Resident Assistant

Primrose Retirement Communities, LLC; Wasilla (AK); On-site; USD 19,000 - 25,000; Part time

Job summary

rimrose Retirement Communities is seeking a Resident Assistant to provide basic care to residents and assist with daily living activities. The RA helps with personal hygiene, dressing, housekeeping, laundry, meals, and social activities while supporting the nursing team and families to promote residents’ well-being.

Strong teamwork and compassion are essential; weekend and holiday rotations are required. Opportunities for part-time hours and evenings/rotating shifts are available.

Qualifications

• Experience in long-term care or assisted living is preferred.
• Nursing Assistant certification or State Trained Nursing Assistant per state regulations.
• Maintain CPR/First Aid certification per state regulations.
• Knowledge of Alzheimer’s Disease, other dementias and related memory impairments is preferred.
• Demonstrates ability to work as a team.
• Able to work weekends and holidays on a rotating basis.

Responsibilities

• Provide basic care to residents and assist with daily living activities.
• Assist with personal hygiene, dressing, housekeeping, laundry, and meal services.
• Support residents in social-recreational activities and other duties as assigned.
• Collaborate with nursing department, other departments, medical professionals, residents and families to promote wellbeing.

Job description

rimrose Retirement Communities is hiring for a Resident Assistant to be responsible for providing basic care to residents and assisting them in daily living activities. The Resident Assistant (RA) must possess excellent people skills and the ability to be compassionate and enjoy helping others. The RA provides care to residents which may include personal hygiene, dressing, housekeeping, laundry, social-recreational activities, meal services and other duties and services as assigned within the community. The RA collaborates and assists in supporting the entire nursing department, other departments, medical professionals, consultants, residents and families in an efficient and economic manner to enable each resident to attain or maintain the highest practical physical, mental, and psycho-social well-being.

What we’re looking for:

• Experience in long-term care or assisted living environment is preferred.
• Current certification as a Nursing Assistant or State Trained Nursing Assistant dependent upon state regulations
• Maintain CPR/First Aid certification per state regulations.
• Knowledge of Alzheimer’s Disease, other dementias and related memory impairments is preferred.
• Demonstrates ability to work as a team.
• Able to work weekends and holidays on a rotating basis.

Opportunities for part-time hours.

Available shifts: evenings, rotating.

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