What are the responsibilities and job description for the Direct Support Staff position at Loving Hearts Topeka?
- Grooming and bathing consumers with low mobility
- Preparing each consumers room with necessary items like blankets, pillows, medical equipment and bathroom needs
- Helping participants eat and take medications
- Making sure they have regular meals and proper medication dosages
- Monitoring vitals and patient behavior and reporting them to the nursing and medical staff
- Assisting consumers with mobility needs, transferring them from wheelchair to bed
- Turning or adjusting patients in bed to prevent bedsores or other discomfort
- Exercising patients by helping them walk
- Transporting consumers to activities in the community
- Assisting consumers with daily tasks