Direct Care Worker (Meds) PRN

About the Role

As a Direct Care Worker (meds), you will provide direct care to community residents, primarily assisting with their activities of daily living. You will also support housekeeping, laundry, mealtime service, and other duties as assigned by the Executive Director.

Responsibilities

• Assist residents in and out of bed and into wheelchairs, following proper procedures (may require a gait belt or assistance from another aide).
• Assist residents with bathing, dressing, and undressing.
• Help residents to the bathroom and provide peri care as needed.
• Take and record vital signs according to community schedules and policies.
• Escort residents to the dining area for meals and assist with feeding if required.
• Strip and replace bed linens per schedule or as needed.
• Assist with personal grooming, turning residents as indicated in care plans, and cleaning bedpans or emptying catheter bags.
• Document and report resident information as instructed; complete documentation before the end of each shift.
• Provide shift reports on resident status.
• Maintain a clean and orderly med room and med cart.
• Administer medications and treatments according to physician’s orders, community policies, and schedules.
• Perform simple wound dressing changes.
• Notify the RN of medications needing refills.
• Provide housekeeping and cleaning services in resident and common areas as scheduled.
• Handle laundry and linen services, including delivering resident laundry.
• Perform minor maintenance and servicing of community equipment, including inventory of supplies.
• Monitor compliance with state and federal requirements (e.g., bloodborne pathogens, hazardous materials, infection control, fire safety, and residents’ rights).
• Work rotating weekends and holidays as required.

Requirements

• Regular worksite attendance.
• Complete at least 12 hours of in-service education annually, as required by the community, Department of Human Services, and Department of Inspections and Appeals.
• Complete Relias assignments on time.
• Successfully complete an annual skills check-off with the RN.
• Demonstrate the ability to develop and maintain good working relationships with coworkers and other departments.
• Basic computer skills.
• If required to operate a motor vehicle, comply with the company’s Motor Vehicles policy.
• Ability to read, write, speak, and understand English.
• Willingness to work beyond normal hours, weekends, and holidays when necessary.
• Ability to assist in evacuating residents during emergencies.
• Perform essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Use a transfer/gait belt or seek assistance when lifting or carrying objects over 25 pounds.

Physical Requirements

• Lifting: Up to 10 lbs (constantly), 11–25 lbs (frequently), 26–50 lbs (frequently), over 50 lbs (frequently).
• Carrying: Up to 10 lbs (constantly), 11–25 lbs (occasionally), 26–50 lbs (occasionally), over 50 lbs (rarely).
• Reaching: Above shoulder height (frequently), at shoulder height (constantly), below shoulder height (constantly).
• Push/Pull: Constantly.
• Hand manipulation: Grasping (constantly), handling (constantly), torquing (occasionally), fingering (frequently).
• Other movements: Twisting, bending, crawling, squatting, kneeling, crouching, climbing, and balancing.
• Ability to work with ill, disabled, elderly, emotionally upset, or hostile individuals.
• Sufficient vision and hearing (or use of prosthetics) to perform job requirements.