New Starting Wages! Resident Assistant Or Nursing Assistant-Am- Parker Oaks Senior Living

TITLE: Resident Assistant or NAR

REPORTS TO: Housing Manager

Job Summary:
This position is responsible for providing personal care and designated health-related services designed to maintain the resident's physical and emotional wellbeing.

This position qualifies for a $2,500 sign on bonus!!!!

Qualifications: The Resident Assistant is required to have an ability to read, write and speak English, and complete and pass a state required background study form which checks for certain criminal convictions or serious maltreatment.

General Responsibilities:

• Must be able to prioritize and organize work effectively and efficiently
• Assist in use of hearing aids and glasses for residents
• Must understand and communicate medical terminology
• Help each resident to reach and maintain the highest level of performance and independence
• Take and record temperature, blood pressure, pulse and respiration as instructed
• Attend In-service training as assigned
• Must demonstrate good interpersonal skills
• Must be mature and emotionally stable using calm and kind tone of voice, remaining calm in difficult or unusual circumstances
• Ability to effectively present information on one-to-one and small group situations to customers, residents and other employees of the organization
• Follows cleaning schedule per shift worked
• Lead resident activities as scheduled and assigned
• Must be flexible and adaptable to changing situations
• Other duties as assigned
• Must be punctual, with a good attendance record
• Must be compassionate and work with tact and ethical awareness
• Promoted independence, not dependence, with residents offering choices and fostering self-help skills
• Obtain required Dementia Training annually thereafter
• Assist with meal preparation as directed following special meal plans
• Assist with dressing, grooming and oral cares as assigned
• Ability to read, write and speak English and comprehend simple instructions, correspondence and memos
• Must obtain 8 hours Dementia Training within 160 hours of start of employment
• Ability to write simple correspondence and documentation on each resident
• Medication administration/assistance as delegated by RN
• Observe client and report changes in physical and emotional condition such as change in attitude, loss of appetite, weight, etc.
• Report changes or concerns to RN
• Must work as a team member with other personnel and R.N
• Assist with treatments as delegated by the Registered Nurse
• Assist the resident with personal cares which may include all or some of the following: shampooing of hair, assist with showering, rubbing with lotions, fingernail cares and foot cares if instructed to do so, medication administration, redirection of a confused resident, and other cares as assigned

In keeping with federal, state and local laws, Heartland Senior Living's policy forbids employees and associates from discriminating against anyone based on race, religion, color, creed, gender, age, marital status, national origin, sexual orientation, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, familial status, disability or any other characteristic protected by law. Heartland Senior Living is committed to establishing and maintaining a workplace free of discrimination. We are fully committed to equal employment opportunity. We will not tolerate unlawful discrimination in the recruitment, hiring, termination, promotion, salary treatment or any other condition of employment or career advancement. Heartland Senior Living also provides reasonable accommodations to disabled employees and applicants as required by law.