Residential Aide- Pss, Dsp Or Cna

At Central Maine Healthcare our team members are committed to providing exceptional care and experiences for our community and for each other every day.

Position Summary: Assists with the overall care of residents in cooperation with other facility staff as assigned by the charge person/Director of Clinical Services. Works in close cooperation with other team members to give personal care to assigned residents as needed. Assists in any way possible to provide a safe, homelike, and comfortable environment for the residents.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Demonstrates Competency in the Following Areas:
1. Assists nurses working with assigned residents to administer to their personal needs; bathing, daily hygiene, toileting, lifting, turning or re-positioning with the nurse.
2. Sets up and monitors residents prescribed diets during meal times.
3. Performs other related duties as assigned by the Charge Nurse.
4. Assists resident with ADLs including set up to extensive or total assist in care needs.
5. Encourages resident to achieve maximum ambulation. Following P.T. instructions/program as needed.
6. Applies anti-embolic stockings (no ace bandages).
7. Assists with bowel/bladder retraining, toileting, and incontinent care.
8. Care of prosthetic devices including hearing aides, glasses, braces, hand splints, glass eyes, etc. Assist resident as needed with application, removal and cleaning.
9. Completes charting daily of care given using CNA documentation sheets.
10. Collect voided urine specimens, stool specimens for lab testing.
11. Colostomy care, change bag, skin care and report breakdown to Charge Nurse.
12. Maintains standard precautions, care of linen, waste, contaminated equipment, gowning and gloving at all times. Isolation techniques as needed.
13. Assists with personal care, baths (bed, tub, shower, whirlpool), oral hygiene, and peri care.
14. Assists with the emptying of bedpan and urinal. Check urinals every 2 hours.
15. Assists with positioning and providing comfort measures to residents.
16. Assist with post mortem care as designated by the Charge Nurse.
17. Assists with range of motion.
18. Assists with peri care and sitz bath as designated by the Charge Nurse.
19. Assists with transfers to chair, wheelchair, gurney, and mechanical lifts.
20. Unsterile application of heat and cold-moist and dry, or ice bag, rice packs.
21. Assist and apply bed devices, footboard, bed cradle, heel/elbow protectors, trapeze bar, hand, trochanter rolls, or other pressure relieving device.
22. Assists in completing monthly weights and vital signs as scheduled.
23. Provides assistance in therapeutic activities and communication to residents.
24. Applies treatments as directed by charge nurse
25. Customer Service: Interacts with all individuals in a consistent manner, providing attention, support, and assistance to foster an environment of exceptional personal service.
a. Maintains a pleasant and helpful demeanor, and presents a professional appearance toward all internal and external customers at all times.
b. Consistently initiates interaction to provide assistance to individuals who may not be direct customers of the employee (i.e. asks patients who appear to be lost if they need assistance in finding their way).
c. Takes appropriate action to recover from a service difficulty, ensuring that the necessary action is taken to affect a resolution to the customer’s problem.
d. Conducts all work activities with respect for coworkers, including the maintenance of a pleasant and professional environment, fostering calmness during stressful situations.
e. Interacts with supervisory personnel in a professional, supportive and courteous manner, venting emotions appropriate to time and place.
f. Demonstrates a commitment to service by consistent attendance and punctuality, scheduling absences according to departmental requirements, and incurring unplanned absences only when unavoidable circumstances exist.
Organizational Requirements:
26. Adheres to dress code, appearance is neat and clean.
27. Completes annual education requirements.
28. Maintains regulatory requirements.
29. Reports to work on time and as scheduled, completes work within designated time.
30. Wears identification while on duty, uses computerized punch time system correctly.
31. Completes in services and returns in a timely fashion.
32. Attends annual review and department in services, as scheduled.
33. Attends at least ____ staff meetings annually, reads and returns all monthly staff meeting minutes.
34. Represents the organization in a positive and professional manner.
35. Actively participates in performance improvement and continuous quality improvement (CQI) activities.
36. Complies with all organizational policies regarding ethical business practices.
37. Communicates the mission, ethics and goals of the facility, as well as the focus statement of the department.
38. Confidentiality: Maintains confidentiality of information at all times.
a. Consistently maintains confidentiality of all information gained during the course of employment, respecting the privacy of others.
b. Understands and maintains the confidentiality of information communicated directly from the supervisor, including discussions of a counseling nature.
c. Follows policies and procedures related to medico legal matters, including confidentiality, amendments of medical records, patient rights, medical records as legal evidence and informed consent
d. Copies records according to policy, assuring the appropriateness of the individual requesting information from the record prior to copying, faxing, or phoning any portion of the record.
39. Safety: Demonstrates an understanding of fire and electrical safety, infection control, body mechanics, and related areas, as appropriate to position.
a. Attends mandatory in-services on fire safety, electrical safety, infection control, and body mechanics. Successfully completes competency-based training in each area.
b. Follows all employee health procedures, incident reporting, and infection control requirements at all times, as appropriate to the position.
c. Uses proper body mechanics at all times as required by the physical demands of the position.
d. Maintains a safe work environment and performs duties of the position in a manner consistent with ensuring the safety of self and others.
e. Identifies safety needs in areas outside own work environment, recommending corrective action as appropriate.
40. Expense Control: Performs job duties in a manner that maximizes expense control.
a. Uses supplies, equipment, and utilities in an expeditious manner
b. Consistently recommends methods to control costs while maintaining a high degree of customer service.
c. Performs job tasks efficiently and effectively resulting in no unplanned overtime.
Regulatory Requirements:

• High School or GED required.
• Current CNA certification in the state of Maine.
• Six months to one year’s experience preferred.
• Listing on the Maine State CNA Registry without annotation.
• Residential Aide must have Residential Care Specialist 1(RCS-I), or Personal Support Specialist (PSS) Certification. May be trained within 4 months of employment.
• Must be tolerant, patient and treat residents with dignity and respect.
• Student NA must complete certification program and be placed on the State Registry within four months.

Language Skills:

• Able to effectively communicate in English, both verbally and in writing.
• Strong written and verbal skills.
• Additional languages preferred.

Skills:

• Basic computer knowledge.

Physical Demands:

• For physical demands of position, including vision, hearing, repetitive motion and environment, see following description.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position without compromising client care.

If you are passionate about making a difference and are looking for your next great career opportunity, we look forward to reviewing your application!