Restorative Aide - PT

Description

Schowalter Villa is looking for a part-time Restorative Aide to join our team!

Position Overview:

The primary responsibility of a Restorative Aide is to assist residents in maintaining or improving their level of function through restorative nursing programs.

Essential Job Functions:

Carry out recommended rehabilitation/restorative care:

• Assist residents in performing exercises and ambulating to improve strength and levels of functioning
• Assure residents’ privacy and dignity when providing care
• Identify and address residents by name of choice before providing care in accordance with their care plan
• Take vital signs as needed

Interact with residents in a warm, personal manner and provides a calm environment:

• Provide opportunities for the residents to talk, and listens attentively
• Warmly greet residents upon admission
• Introduce new resident to staff and other residents as appropriate.

Communicate residents’ care needs with peers and supervisors:

• Promptly report changes in residents’ conditions to licensed nurse

Document and evaluate residents’ care needs and progress:

• Document residents’ progress when providing rehabilitation/restorative care, gives to Care Plan Team, and write monthly progress reports
• Complete medical forms, reports, evaluations, and studies as necessary
• Assist in completing incident and /or accident forms
• Chart all information regarding care of residents in accordance with federal, state and facility polices

Participate in the development and implementation of the residents’ plan of Care (POC):

• Attend POC meetings when appropriate and assist with restorative POC/MDS
• Ensure that follow-up care is conducted according to the Restorative Program after resident is dismissed from physical or occupational therapy
• Attend Medicare meetings and gives input involving residents’ restorative care needs

Assists in the admission process:

• Assist residents and their family in completing inventory form
• Measure residents’ height and weight upon admission and as required thereafter
• Prepare wheelchairs and walkers as needed

Assist residents in activities of daily living:

• Assist in feeding, dressing, and toileting residents as needed
• Assist residents to and from restorative department to group activities and to meals
• Accompany residents on outings as needed
• Assist with loading and unloading residents to and from vehicles as necessary

Assist in Interdepartmental training/orientation:

• Assist in orientation of new Restorative Aides
• Assist in the orientation process for CNA’s and CMA’s as it pertains to rehabilitation/restorative care.

Qualifications and Experience:

• Must be eighteen (18) years of age.
• Must be Certified Nurse Aide in Kansas.
• Prefer Restorative Aide training.