Resident Care Aide, 3p -11p (full-time, temp to perm)

Beth Israel Lahey Health; Beverly (MA); On-site; USD 60,173,568 - 77,366,016; Full time

Job summary

The Herrick House, part of Beth Israel Lahey Health Continuing Care, seeks a dedicated Home Health Aide to assist residents with daily activities and personal care. You will work as part of a team supporting residents’ physical, mental, and emotional needs in a compassionate environment.

Requirements include English communication skills, ability to lift and assist residents, and a high school diploma or GED. Vaccination is required.

Qualifications

• Ability to assist residents in a professional and caring manner.
• Must communicate in English both orally and in writing.
• Position requires frequent lifting, bending, standing and walking for long periods.
• High school diploma or GED preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assist residents with personal hygiene needs.
• Assist in ambulation to activities, dining room, and other locations.
• Deliver meal trays to resident apartments and retrieve within 2 hours.
• Bed-making and housekeeping tasks as required.
• Measure and record weights as instructed; report changes to Wellness Nurse.
• Respond promptly to resident requests and needs.
• Performs SAMM medication administration per policy (if trained).
• Respond to emergency alarms promptly.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Skills

English proficiency

Caring demeanor

Patient safety

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives.

Welcome to The Herrick House, part of Beth Israel Lahey Health Continuing Care. Our teams of nurses, aides, food service, and environmental service employees work to create an environment that supports the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual needs of our residents along with their families.

Summary

Assist residents with daily life functions such as bathing, dressing, personal hygiene, etc. Assist in ambulation of residents to and from activities, dining room, and other locations as needed.

Job Description

Education/Experience

Ability to assist residents in a professional and caring manner is required. The ability to communicate in English both orally and in writing is required. The position requires frequent lifting of residents, bending, stretching, standing and walking for extensive periods. High school graduate or GED is preferred.

Certification/License

Home Health Aide or Certified Nurses Aide certificate.

Care Of Resident – RCA Clinical Performance

• Demonstrates ability to perform or assist residents with personal hygiene needs (showering, dressing, daily hygiene, grooming).
• Assists resident with toileting needs and/or incontinence program.
• Measures and records weights as instructed.
• Completes all required tasks on daily assignment worksheet as individualized for each resident.
• Reports any changes in resident’s condition to the Wellness Nurse.
• Responds to resident’s requests/needs promptly.
• Performs self‑administration of medication management (SAMM) according to policy.
• Orders weekly medication and verifies non‑narcotic medications upon receipt, if trained, if applicable.
• Responds to emergency alarms promptly.
• Performs similar and other related duties.

Care Of Resident – RCA Housekeeping Tasks

• Performs daily bed‑making (by 11 a.m.) or turn down (by 8 p.m.) for residents.
• Demonstrates neatness of bed‑making.
• Demonstrates proper care of cleaning parter tubs.

Care Of Resident – RCA Meal Service Functions

• Delivers meal trays to resident apartments.
• Retrieves trays within 2 hours of delivery.
• Transports residents in a timely fashion to and from meals and activities.

Pay Range

$21.00 – $27.00

The pay range listed for this position is the base hourly wage range the organization reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for this position at this time. Actual compensation is determined based on several factors, that may include seniority, education, training, relevant experience, relevant certifications, geography of work location, job responsibilities, or other applicable factors permissible by law. Compensation may exceed the base hourly rate depending on shift differentials, call pay, premium pay, overtime pay, and other additional pay practices, as applicable to the position and in accordance with the law.

As a health care organization, we have a responsibility to do everything in our power to care for and protect our patients, our colleagues and our communities. Beth Israel Lahey Health requires that all staff be vaccinated against influenza (flu) as a condition of employment.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled