Universal Worker - Part Time 130PM-930PM

SmartRecruiters, Inc.; Coon Rapids (IA); On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

Dental Insurance *AFLAC

IPERS

457

Life Insurance paid by Facility!!

Personal Time

A positive home-like atmosphere

Job summary

Park View Assisted Living is seeking a Universal Worker to provide personal care and daily living support in our assisted living facility. The role includes assisting tenants with bathing, grooming, dressing, meals, and mobility, while maintaining safety and dignity.

The Universal Worker will help with light housekeeping, observe resident conditions, and report changes to the Nurse Manager. High school or GED and Nurse Aide certification are required, with English literacy essential.

Qualifications

• Motivated to support residents with daily living activities.
• Strong communication and teamwork abilities are essential.
• Must be able to read, write and follow written and oral instructions in English.

Responsibilities

• Assist tenants with personal care including dressing, grooming, bathing, and hygiene.
• Assist with meals, transfers, and mobility as needed.
• Perform light housekeeping and laundry tasks as delegated.
• Observe and report changes in tenants’ condition to the Nurse Manager.
• Follow tenant service plans and safety policies.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Education

High school diploma or GED

Nurse Aide certification

75-hour Nurse Aide course

Job description

Universal Worker - Part Time 130PM-930PM

• Full-time

Park View Assisted Livingis a place where tenants are not just cared for but cared about! We are a city owned, not for profit, community involved, family orientated, work life balance, empowering place to work!!

A Universal Worker is responsible for providing personal care and other assistance in the assisted living facility. Universal Workers may be called upon to help residents in and out of bed, and with dressing, grooming, personal hygiene, toileting, feeding and bathing. Universal Workers will be called upon to provide certain basic treatments, assist with medications and take resident vital signs as requested by the Assisted Living Nurse Manager. Additionally, Universal Workers will be requested to help with housekeeping and laundry tasks as assigned by the Assisted Living Nurse Manager. Universal workers are responsible for observing and reporting changes in residents’ physical and emotional conditions to the Assisted Living Nurse Manager. Excellent communication and team skills are needed. May be required to work a variety of shifts depending on tenant needs.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provides services to tenants as listed on the service plan and as delegated by the Assisted Living Nurse Manager.
• Bathe or assist tenants in bathing via a bed bath, tub, shower, or whirlpool.
• Perform or assist tenants with personal grooming needs such as shaving, hair care, oral hygiene, denture care, skin care, toileting, and cosmetics.
• Assist tenants in dressing and undressing as needed in clothing appropriate to the time of day and season of the year.
• Assist tenant in caring for and securing personal articles, labeling clothing, etc.
• Assist tenants with before and after meal routines such as washing face and hands, transporting to and from the dining area or preparing environment for in room dining.
• Provide tenants prompt mealtime assistance if needed.
• Report appetite changes and request substitutions when necessary.
• Assist tenant in with elimination needs such as help with managing incontinence if listed on the tenant service plan.
• Assist tenant in transferring from bed, chair, wheelchair, toilet, etc. using appropriate equipment and following the principles of proper body mechanics if assigned in the service plan.
• Provides light housekeeping and laundry services as listed on the tenant service plan.
• Assists and helps direct group and individualized activities for tenants as assigned by the Assisted Living Nurse Manager.
• Other duties assigned by the Assisted Nurse Manager needed to complete tenant service plans and as properly delegated by the Assisted Nurse Manager.
• Documents on tenant and facility records as required by the assisted living’s policies and procedures.
• Responds to tenant emergency calls while on duty and summons help as indicated according to facility policy and procedure.
• Ability to reasonably conform to all rules and policies of this facility.
• Reports to and communicates with the Assisted Living Nurse Manager about changes in tenant condition or requests or needs for services.
• Other duties as assigned.

High school graduate or GED preferred. All applicants must be at least 16 years old. Medication Aide certification is required.Completion of a seventy-five-hour nurse aide course is required. Universal Workers must be able to read, write and follow written and oral instructions in English. Failure to maintain certification as a nursing assistant will result in termination.

• Health Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Dental Insurance *AFLAC
• IPERS
• 457
• ***Life Insurance paid by Facility!!
• ****Personal Time
• *A positive home-like atmosphere while providing care for our amazing tenants!*

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