionally upset, and, at times, hostile people within the Community.
• See and hear or use prosthetics that will enable these senses to function adequately.