Hospitality Aide

Responsibilities

• Answer call lights promptly and courteously and notify proper personnel of resident needs.
• Pass trays in dining room and to residents confined to their room.
• Pass drinking water and ice.
• Strip bed linen and remake bed as directed.
• Report observations and information regarding residents to supervisor.
• Record observations, such as nourishment intake at meal times, as directed.
• Help orient new residents to facility.
• Straighten rooms, to include proper labeling of personal toiletries as needed.
• Clean equipment, to include but not be limited to bedpans, wheelchairs, IV poles, etc., as directed.
• Monitor personal and staff compliance to state and federal regulations, including but not limited to Blood Borne pathogens, infection control, hazardous materials and fire safety.
• Monitor personal and staff compliance to resident rights.

Requirements

• Regular worksite attendance.
• Ability to develop and maintain good working relationships with co-workers, supervisors, and other departments on an ongoing basis.
• Basic computer skills.
• If required to operate a motor vehicle for business purposes, must successfully complete the requirements contained in Company's Motor Vehicles policy.
• Must be able to read, write, speak, and understand the English language.
• Must be able to work beyond normal working hours and on weekends and holidays when necessary.
• Must be able to assist in the evacuation of residents during emergency situations.
• Must be able to perform the essential position functions of the job with, or without reasonable accommodation.
• Required to use a transfer/gait belt or to obtain the assistance of another employee when attempting to assist residents when lifting or carrying objects in excess of 25 pounds.
• Must be able to relate to and work with the ill, disabled, elderly, emotionally upset, and, at times, hostile people within the Community.
• Must be able to see and hear or use prosthetics that will enable these senses to function adequately to ensure that the requirements of this position can be fully met.

Physical Requirements

• Lifting: Up to 10 lbs (Constantly); 11–25 lbs (Constantly); 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 (Occasionally)
• 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 (Occasionally)
• Other Physical Considerations: Twisting, Bending, Crawling, Squatting, Kneeling, Crouching, Climbing and Balancing are all required.
• May be required to operate an automobile and various games.