MC Care Associate - AM/ PM/ NOC

About the role

Safely and effectively provides quality personal care, meets the scheduled and unscheduled needs of the residents, and promotes their physical and psycho-social wellbeing by developing relationships built on trust and respect, honoring the life of the individual.

Responsibilities

• Assist residents with activities of daily living including bathing, dressing, grooming, toileting, incontinence care, transferring, and ambulation according to their individualized service plans.
• Participate in service plan meetings for specified residents.
• Participate in housekeeping/laundry tasks to provide a clean and safe environment for residents/staff, including bed making, laundry of residents’ personal items, towels, and flat linens, and maintaining cleanliness of surfaces and floors in individual apartments and common areas.
• Assist with dining services: plating of food in the dining room, serving residents, cutting food, assisting with feeding by offering encouragement, cueing, providing hand-over-hand guidance, and/or feeding.
• Participate in life enrichment programming, including gathering residents, escorting to/from programs, supervision, leading programs, and involvement in family and social activities.
• Report and record ANY changes in resident condition (physical, psychological, behavioral, social) to the nurse on duty and document resident status per community policy.
• Apply principles of infection control, including standard precautions, hand hygiene, personal protective equipment, cleaning and disinfection, respiratory hygiene, and waste disposal.
• Monitor resident environment to ensure all safety standards are met or exceeded.
• Participate in the admission of new residents.
• Promptly respond to all pendants, call lights, and pull cords, ensuring the highest level of hospitality and customer service.
• Anticipate resident needs as much as possible and routinely make rounds of resident care areas to ensure resident wellbeing.
• Provide emergency response within scope of practice.
• Follow through with all assignments completely, thoroughly, and timely.
• Work collaboratively with team members to ensure the success of the community.

Requirements

• High School Diploma.
• Must have a flexible schedule and availability on weekends.

Physical Requirements

• Lifts, carries, and/or pushes up to 51 lbs.
• Climbs, reaches, bends, and/or twists.
• Talks and listens frequently.

Pay

$20-22.50 per hour.