- Every other weekend day or every third full weekend plus every other holiday required.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
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Perform AM or PM care as required following the care plan outlined for each resident. Keeping up with all changes to the plan of care throughout resident’s stay.
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Assists residents to and from bed, chairs, etc. Employees must be able to lift 50 lbs.
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Bathes Residents, gives shampoos, shaves Residents, trim nails, and assists Residents with personal and dental hygiene.
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Dresses Residents properly and comfortably.
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Makes beds and keeps Resident rooms clean and orderly.
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Delivers, serves, and removes meal trays. Assists Residents with meals. Helps to feed. Gives personal care after meals.
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Transports Residents for meals, activities, and therapies.
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Serves fresh water, ice, and nourishment.
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Assists Residents to and from bathroom. Assists Residents with bedpans and urinals. Keeps incontinent Residents clean at all times. Change bed linen as often as necessary.
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Prepares Residents for tests, x-rays, physician visits, therapies, activities, etc.
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Rinses out heavily stained Resident laundry.
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Assists relatives and visitors.
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Assists with and/or performs procedures as outlined and with proper instruction and supervision such as: admitting, transferring, and discharging; taking and recording vital signs; measuring and recording intake and output, collecting specimens; changes binders and slings; empties colostomy bags and drainage bottles; applies hot and cold compresses, and give sitz baths.
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Cares for Residents in isolation.
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Assists with care of dying/deceased.
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Uses safety devices and takes precautions.
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Ensures that room temperature and humidity are compatible with the Resident.
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Assists nurses in giving treatments and examining Residents.
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Uses aseptic technique and universal precautions in all Resident care to prevent spread of disease and infection.
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Observes Residents and notes physical condition, attitude, reactions, appetite, etc.
Reports changes or unusual findings to supervisor.
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Charts required information and signed entries.
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Answers call-lights and bells timely.
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Receives and gives reports.
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Assists with alarm rounds at change of shift.
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Attends in-services, seminars, workshops, and conferences related to field.
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Assists with emergencies and in redirecting agitated Residents.
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Reserves Resident information as confidential.
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Recognize your role as part of the QAPI efforts of your organization.
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Attends trainings to build understanding and capacity to undertake QAPI work.
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Carry out QAPI roles and responsibilities as assigned.
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Follow established policies and procedures in support of QAPI efforts.
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Look for and share with leadership ideas for improvement in the organization.
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Communication to leadership upon witnessing a positive outcome of a QAPI project or detecting barriers preventing project success.
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Support QAPI efforts both verbally and non-verbally (i.e., via actions and attitude), including adjusting performance and practice in accordance with QAPI initiatives and findings.
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Recognize your role for Trauma Informed Care: Promotes a culture of safety, empowerment and healing; recognizes that everyone who interacts at Rest Haven may have past traumatic experiences and protects trauma survivors from being re-traumatized.
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Recognize your role for Compliance and Ethics: Participates in annual compliance and ethics training. Follows code of conduct reporting any compliance and ethics concerns.
NON-ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
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Assists with physical and occupational therapy.
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Performs personal services for Residents within reason, such as: reading, writing letters, operating TV/radio, and running in-house errands.
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Performs assigned clerical duties at nursing station. Answers telephone and intercom. Runs errands as directed by supervisor.
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Participants in unit cleaning duties, such as cleaning of wheelchairs and gerichairs, as directed.
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May perform other duties as directed by supervisor.
WORKING CONDITIONS:
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Well-lighted, ventilated rooms and halls.
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Sits, stands, and walks intermittently during the workday.
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Lifting, bending, stooping, pushing, and pulling are required.
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Communicates with nursing personnel, Residents, visitors, family, and other department personnel.
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Exposed to infection, odors, and to peculiarities in the behavior and reactions of the aging.
QUALIFICATIONS:
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High school graduate preferred or equivalent.
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Current Pennsylvania State Certification for nursing assistant. Must be in good standing.
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Previous experience in hospital or nursing home preferred.
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Must have patience, compassion, a sense of responsibility and a sincere desire to work with the aged and infirmed.
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Mental and physical health sufficient to meet the demands of the position.
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Demonstrates ability to communicate with the elderly and other personnel.
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Ability to anticipate needs and modes of geriatric Residents while remaining calm and composed.
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Ability to treat Rest Haven and Resident information as confidential.
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Must be a professional.
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Criminal history background clearance – Act 169 & Act 13.
