Caregiver - Memory Care

Regency Pacific Management; Oak Harbor (WA); On-site; USD 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Regency on Whidbey seeks a caring, compassionate caregiver to support memory care residents with daily living activities, meals, hygiene and mobility in a warm, home-like environment.

You will follow resident assessment and service plans, assist with housekeeping, laundry and social activities, and help ensure safety, infection control and respectful, dignified care for each resident.

Qualifications

• Ability to read, write, speak and understand English.
• Maintains a clean, neat, safe environment for residents, staff, and visitors.
• Education or experience sufficient to meet position requirements or as required by State regulations.
• Ability to relate positively and communicate with residents, families, community members, volunteers, and other employees.
• Fully vaccinated against Covid-19 with accommodations/exemptions available where applicable.

Responsibilities

• Provides resident services as indicated on the resident's assessment and service plan, including bathing, grooming, medication administration, and assisting with ADLs.
• Assists with setting up, serving meals, and cleaning up after meals.
• Provides laundry service including washing, drying, sorting, and putting away resident's laundry.
• Reads the staff communication book and short-term monitor book every shift; notes changes in resident conditions.
• Reviews daily assignments with the supervisor and completes task sheets every shift.
• Follows incident reporting guidelines and participates in move-in/move-out processes.
• Complies with regulatory standards and OSHA guidelines, including sharps safety.
• Performs daily housekeeping to maintain a clean, neat, safe environment for residents, staff, and visitors.
• Observes problems with resident apartments, building, or grounds and communicates them appropriately.
• Participates in individual resident and group activities; follows infection control procedures.
• Assists with orientation of new staff and informs Administrator when supplies are low.
• Performs other tasks/duties as assigned.

Job description

We are Regency on Whidbey, a retirement, assisted living and memory care community providing each individual compassionate care in a nurturing environment. We are looking for caring and compassionate individuals to join our team.

Come Join Our Exceptional Team!

• Memory Care Unit -

The caregiver is responsible for personal services, medication assistance, delegated tasks, housekeeping, laundry, social-recreational activities, meal services, and other tasks as needed for resident well-being in our Memory Care unit.

Essential Position Duties

• Provides resident services as indicated on the resident's assessment and service plan, including but not limited to bathing, grooming, medication administration, and providing assistance with other activities of daily living (ADLs).
• Assists with setting up, serving meals, and cleaning up after the meals.
• Provides laundry service including washing, drying, sorting, and putting away resident's laundry.
• Reads the staff communication book and short-term monitor book every shift and notes any changes in resident conditions.
• Reviews daily assignments with the designated supervisor and completes task sheets every shift.
• Follows incident reporting guidelines.
• Complies with regulatory standards and OSHA guidelines (i.e. sharps compliance).
• Performs daily housekeeping duties to maintain a clean, neat, comfortable, safe environment for residents, staff, and visitors.
• Observes problems, concerns, and issues with resident apartments, the building, and/or the grounds and communicates them appropriately.
• Participates in individual resident and group activities.
• Demonstrates knowledge of and follows infection control procedures.
• Participates in the resident move-in and move-out process to ensure that the residents are greeted or leave comfortably.
• Assists with the orientation of new staff members to job responsibilities.
• Avoids loss, breakage, and waste of supplies and equipment and informs the Administrator in a timely manner when supplies are low.
• Performs other tasks/duties as assigned.

Position Requirements

• Adheres to and conveys the philosophy of supporting dignity, privacy, independence, choice, individuality, and a home-like environment for residents.
• Ability to read, write, speak and understand English.
• Maintains a clean, neat, comfortable, safe environment for residents, staff, and visitors.
• Education or experience sufficient to meet position requirements or as required by State regulations.
• Ability to relate positively and communicate appropriately with residents, families, community members, volunteers, and other employees
• To protect the health and safety of our residents and staff and in order to comply with government mandates, we require our employees to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19. Accommodations/exemptions may be available for medical and sincerely held religious beliefs.

We are an equal opportunity employer (EEO).