Resident Assistant

Description

• Transporting residents or assisting residents with walking along with turning or repositioning residents alone or with assistance.
• Taking and recording temperature, blood pressure, pulse and respiration rates, and food and fluid intake and output, as directed.
• Answering signal lights, bells, or intercom system to determine residents needs using a proactive approach.
• Assisting with laundry and housekeeping duties.
• Encouraging and assisting residents to participate in activities.
• Promoting the physical, personal, and emotional wellbeing of each resident and striving to maintain the ultimate goal, which is to return the resident to their maximum level of self-care and independence, when possible.
• Ensuring effective communication is being utilized by community staff with the residents’ families concerning residents’ care, encompassing their physical, personal, and emotional wellbeing.
• Assisting and providing direction to residents regarding their personal care needs, which include but are not limited to, grooming, hygiene, dressing, nutrition, etc.
• Assisting residents to and from dining room as needed and assists with meals.
• Changing bed linens, run errands, direct visitors, and answer telephone.

Requirements

• Be able to demonstrate proficiency in Internet browsers (e.g., Explorer, Chrome, and Fire Fox), Microsoft Office programs including Outlook, Excel, Word and Publisher, electronic health records (EHR) systems, and any HR related systems if applicable.
• Listening to and understanding the problems of residents and reports observations immediately to the care team as needed.
• High School Diploma or equivalent preferred.
• 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. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand/move, communicate, and identify written information. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and lift and/or move up to 50 pounds independently; occasionally lift and/or move up to 200 pounds with assistance.
• Understanding the resident’s Advance Directives and follows their wishes.
• Cedarhurst of Blue Springs considers the health and safety of its residents, family members, and team members as its highest priorities. All offers of employment are conditioned on completing and passing a background and drug test, participating in testing requirements (such as TB) and using designated PPE when required.
• One year of experience as a resident assistant preferred.
• Working well with others and taking direction from management, as well as taking initiative with the capability to engage in conflict intervention and resolution for residents, families, employees, and others as needed.

Benefits

• Cedarhurst of Blue Springs believes that its team is its greatest asset. For this reason, we provide our team members with extensive training as well as personal and career development opportunities.
• Cedarhurst of Blue Springs offers a competitive benefits package including medical insurance coverage, life insurance, long-term disability coverage and a 401(k) Plan with company match (after 1 year of service).

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance