Resident Assistant: Part-Time Evening

**This job is located in Rushford, MN** **Hours:** Part-Time Evening Shift **Reports to:** Director of Nursing **Travel:** Some travel may be required. **Job Summary:** To provide direct resident care services according to the plan of care prepared by and under direct supervision of the Charge Nurse. **Work Environment:** Works in well lighted well-ventilated work area. **Essential Functions:** • Provide direct resident care services with attention directed toward improving or maintaining optimal physical, mental, and psychosocial functional performance, promoting resident choice and preferences, and increasing resident dignity and quality of life according to each resident’s plan of care and the NA Standards of Care. 1. Nutritional care, including: a. Asking resident their favorite food and beverage choices. b. Serving resident meal and snacks with correct diet and consistent in a timely manner to ensure proper temperature. c. Assisting, cuing, or monitoring residents with eating d. Encourage adequate intake as directed. e. Recording intake as directed. f. Supplying fresh water to residents during each shift. g. Measuring weight for resident as directed. h. Watching for and reporting to nurse changes in resident appetite, intake, and ability to eat. 2. Continence care, including: a. Supporting use of bedpan, urinal, commode, or toilet as appropriate. b. Following established bowel and bladder program. c. Collecting routine urine, stool and sputum samples as directed. d. Keeping urinary catheter and tubing properly positioned and cleaned. e. Emptying and recording output for each shift as directed. f. Providing colostomy care as directed, observing for results as directed. g. Recording bowel movements and character as directed. h. Keeping incontinent residents dry and clean. i. Cleansing after each incontinent voiding or bowel movement j. Watching for and reporting to Charge Nurse changes in resident elimination patterns 3. Mobility assistance, including: a. Assisting with ambulation to the extent needed b. Using walker, cane, wheelchair, gait belt and other mechanical aids according to the care plan c. Transferring resident between bed, wheelchair, geriatric chair, or commode using assistive devices, gait belt and proper body mechanics d. Maintaining optimum joint functioning for activities of daily living by positioning using proper body alignment e. Moving and regularly repositioning residents who are lying in bed f. Unser proper body mechanics and turning techniques g. Encouraging residents to be up and as active as possible h. Conducting range of motion exercises as directed i. Assisting with rehabilitation and restorative programs and goals according to each resident’s care plan j. Encouraging resident participation in therapeutic activities k. Assisting residents to and from social and therapeutic activities as direct l. Watching for and reporting to Charge Nurse changes in resident mobility patterns or safety m. Reporting incidents or injuries to the Charge Nurse immediately 4. Personal hygiene cares, including: a. Assisting with bathing-bed, whirlpool, or shower b. Assisting with shampooing and hair care c. Assisting with skin care needs d. Assisting with grooming and perineal care e. Assisting with dressing and undressing f. Assisting with oral and denture hygiene g. Assisting with nail care h. Assisting with shaving i. Watching for and reporting to nurse changes in resident ADL abilities or skin integrity 5. Comfort and quality of line needs, including: a. With attention directed toward embracing the Culture Change philosophy, make decisions and carry out duties according to the resident’s preferred routines and choices. b. Assisting the resident in meeting the needs for uninterrupted rest and naps c. Watching for signs of discomfort and reporting to the nurse immediately d. Reporting resident complaints of discomfort to the nurse immediately e. Following the resident’s care plan choices. f. Assisting with socializ…