Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• The following is a list of responsibilities expected of staff in this position; this information may be updated and modified as needed due to program modifications, technology changes, or regulatory compliance.

• Perform resident care needs alone or with another staff member giving total care or assisting residents with:

• Provide bed bath, tub bath or shower to residents

• Provide oral, hair and nail care, shaving, dressing and undressing, application of make-up.

• Provide elimination needs including toileting by offering bedpan, urinal or taking to bathroom.

• Ambulate, transfer, or help change position by using assistive devices such as a walker, wheelchair, mechanical lift, gait belt or lift sheets.

• Provide meals & snacks to residents according to established protocols, maintain intake and output as requested, weigh residents as instructed.

• Participate in activities as directed for those who are cognitively impaired.

• Assist in providing quality care to all residents throughout the shift.
  
• Answer all call lights promptly.
• Take and record temperature, pulse, respiration, and blood pressures.
• Observe and report physical and/or behavioral changes immediately to charge nurse.
• Perform all resident care as assigned and according to plan of care, nursing department policies, and procedures.
• Participate in care conferences of residents.
• Assure that all residents rights are maintained at all times.
• Report any violations or suspected deviations according to facility policies
• Follow all safety, security, infection control and hazardous materials policies and procedures.

• Perform all tasks to assure resident and personal safety and the protection of facility property.
  
  Provide a pleasant and cooperative working environment within Nursing Service.
  Work tactfully and cooperatively with residents, families, visitors and the entire staff throughout the facility.
  
  Know and follow existing lines of communication and authority.
  
  Attend department meetings and seminars as requested.
  
  Work the assigned schedule to meet the needs of the department.
  
  Maintain confidentiality of all the department and organizational information.
  
  Attend mandatory in-service training and complete at least 12 hours of in-service training annually.