Household Assistant - CBRF Job Town of Necedah Wisconsin USA,Healthcare

Position: Household Assistant I - CBRF
Location: Town of Necedah

Description

Position is Full‑Time 1st & 2nd Positions and Part‑Time 1st, 2nd, and 3rd shift positions available, non‑exempt. Starting wage $18.12/hr position open until filled. $2.00/hr for PM & NOC shift differential and $3.00/hr for weekend differential.

Benefits

Paid Time Off (PTO) – available after 30 days of employment
10 observed paid holidays
Health, dental, and vision insurance
Health Savings Account (HSA) with employer contributions – HRA
Life insurance, long‑term disability, short‑term disability, and flex spending
Participation in the Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS) – if over 1,200 hours/year

Responsibilities

Assists with implementing each individual's service plan, therapeutic physical/psychological care, and increasing independent vocational and leisure skills.

Assists with carrying out restorative plans.

Maintains documentation of behavioral symptoms and other data collection requirements in accordance with the service plan.

Assists and promotes independence with cares (including personal hygiene), ambulating in the home and accessing the community, preparation of meals, doing personal laundry and household tasks.

Functions as an integral member of the team providing appropriate interventions during medical, behavioral, and/or facility emergencies.

Provides personal hygiene including bathing (tub, shower, bed bath), oral care, skin and nail care, and hand washing.

Completes resident grooming including hair care, shaving, dressing, and weighing. Encourages residents toward independent personal care.

Assists with toileting including bowel and bladder retraining and perineal care.

Performs and assists with mobility, transferring, ambulation, positioning, and range of motion per the individual service plan.

Administers all medications and treatments as prescribed by physician and psychiatrist.

Requests medications from pharmacy; enters new medication orders; transcribes orders; faxes orders to pharmacy; pulls medication to return.

Verifies narcotic count at the beginning and end of every shift.

Documents accurately all cares given, including dietary intake and output, temperature, weight, blood pressure, pulse, and respiration, using approved abbreviations and descriptive terms.

Serves residents their meals; motivates and assists them with intake of nourishment and fluids.

Participates in the planning of resident care through shift reports and resident care staffing meetings when assigned.

Informs verbally and/or submits in writing any observations and changes in a resident for the licensed nurse or supervisor to evaluate, including dietary intake.

Answers all call signals and requests of residents immediately.

Encourages/assists residents in keeping their rooms clean and orderly; assists with making beds.

Maintains unit in a clean and orderly manner.

Keeps all resident's personal belongings and equipment clean.

Escorts residents to appointments as scheduled.

Participates in household activity programs planned for residents as needed.

Performs a total inventory of all resident's possessions on admission, discharge, or transfer.

Ensures all resident's possessions are properly labeled.

Tracks and reconciles resident fund accounts at the beginning and end of the shift. Assists with deposits and withdrawals from resident accounts as needed for community involvement activities.

Responds to resident emergency including bleeding, falls, seizures, CPR and performance of Heimlich maneuver.

Assists with post‑mortem care as assigned.

Transports dietary carts and linen carts.

Performs housekeeping and laundry responsibilities as needed.

Assists with the training and orientation of new Household Assistants.

Provides backup assistance to other department personnel as needed.

Other duties as assigned.

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