NOC shift Caregiver Part-time/On-Call

• Use PCC to ensure correct resident information when assisting with ALDS, meals, etc.
• Report all changes in the residents’ condition to the Health and Wellness Director as soon as practical.
• Record all entries on notes, SPAs, and incident reports, etc., in an informative, descriptive manner.
• Report on all accidents and incidents you observe on the shift that they occur to the Executive Director and Health and Wellness Director.
• Agree not to disclose resident’s protected health information and promptly report suspected or known violations of such disclosure to the Executive Director.
• Report any known or suspected unauthorized attempt to access community’s information system.
• Perform only those care tasks that you have been trained to do.
• Ensure that the resident’s room is ready for the resident (i.e., bed made).
• Greet residents and escort them to their room.
• Make residents comfortable.
• Assist residents with packing their personal possessions when they are being transferred to a new room, or when being discharged.
• Transport residents to dining room and deliver meals.
• Assist with loading/unloading residents’ to/from vehicles as necessary.
• Create and maintain an atmosphere of warmth, personal interest and positive emphasis, as well as a calm environment throughout the unit and shift.
• Report all complaints and grievances made by residents.
• Participate in and receive the nursing report as instructed.
• Follow established policies concerning exposure to blood/body fluids.
• Make beds as instructed.
• Put extra covers on beds as requested.
• Ensure that residents who are unable to call for help are checked frequently.
• Answer resident calls promptly.
• Check residents routinely to ensure that their personal care needs are being met.
• Assist residents with identifying food arrangements (i.e., informing residents with sight problem of foods that are on his/her tray, where it is located, if it is hot/cold, etc.).
• Perform after meal care (i.e., remove trays, clean resident’s hands, face, clothing, etc.).
• Receive the nursing report upon reporting for duty.
• Perform all assigned tasks in accordance with our established policies and procedures, and as instructed by your supervisors.
• Follow work assignments, and/or work schedules in completing and performing your assigned tasks.
• Cooperate with inter-departmental personnel, as well as other facility personnel, to ensure that services can be adequately maintained to meet the needs of the residents.
• Notify the facility when you will be late or absent from work.
• Assist residents with daily functions (dental and mouth care, bath functions, combing of hair, dressing and undressing as necessary).
• Keep residents dry (change clothing and linens, when it becomes wet or soiled).
• Assist residents in preparing for medical tests (i.e., lab work, x-ray, therapy, dental, etc.).
• Assist with lifting, turning, moving, positioning, and transporting residents into and out of beds, chairs, bathtubs, wheelchairs, etc.
• Observe and report the presence of pressure areas and skin breakdowns to prevent decubitus ulcers (bedsores).
• Honor the resident’s refusal of treatment request. Report such requests to your supervisor.
• Shave male residents
• Keep hair on female residents clean (i.e., facial hair, under arms, on legs, etc.) as instructed.
• Weigh and measure residents as instructed.
• Measure and record temperatures. Pulse, and respirations (TPRs), as instructed.
• Assist with the care of the end-of-life resident.
• Assist with post-mortem care as instructed.

Must possess, as a minimum, a high school education or

its equivalent.

Language Skills

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.

Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from managers and employees.

Mathematical Skills

Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios and proportions to practical situations.

Reasoning Ability

Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a

variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be proficient in the Microsoft Suite products.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk and talk, read or hear.