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Birchaven is seeking an aide to support licensed staff by providing direct care and assisting with personal needs under supervision. Responsibilities include room preparation, supply restocking, and ensuring safety and comfort for residents in the assisted living areas.
The position requires basic understanding of aging-related care, reliable communication, and ability to follow policies to maintain regulatory compliance and resident rights.
The primary purpose of this position is to support the licensed staff by giving direct care and performing aide functions such as care for the personal needs and comfort of residents under the supervision of a Nurse for the assisted living areas, and in accordance with current applicable federal, state and local standards, guidelines and regulations, Birchaven policy and procedure, Birchaven ethical statement and resident rights, subject to the associate handbook.
Meet the minimum required age of 16 years old Positive service-oriented interpersonal and communication skills required. Individual must be able to demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to needs of the residents served on his/her neighborhood. The individual must demonstrate basic knowledge of the principles related to the aging adult and problems associated with aging. Possess the ability to assess data reflective of the resident status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each residents needs.
This position requires a full range of body motion with intermittent activities in walking, sitting, lifting, bending, squatting, climbing, kneeling, twisting and standing. The associate will be required to lift 50 pounds or more. This position requires individuals to lift work above the shoulder. The associate must have corrected vision and hearing in the normal range. Individual must have excellent communication skills to perform daily tasks. ***This position is classified at risk for possible occupational exposure to bloodborne pathogens (HBV, HIV etc.)