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Resident Assistant

The Waterford Care Center
Chicago, IL Full Time
POSTED ON 1/28/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 3/28/2025

The Waterford Care Center is seeking a Resident Assistant to join their team! The Resident Assistant assists in providing exceptional customer service to our residents, performing non-medical assistance.

Resident Assistant Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Greet and maintain positive, friendly relationships with all residents
  • Assist in-room residents by visiting with them, writing letters, running errands, and perform assistance with crafts, projects, etc., as necessary.
  • Ensure that rooms are prepared for the arrival of new residents.
  • Assist with the distribution of food trays to residents.
  • Manage, maintain, and organize resident property in accordance with polices and standards.
  • Help organize and put away resident laundry.
  • Answer call-lights, and get appropriate staff to help resident if needed.
  • Address any concerns that residents may have with appropriate department heads and leadership.
  • Bring residents to assigned areas throughout the facility as needed
  • Make beds, and straighten up rooms.
  • All other duties as assigned.

Resident Assistant Qualifications and Skills:

  • Must be able to read, write, speak, and understand English.
  • The ability to serve our residents in a manner that makes them feel valued.
  • A passion for the elderly and other residents in our care.

Resident Assistant Education and Experience:

  • High School Diploma or equivalent, required.
  • Must enroll in a certified nursing certificate program within 3-6 months of employment.

Physical Requirements:

  • Walking, reaching, bending, lifting, extended sitting, grasping, fine hand coordination, pushing and pulling, ability to distinguish smells and temperatures, all with or without the aid of mechanical devices is required.
  • Ability to push a wheelchair weighing up to 300 lbs.
  • Limited potential for exposure to environmental hazards. Understanding and adherence to company safety standards and protocols required.
  • Meet all health requirements as needed.

Citadel Healthcare Benefits:

  • Daily Pay & Competitive Compensation
  • 401(k) with company match
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield Medical insurance.
  • Dental, Vision, and Disability insurance
  • Innovative Training Programs
  • Opportunity for Growth and Advancement
  • Paid Time Off

Apply to join a growing team today!

Citadel Healthcare has a long and successful history of providing long and short-term skilled nursing care. At Citadel, we are committed to personalized, integrated care that factors in the total well-being of every guest and their family members, and that does not just meet, but exceeds, their expectations. As part of this empathetic, respectful culture of care, we are dedicated to meeting individual preferences and needs in order to help each guest feel at home and achieve an optimal health outcome- our number one goal.

Citadel Healthcare has been nominated as a Great Place to Work. Please click on the link to learn more about our facilities. We look forward to receiving your application! https://www.greatplacetowork.com/certified-company/7020324

We don’t just offer care for you – we care about you.

Citadel Healthcare Facilities are Equal Opportunity Employers and do not discriminate based on any protected right such as race, color, nationality, gender, age, disability or any protected applicable right under the National Labor Relations Act.

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