Resident Assistant

About the role

Ebenezer is looking for a Resident Assistant to join the senior assisted living team at Willows Bend in Fridley, MN. The position provides personal care and designated health-related services to enhance and/or maintain residents' physical and emotional wellbeing. Willows Bend Senior Living offers 136 beautifully designed apartment homes with amenities that encourage an engaging, active lifestyle for older adults, supported by Ebenezer’s services since 1917. The community includes Independent Living, Assisted Living, and Memory Care, located along University Ave near the 694 interchange and adjacent to the M Health Fairview Fridley Clinic, with convenient access to the bus line and Northstar light rail station.

Responsibilities

• Assists residents with personal cares including but not limited to: bathing/showering, foot and fingernail care, shaving, dressing, assistance with use of hearing aids and/or glasses, hair care, feeding, toileting, escorts, 1-2 person transfers and use of mechanical lift
• Provides health-related services as directed: assists with treatments per individualized care plan under the direction of the Registered Nurse (includes blood glucose monitoring)
• Administers medication or assists with this under the direction of the Registered Nurse (includes insulin injections)
• Takes and records temperature, blood pressure, pulse and respiration under the direction of the Registered Nurse
• Performs specified home services: performs laundry service per schedule, follows cleaning schedule for the shift worked, delivers meal trays, assists with meal service in dining room, assists with preparing for and/or facilitating resident social and recreational activities as assigned and as requested
• Observes tenants/residents and reports status to appropriate staff
• Notifies appropriate staff of changes in physical and/or emotional conditions such as change in attitude or mood, loss of appetite, change in weight
• Serves as a mandated reporter and reports any concerns regarding potential mistreatment
• Offers pertinent observations and input
• Responds appropriately to resident and building emergencies

Requirements

• Less than 1 year of previous experience
• Ability to use technology in the form of computers, handheld devices, cell phones, and fax machines
• If under 18 must be on the MN NA registry and site must be able to manage restrictions that they are not able to pass medications or operate a mechanical lift independently

Qualifications

• 1-3 years of previous experience

Benefits

• Medical plans
• Dental plans
• Vision plans
• Life insurance
• Short-term disability insurance
• Long-term disability insurance
• PTO and Sick and Safe Time
• Tuition reimbursement
• Retirement
• Early access to earned wages
• More benefits as described in the Ebenezer benefits package

Schedule

• On Call/Casual Day, Evening and Overnight (NOC) shifts available
• To maintain Casual status, employees must be willing to work a minimum of three (3) shifts per month (two shifts must be weekend shifts) and one (1) Holiday shift per year
• The weekend period is defined as beginning with the night shift on Friday and ending with the beginning of the night shift on Sunday