Shift Manager

Position Overview

Provide education, instruction, direct services, and supports to empower and enable individuals to achieve their stated goals and to live as optimally as possible. Facilitate community inclusion, integration, and relationship building. Acts as designated 'point person' for assigned shifts as a positive role model and team leader. Weekend availability is required for this role. There is a sign-on bonus of up to $1,500 for this position.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Ensure the daily assignment sheet is completed and all responsibilities are completed.
• Give direction and be an on-site resource to all staff to ensure the workflow of the house.
• Main contact person with on-call Manager to facilitate service provision.
• Ensure proper supervision and safety of consumers.
• Ensure timely incident reporting.
• Refer concerns regarding staff issues to the on-call Manager for proper follow-up.

Personal Care

• Performs/teaches and reinforces accepted infection control and personal grooming techniques.
• Performs/teaches and assists in bathing, toileting, dental care, hair and nail care, personal hygiene, and grooming routines as necessary.
• Performs/teaches and assists in dressing, clothing selection, storage, laundering, and repair of clothing and accessories, and may help them shop for clothing.
• Performs/teaches and assists in the proper use and care of shavers and razors, eyeglasses, hearing aids, and prostheses as prescribed by an appropriate medical practitioner.
• Administers and teaches individuals first aid treatments; administers cardiopulmonary resuscitation techniques, and performs other health-related techniques as required.
• Takes records, and reports temperatures, blood pressures, pulse rate, weight, and other significant symptoms/health-related occurrences; aids the consumer in understanding, recording, and reporting such factors.
• Maintains confidentiality of information.
• Reports unusual incidents and physical symptoms promptly and accurately to the supervisor.
• Applies valid and accepted limits for inappropriate behavior based on individual behavioral treatment Plan.
• Helps individuals to gain control in situations where the consumer is causing harm to themselves, others, or their environment, or a credible threat of the above, utilizing approved SCIP-R techniques.
• Administers prescribed medications and treatments; teaches, observes, and reports problems and progress in self-administration of medication programs.
• Affords assistance in the administration of medications.
• Affords assistance in the use of skin care lotions, topical ointment, and eye and ear drops and assists in their use as needed.
• Affords assistance in accompanying individuals to medical, dental, and pharmacy appointments, taking medications to home site and logging same; instructs and observes individuals in the use of these substances.

Food Preparation And Mealtimes

• Affords assistance in assisting individuals in eating who cannot feed themselves independently and teaches them to eat in a family-style setting, while promoting choice.
• Affords assistance in teaching and assisting individuals to plan, shop, store, prepare, and serve meals using currently accepted nutritional standards to clean kitchen and dining areas and dispose of leftover food safely.

Maintaining The Environment

• Affords assistance in performing/teaching developmentally disabled individuals routine housekeeping duties such as dusting, washing floors and walls, cleaning bathrooms, and vacuuming rugs.
• Affords assistance in helping consumers keep the room neat and orderly.
• Affords assistance in following safety procedures in the living unit and surrounding grounds, by mopping up spills, reporting unsafe conditions, teaching and reinforcing fire safety procedures.
• Affords assistance in checking to see that fire exits are clear, night lights are on, windows are locked, and other security measures, and checks fire equipment and reports malfunctions.
• Affords assistance in performing minor routine maintenance tasks such as changing light bulbs, fuses, etc.
• Affords assistance in assisting as directed in various household inventories.

Individual Development And Personal Interests

• Affords assistance in teaching and reinforcing the use of a variety of communication skills.
• Affords assistance in teaching and reinforcing principles of human growth and development, including human sexuality, as determined by each person's developmental level.
• Affords assistance in teaching acceptable work habits (e.g. punctuality, dress, and grooming), to enable individuals to develop readiness for work/school outside the home, or in support of individuals' vocational, provocation, or other work/volunteer experiences.
• Affords assistance in transporting/arranging for transport of individuals to community events, accompanying consumers to dances, camping trips, swimming, or other age-appropriate leisure activities.
• Affords assistance in teaching money management principles to consumer, completing/aids in completion of banking activities; ensures accurate recording of personal expenditures.
• Affords assistance in aiding in explaining feelings, resolving conflicts, teaching/reinforcing acceptable means of handling frustration and anger.
• Affords assistance in teaching/supervising/participating in a variety of leisure and recreational activities, craft projects, seasonal and permanent home decoration; assists in planning/supervision of family days and holiday celebrations as selected by the consumers, their families and staff.
• Affords assistance in aiding in the selection, care and use of age appropriate personal leisure time belongings.

Interdisciplinary Treatment Team Member

• Actively participates at staff meetings by communicating observations concerning progress and reaction to various therapy programs.
• Attends staff meeting, may suggest alternative programs or procedures based on experience with the individual's habilitation plan.
• Records Daily Residential Habilitation, Incident Behavioral and other required documentation.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Education and Experience Requirements: High School Diploma and two years working with the developmentally disabled. Or A combination of education and experience that meets or exceeds the standards of the program.
• OPWDD experience preferred.

Qualifications And Knowledge

• Maintain all required training and certifications including, AMAP (Approved Medication Administration Personnel), CPR and First Aide certifications.
• Possess a valid driver’s license and a satisfactory driving record.
• Good verbal, written, interpersonal, organization, and active listening skills.
• Good organizational & time management skills.
• Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment.
• Good collaboration skills.
• Problem-solving skills, including a proactive approach.
• Proficient with Internet Explorer; Microsoft Excel; Microsoft Outlook; Microsoft Word; and Windows Operating System.

Physical Demands

• Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
• Regularly required to reach with hands and arms.
• Regularly required to stoop, kneel, crouch, and bend.
• Fingering is required regularly for typing and the use of hands in a repetitive motion.
• Regularly required to talk and hear with the ability to exchange and receive detailed information.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, ability to adjust focus to perform activities such as preparing and analyzing data, and viewing computer screens.

Summary

HCA is proud to offer a competitive suite of benefits including but not limited to: Medical insuranceDental insuranceVision insuranceGenerous paid time off including vacation, holiday, personal, and sick timeRetirement plan with company matchingTelehealth/concierge medicineFSAHSALife insuranceLong-term disability insuranceShort-term disability insuranceCritical illness/specified disease insuranceAccident insuranceEmployee assistance programTuition reimbursementProfessional development assistanceTravel reimbursement

Please note: failure to provide responses to prescreening questions or fully complete an application may result in rejected submissions.

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