PC Med Tech - Resident Assistant - Day Shift - 24 hr/wk

$19.45 - $21.30 hour, $1.25 / hr weekend shift differential

Summary and Purpose:

Core Values: Compassion, Community, Dignity, Integrity and Quality, Teamwork and Trust

Create and support a caring and empathetic working environment

Know and observe all policies and procedures for Personal Care

Follow and support the Fairmount mission vision and values

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Delivers resident care in accordance with the Resident Assessment and Support Plan (RASP) with additional direction from the Charge Nurse/Charge Med Tech or other supervisory personnel.
2. Assists residents with their activities of daily living. This includes eating, bathing, incontinence care, oral hygiene, dressing, ambulation, and positioning, while observing safety and sanitary precautions and respecting individual needs and preferences
3. Assists residents with telephone use, processing laundry, stockings, and tidying up their room
4. Assists with Activities, as needed
5. Follows policies and procedures related to resident care
6. Assists in the dining room by serving drinks, delivering meals and helping residents with meal choices
7. Orders supplies and ensures accurate charging of supplies to resident using electronic charging system
8. Follows team member safety policies and procedures
9. Performs resident transfers per Fairmount policy
10. Reports pertinent information, and/or changes in residents’ conditions promptly to the Charge Nurse.
11. Responsible for maintaining safety and sanitation standards throughout the facility and for following all applicable rules and regulations of federal and state regulatory agencies.
12. Obtains vital signs, weights, intake and output accurately
13. Presents each resident with a neat and clean appearance
14. Assists with admission, transfer, discharge and post-mortem care procedures.
15. Attends meetings as required
16. Follows all quality assurance/infection control standards.
17. Accurately documents on the resident’s electronic and paper record
18. Adheres to Corporate Compliance Plan.
19. Complies with HIPAA Privacy standards.
20. Performs other duties as required by facility needs.

Physical and Composure Requirements:

1. The physical activities of this position involve: balancing--constantly; climbing--occasionally; crouching--frequently; fine finger movement--rarely; grasping--frequently; kneeling-- occasionally; lifting--frequently (50 pounds); pulling--frequently; pushing--occasionally; reaching--frequently; repetitive movement--rarely; standing--frequently; stooping--frequently; walking--frequently; sitting--frequently. The sensory and communicative activities essential to the performance of this position include hearing, seeing and smelling--all activities done daily constantly; feeling and speaking--all activities done daily frequently.

1. Must have the composure to function calmly and professionally under stressful conditions when confronted with frustrated or angry staff/residents; emergency, critical, unusual, or dangerous situations.