Part Time Caregiver 6:00am-2:00pm

Find Your Joy Here at Waterford at Wisconsin Rapids, a Sonida Senior Living community! We provide all training for applicants who are looking to start a career as a nursing assistant in Senior Housing. The work you do caring for our residents is invaluable, and we are here to support you. If you want to make a difference in the lives of seniors (and enjoy a great working environment!) you’ll love being part of the Sonida Senior Living team.

This position is part time, every other weekend, 24-29 hours per week.

No experience - $17.00/hour

Medication Administration Course - $18.00 hour

Active CNA license $0.50/hour

Weekend Warrior $2.00/hour (scheduled every Fri/Sat/Sun)

Waterford at Wisconsin Rapids, a premier retirement community in Wisconsin Rapids, WI provides quality care to residents in an Independent Living, Assisted Living and Memory Care community. We strive to enrich lives with a person-directed approach to engaging community life—all at an affordable price.

Experience the BEST in senior living - Smiling faces, personalized care, engaging activities and desirable on-site amenities—our communities have it all. We are honored to receive a Best of Senior Living Top Provider Award, which acknowledges that 20% or more of our communities have won the A Place for Mom 2024 Best of Senior Living Award.

Our Magnolia Trails™ communities offer specialized memory care in a homelike environment for seniors with Alzheimer’s or dementia. Through this person-centered approach, we provide residents with a tailored care plan encompassing daily care, the physical environment, activities, meaningful connections and nutrition.

Responsibilities:

• Basic Assisted Living Skills:
   Performs caregiving duties in accordance with accepted standards of resident care. Duties may include measuring height
  and weight and vital signs.
   Performs assist duties in accordance with accepted standards of resident care. Duties may include assists with dressing,
  grooming, bathing, escorts and transfers 
  Cares for the resident's environment. 
  Recognizes changes in the residents' behavior and conditions and reports those changes to the Assisted Living Director.
  Personal Care: 
  Provides regulated queuing services by providing assistance to an assigned group of residents. 
  Provide stand by assistance for all personal care for residents, including bathing, showering, shampooing, oral hygiene,
  skin care, hair care, nail care, dressing, shaving, toileting, transferring, ambulating, and transporting. 
  Provides residents with personal laundry. 
  Follows proper charting procedures for resident care items. 
  Ensures residents recreational needs are met by providing activities and assisting residents to attend programs/events.
  Nutritional Care: 
  Assists residents with nutritional needs, including setting dining tables, serving meals, providing proper fluid requirements,
  and offering substitutions when appropriate. 
  Monitors and reports food and fluid intake and offers/provides snacks between meals.
  Restorative Care: 
  Encourages residents to develop and maintain independence and highest level of functioning in all personal care. 
  Encouragers and provides functional cueing for the use of assistive devices in transferring, ambulating, eating, and
  dressing.

Education

• High School or better

Licenses & Certifications

• Qualified Med Aide (QMA)
• Cert Nursing Assist (CNA)

Behaviors

• Team Player: Works well as a member of a group
• Enthusiastic: Shows intense and eager enjoyment and interest
• Detail Oriented: Capable of carrying out a given task with all details necessary to get the task done well
• Dedicated: Devoted to a task or purpose with loyalty or integrity

Motivations

• Work-Life Balance: Inspired to perform well by having ample time to pursue work and interests outside of work
• Peer Recognition: Inspired to perform well by the praise of coworkers
• Job Security: Inspired to perform well by the knowledge that your job is safe
• Growth Opportunities: Inspired to perform well by the chance to take on more responsibility
• Financial: Inspired to perform well by monetary reimbursement
• Ability to Make an Impact: Inspired to perform well by the ability to contribute to the success of a project or the organization