Resident Care Assistant

Community Name: Trinity Community at Beavercreek The Resident Care Assistant is responsible for performing duties to enhance the quality of services provided for residents; accompanying residents to external appointments; comforting residents; supervising residents, documenting what they do day to day. **Essential Functions Statement(s)** - Receives assignment from supervisor to assist in resident care; Receives verbal report from previous shift and provides verbal report to next shift regarding special events, changes in resident=s condition, incidents and accidents, etc. - Checks residents in section regularly; Answers call lights promptly; Follows through with resident problems or needs by delivering care or reporting to leader depending upon level of ability and nature of resident need. - Reports all resident and employee incidents to leader and completes incident report. - Maintains knowledge of resident=s needs at all times; Notes significant changes in the condition of residents and takes appropriate action; Identifies emergency situations and responds with appropriate measures. Document unusual occurrences and progress in resident=s medical chart. - Explains procedures to resident before administering. - Welcome new residents and helps them adjust to new environment; Assists residents, family, and staff to ensure a comfortable homelike environment, i.e: assists resident to personalize room, monitors light and sound levels, temperature, etc. - Establishes and maintains good public relations with residents, families, and other community guests;shows empathy toward residents, as needed. - Observes safety needs of residents. Identifies safety and security hazards and reports to appropriate personnel after insuring resident is out of immediate danger. - Assists resident with personal care, including nails, hair, oral hygiene, bathing and dressing following Universal Precautions Protocols; Encourages resident to do as much as he or she can do him or herself; Notes resident need for increased assistance in resident=s medical record. - Prepares residents for bed rest when indicated; Gives special care to residents in casts or traction such as monitoring comfort, skin color, and temperature. - Assists residents with their physical needs including eating, but encourages residents to perform functions themselves to their capacity or ability. - Follows policies and procedures related to body mechanics, transfer, body positioning, and mobility as outlined in the nursing policies and procedures manual; Repositions residents as needed using supportive devices when necessary (handrails, pillows, etc) and reports the same. - Assists in transferring residents, as necessary. - Prepares resident for meals; Escorts residents to dining room when necessary; checks tray with diet card before serving to resident; Sets trays for residents; Serves and collects food trays; Assists residents who require help with the eating process; Offers alternate substitute for food not eaten. - Delivers between meal nourishment and fresh drinking water to residents, encourages/assists resident in eating/drinking, and documents acceptance, as appropriate. - Completes appropriate charge and inventory slips; Monitors supply inventory daily to see what is needed; Utilizes supplies and equipment properly and without waste. - Straightens dresser tops and stands; Labels, separates, and cares for personal care items. - Maintains cleanliness of resident units, central bathing area, treatment and supply rooms, workrooms, and linen closets; sanitizes bath tub after each resident=s use; Wipes spilled foods and liquids from the floor, as necessary. - Changes and makes beds; Collects and bags soiled linen and places soiled clothing in appropriate receptacle; Stores clean linen; Places personal laundry in designated place according to community policy; Maintains order of linen cart; Distributes clean towels following appropriate schedule. - Assists in transportation of resi…