Resident Assistant (Caregiver) for Memory Care and/or Assisted Living

GoodWorks Unlimited, LLC; Mount Juliet (TN); On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

GoodWorks Unlimited, LLC is seeking a compassionate Home Health Aide to provide direct personal care and supervision for residents in our community. You will assist with bathing, dressing, grooming, eating, mobility, and other activities, while encouraging residents to stay as independent as possible and maintaining confidentiality under HIPAA.

This role requires prompt response to incidents, clear communication with the care team, and reliable adherence to schedules, dining room duties,

Qualifications

• High School Diploma required and background check likely; background check and TB test may be required as typical for care roles.
• Experience in providing direct personal care and assisting with activities of daily living is preferred.
• Ability to communicate effectively with residents, families, and supervision is essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct personal care and supervision to residents, including bathing, dressing, grooming, eating, walking, toileting and other personal needs.
• Encourage residents to participate in their care and maintain as high a function level as possible.
• Respond immediately to accidents or incidents and report them properly.
• Communicate changes in resident condition to staff and supervisor.
• Follow assigned schedules; assist in dining room as needed and answer resident pages promptly.
• Perform laundry and general cleaning; monitor residents on a 24-hour basis.
• Participate in occasional housekeeping tasks and ensure a safe dining environment during meals.
• Assist in emergencies and follow evacuation plans; maintain confidential resident information per HIPAA.

Skills

Teamwork

Resident care

Communication

Education

High School Diploma

Job description

1. Responsible for providing the direct personal assistance and supervision needed by residents, including assisting residents when necessary on an individual basis with bathing, dressing, grooming, eating, walking, toileting and attending to any personal needs the residents may be incapable of or unable to attend to for themselves.
2. Encourage residents to participate in their care. Our goal is to keep our residents as high functioning as possible. We assist as needed.
3. Respond immediately in case of an accident or incident involving a resident and make a proper report of the incident.
4. Communicate with fellow staff and supervisor in regard to any changes in resident condition or any unusual circumstances or incidents.
5. Each aide will be given their assignment on the schedule. Aides will be assigned either to side 1 or 2 or be placed in the dining room as the dining room attendant.
6. Answer resident pages in a timely manner.
7. Must be able to do laundry and general cleaning.
8. Continual resident monitoring on a 24-hour basis.
9. Occasional, non-routine housekeeping tasks, such as wiping up a water spill, cleaning out refrigerators, wiping out handrails, cleaning screened porches, etc.
10. Serving residents meals during meal times and picking up dishes to be washed in a timely manner. One staff member is to be in the dining room at all times to monitor residents during meals. All aides are required to be in the dining room during dining room hours unless there is a resident that needs immediate attention.
11. In the event of an emergency, our staff may have to go to a villa to check on a resident that has called for help.
12. Responsible for knowing the duties during emergency situations. The evacuation plans are available to all staff at any given time. Our number one goal is resident and family satisfaction. We work together as a team with that goal in mind.
13. Being a team player is a MUST for our employees.
14. Miscellaneous duties as assigned by Supervisor.
15. Respecting the HIPPA laws and maintaining confidentiality.
16. Understand all job duties and communicate with the supervisor if you do not. You will be held accountable for those job duties and subject to reprimand if they are not performed as trained.
17. Remembering always that we work in our resident's homes, and we are to be respectful and caring at all times.

High School Diploma Required. Background Check Required. Clear TB Test Required.