What are the responsibilities and job description for the AM / NOC Shift Caregiver [12hrs shift; 4 days/week] - Housing Provided position at Aeon Senior Living?
About Aeon Senior Living:
Aeon Senior Living in Sammamish offers seniors a state-of-the-art community with beautiful natural surroundings. Our residents enjoy expansive outdoor spaces, light-filled residences with high-ceiling living room, and breathtaking views of the serene environment. In addition to the peaceful setting, we provide gourmet cuisine, engaging activities, and a robust wellness program designed to enhance well-being. With a focus on holistic care and a vibrant, supportive community, Aeon Senior Living is a place where residents can thrive, surrounded by the tranquility of Sammamish’s lush landscapes.
Starting Hourly Wage: $22 - $25 per hour, plus a monthly bonus for achieving budgeted occupancy targets.
4 days/week Schedule:
6AM - 6PM (Wednesday - Saturday) OR 6PM - 6AM (Sunday - Wednesday)
Caregiver Job Description
Purpose:
To provide personal care and assist in monitoring the well-being and the environment of the residents receiving assisted living services.
RESPONSIBLE TO: Director of Resident Care Services
Minimum Eligibility Requirements:
- Minimum of 1 year previous experience working with seniors in a long-term care setting.
- Must maintain Active Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) or Home Care Aide (HCA) license
- Nurse Delegation and Diabetes certification are preferred.
- Must maintain current CPR/First Aid credentials
- Must maintain current Food Handlers credentials
- Must maintain annual Continuing Education Credits
- Ability to take blood pressure, pulse, respiration, temperature, and O2 Stat or ability to learn.
- Must enjoy working with seniors.
- Commitment to high quality standards and service.
- Skilled at working with teams and effective communication techniques (oral and written).
- Skilled at building positive relationships with residents.
- Ability to maintain resident privacy and confidentiality.
- Ability to establish effective relationships with residents, family members and team members.
- Must be able to read, comprehend, write, and speak English to communicate effectively with residents, families, visitors, and other team members.
- Proficiency in basic computer skills, including Word and Excel.
- Ability to represent the community in a positive and professional manner.
- Must meet all health-related requirements pertaining to state licensure.
- Must be able to perform duties and responsibilities (Essential Job Functions) with or without reasonable accommodation.
- Subject to pre-employment screening including physical, drug and TB testing and criminal background check.
- Must be a minimum age of 18 years old.
- Able to pass other necessary tests if required by state regulations.
Essential Functions:
Resident Care:
- Reviews and understands all resident individual service plans.
- Assists residents with activities of daily living, including bathing, dressing, grooming, toileting, eating, transferring, and ambulation, as specified in residents’ individual service plans.
- Engages residents in meaningful conversation and socialization while providing personal care and medication assistance.
- Responds to all resident needs and/or requests for care promptly, and provides or obtains assistance with care as necessary
- Always upholds Residents’ Rights
- Observes residents for changes in physical, emotional, mental, and social condition, unusual symptoms, accidents, injuries, or unusual occurrences, and reports promptly to a licensed nurse and/or supervisor.
- Supports and upholds all company policies and care philosophy
- Report all change of condition, behavior changes in a timely matter so it can be documented as soon as possible
- Completes all forms to include but not limited to incident reports, and written and computerized documentation, as necessary for communication of resident information with other members of the Resident Care Team and with the licensed nurses and Executive Director.
- Maintaining accurate and complete records of care delivered. At the start of each shift conducting visual safety check on all residents and at the end of each shift, effectively communicate (written or verbal) resident status with the next shift.
- Assists with resident mealtimes in dining room, serves meals in accordance with proper serving technique and ensures that food is presented in an attractive manner as needed.
- Encourages residents to participate in scheduled activities and outings and assists with those activities as needed.
- Provides residents with opportunities for self-expression and enhanced self-esteem through spontaneous individual or small group interaction and activity
- Delivers tray orders to residents’ rooms
- Demonstrating behavior that maintains and respects resident rights and promotes independence, regardless of race, religion, lifestyle, sexual preference, and disease process.
- Addressing individual behavioral needs of the resident and demonstrates the ability to identify psychosocial needs.
- Assist residents with daily activities and participation in scheduled events.
Medication Administration
- Provides medication assistance for residents in accordance with state regulations and company policy including; pouring, preparing, assisting with administration, and documentation
- Administer medication appropriately and timely according to regulations, physician orders and the community’s Policies and Procedures.
- Ensure that medication is logged and centrally stored, maintained as needed, and all medication refills are ordered in a timely manner to ensure medications are available for each resident.
- Is familiar with and consistently adheres to all medication-related policies and procedures, including those concerning appropriate documentation and medication accountability.
- Assists in maintaining the medication cart and storage room in a neat and orderly manner
- Conducts monthly audits, which include label checks, expiration checks, and start date checks.
- Completes all documentation such as medication administration records, incident reports, change of condition reports, and behavior tracking, as requested, and in a timely manner
- Notifies supervisor of concerns or problems with orders/MARs in a timely manner.
- Assists Licensed Nurse Printing MARs and reviews as requested.
- Updates MARs in computer with new orders/changes in the absence of the Licensed Nurse
- Works with pharmacies and doctors’ offices to obtain correct orders and refills.
- Accepts responsibility for accurate medication counts and for security of the medication cart and medication storage room for assigned shifts
- Carries out objective charting within their scope of practice in residents notes on a daily basis.
- Carries out basic first aid on a daily basis.
- Maintains a clean and tidy medication room, cart, and equipment.
Housekeeping
- Makes resident beds, empties apartment trash, and tidies resident apartment daily and as needed or requested.
- Turns down resident beds in the evening if requested.
- Changes resident linens and towels according to community laundry schedule, and as needed or as requested.
- Maintains resident clothing and closet in a neat and orderly manner.
- Assists with resident laundry as scheduled including non-scheduled or as necessary.
- Cleans dining room tables and chairs after meals and snacks
- Notifies Housekeeping team members of spills and soiled areas; assists with clean-up as needed. If no Housekeeper is on duty, cleans up spills and soils immediately.
- Straightens chairs, pillows and decorative items in common areas as needed, and returns items to appropriate location when found out of place
- Assists in cleaning walkers, wheelchairs, and other resident equipment, as needed.
- Assists with dusting, vacuuming, and other housekeeping duties as assigned.
- Assists with other housekeeping duties as assigned.
Other
- Attends all required team member meetings and in-service training sessions.
- Demonstrates a positive attitude and contributes to an atmosphere of team spirit and cooperation within the Community
- Answers phones as needed in a prompt and courteous manner.
- Promotes customer service and positive community relations by treating residents, families, other staff, and all visitors in a courteous, helpful, and friendly manner
- Upholds Residents’ Rights as defined by state regulations and by Company policy, at all times.
- Supports and upholds all other Company policies, and the service philosophy.
- Delivers mail and packages to residents’ rooms
- Adheres to the company dress code while on duty.
- Reliable and predictable attendance
- Assists with other duties as assigned
Working Conditions
- Must be able to work full-time or part-time as agreed upon, on assigned shift, including weekend and holiday rotations
Physical/Sensory Requirements
- Medium work – Ability to exert 20-50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 10-20 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects.
- Must be able to see well enough to write and read, and to visually interact with residents, families, and staff.
- Must be able to speak and hear well enough to verbally interact with residents, families, and staff.
Starting Hourly Wage: $22 - $25 per hour, plus a monthly bonus for achieving budgeted occupancy targets.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $22.00 - $25.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Flexible schedule
- Paid sick time
Physical Setting:
- Long term care
Supplemental Pay:
- Attendance bonus
- Bonus opportunities
- Monthly bonus
Experience:
- Caregiving: 1 year (Required)
License/Certification:
- CNA or HCA Certification (Required)
Shift availability:
- Day Shift (Preferred)
- Overnight Shift (Preferred)
Ability to Commute:
- Sammamish, WA 98075 (Required)
Work Location: In person
Salary : $22 - $25