Compassionate Caregiver & Resident Support

Thomas Rest Haven; Coon Rapids (IA); On-site; USD 28,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

Dental Insurance *AFLAC

IPERS

457 Life Insurance paid by Facility

Job summary

Park View Assisted Living is seeking a Universal Worker to provide personal care and assist residents with daily living tasks within an assisted living facility. You will support hygiene, mobility, meals, medications, and routine activities as directed by the Nursing Manager.

The role requires attention to residents’ changing conditions, accuracy in documentation, and teamwork to ensure safety and comfort. Evening or varied shifts may be involved to meet tenant needs.

Qualifications

• High school graduate or GED preferred.
• All applicants must be at least 16 years old.
• Medication Aide certification is required.
• Completion of a seventy-five-hour nurse aide course is required.
• Universal Workers must be able to read, write and follow written and oral instructions in English.
• Failure to maintain certification as a nursing assistant will result in termination.

Responsibilities

• Provides services to tenants as listed on the service plan and as delegated by the Assisted Living Nurse Manager.
• Bathe or assist tenants in bathing via a bed bath, tub, shower, or whirlpool.
• Perform or assist tenants with personal grooming needs such as shaving, hair care, oral hygiene, denture care, skin care, toileting, and cosmetics.
• Assist tenants in dressing and undressing as needed in clothing appropriate to the time of day and season of the year.
• Assist tenant in caring for and securing personal articles, labeling clothing, etc.
• Change bed linen.
• Assist tenants with before and after meal routines such as washing face and hands, transporting to and from the dining area or preparing environment for in room dining.
• Provide tenants prompt mealtime assistance if needed.
• Report appetite changes and request substitutions when necessary.
• Assist tenant in with elimination needs such as help with managing incontinence if listed on the tenant service plan.
• Assist tenant in transferring from bed, chair, wheelchair, toilet, etc. using appropriate equipment and following the principles of proper body mechanics if assigned in the service plan.
• Provides light housekeeping and laundry services as listed on the tenant service plan.
• Assists and helps direct group and individualized activities for tenants as assigned by the Assisted Living Nurse Manager.
• Other duties assigned by the Assisted Nurse Manager needed to complete tenant service plans and as properly delegated by the Assisted Nurse Manager.
• Documents on tenant and facility records as required by the assisted living’s policies and procedures.
• Responds to tenant emergency calls while on duty and summons help as indicated according to facility policy and procedure.
• Ability to reasonably conform to all rules and policies of this facility.
• Reports to and communicates with the Assisted Living Nurse Manager about changes in tenant condition or requests or needs for services.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Reading

Writing

English proficiency

Instruction following

Education

High school diploma or GED

Nurse aide certification

75-hour nurse aide course

Job description

Park View Assisted Living is seeking a Universal Worker to provide personal care and assist residents with daily living tasks within an assisted living facility. You will support hygiene, mobility, meals, medications, and routine activities as directed by the Nursing Manager.

The role requires attention to residents’ changing conditions, accuracy in documentation, and teamwork to ensure safety and comfort. Evening or varied shifts may be involved to meet tenant needs.