Resident Care Assistant (SCALF) - PRN

Noland Health Services, Inc.; Birmingham (AL); On-site; USD 19,000 - 25,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent working environment

Job summary

Noland Health Services, Inc. in Birmingham, AL is seeking PRN Resident Care Assistants to provide routine daily nursing care to residents in accordance with each resident’s assessment and plan of care.

You will participate in delivering personal care, documenting care, and communicating changes in condition to supervising staff. Responsibilities include assisting residents with activities of daily living, transporting residents as needed, and maintaining a clean and safe care environment.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent preferred.
• Resident care experience preferred.
• Ability to observe and report changes in residents' condition.

Responsibilities

• Provide nursing care to residents including activities of daily living.
• Keep resident rooms and care areas clean and neat.
• Orient new residents to the facility.
• Document care as instructed and required.
• Report changes in residents' condition to the supervisor as soon as practical.
• Check residents to ensure personal care needs are met.
• Assist in transporting residents to dining, therapy, activities, and social programs.
• Perform restorative and rehabilitative procedures as instructed.
• Assist with lifting, turning, moving, positioning, and transporting residents.
• Report problems or concerns about resident care to the charge nurse.
• Encourage residents to participate in activities and assist in conducting activities.
• Perform other duties as directed.

Skills

ADL support

Resident care

Documentation

Observation & reporting

Teamwork

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

Job Overview

• PRN RCA's needed to work all shifts including weekends
• ALF & SCALF
• Excellent working environment

Summary of Duties

Responsible for providing residents with routine daily nursing care and services in accordance with the resident’s assessment and plan of care and as directed.

Essential Job Functions

• Provide nursing care to residents including activities of daily living.
• Keep resident rooms and resident care areas clean and neat.
• Orient new residents to facility.
• Document care as instructed and required.
• Report all changes in the resident’s condition (i.e., areas of redness, skin tears, bruising, mental status change, eating habits, etc.) to the supervisor as soon as practical.
• Check resident routinely to ensure that his/her personal care needs are being met.
• Assist in transporting resident to/from dining room, therapy, activity and social programs, etc., as necessary.
• Perform restorative and rehabilitative procedures as instructed.
• Assist with lifting, turning, moving, positioning, and transporting residents into and out of beds, chairs, bathtubs, wheelchairs, lifts, etc., as necessary, utilizing facility technique.
• Report any problems or concerns about resident care or any other area of concern to the charge nurse.
• Encourage and assist residents to participate in activities. Assist in conducting activities with residents as directed.
• Perform other duties as directed.

Education and Experience

High school diploma or equivalent preferred. Resident Care experience preferred.

Physical Requirements For Essential Job Functions

• Must be able to move consistently throughout the work day.
• Must be able to reach, bend, and/or stoop intermittently throughout the work day.
• Must be able to see and hear or use prosthetics that will enable these senses to function adequately to ensure that the requirements of this position can be fully met.
• Must be able to push, pull, or move a minimum of 100 pounds utilizing proper body mechanics and assistance.
• Must be able to walk/stand 75% of the day.
• Must be able to cope with the mental and emotional stress of the position.