Resident Care Assistant

Community Name:
Trinity Community at Beavercreek

• Receives assignment from supervisor to assist in resident care;
• Receives verbal report from previous shift and provides verbal report to next shift regarding special events, changes in resident’s condition, incidents and accidents, etc.;
• Checks residents in section regularly;
  Answers call lights promptly;
  Follows through with resident problems or needs by delivering care or reporting to leader depending upon level of ability and nature of resident need.
• Reports all resident and employee incidents to leader and completes incident report.
• Maintains knowledge of resident’s needs at all times;
  Notes significant changes in the condition of residents and takes appropriate action;
  Identifies emergency situations and responds with appropriate measures.
• Document unusual occurrences and progress in resident’s medical chart.
• Explains procedures to resident before administering.
• Welcome new residents and helps them adjust to new environment;
• Assists residents, family, and staff to ensure a comfortable homelike environment, i.e: assists resident to personalize room, monitors light and sound levels, temperature, etc.;
• Establishes and maintains good public relations with residents, families, and other community guests; shows empathy toward residents, as needed.
• Observes safety needs of residents.
• Identifies safety and security hazards and reports to appropriate personnel after insuring resident is out of immediate danger.
• Assists resident with personal care, including nails, hair, oral hygiene, bathing and dressing following Universal Precautions Protocols;
• Encourages resident to do as much as he or she can do him or herself;
• Notes resident need for increased assistance in resident’s medical record.
• Prepares residents for bed rest when indicated;
• Gives special care to residents in casts or traction such as monitoring comfort, skin color, and temperature.
• Assists residents with their physical needs including eating, but encourages residents to perform functions themselves to their capacity or ability.
• Follows policies and procedures related to body mechanics, transfer, body positioning, and mobility as outlined in the nursing policies and procedures manual;
• Repositions residents as needed using supportive devices when necessary (handrails, pillows, etc) and reports the same.
• Assists in transferring residents, as necessary.
• Prepares resident for meals;
• Escorts residents to dining room when necessary;
• Checks tray with diet card before serving to resident;
• Sets trays for residents;
• Serves and collects food trays;
• Assists residents who require help with the eating process;
• Offers alternate substitute for food not eaten.
• Delivers between meal nourishment and fresh drinking water to residents, encourages/assists resident in eating/drinking, and documents acceptance, as appropriate.
• Completes appropriate charge and inventory slips;
• Monitors supply inventory daily to see what is needed;
• Utilizes supplies and equipment properly and without waste.
• Straightens dresser tops and stands;
• Labels, separates, and cares for personal care items.
• Maintains cleanliness of resident units, central bathing area, treatment and supply rooms, workrooms, and linen closets;
• Sanitizes bath tub after each resident’s use;
• Wipes spilled foods and liquids from the floor, as necessary.
• Changes and makes beds;
• Collects and bags soiled linen and places soiled clothing in appropriate receptacle;
• Stores clean linen;
• Places personal laundry in…