Care Specialist / CaregiverLeisure Living - Ludington Woods Assisted Living & Memory Care
- Starting at $15.75!
- Fun Working Environment
- Medication Passing Training Provided
- Wages On-Demand allowing early access to your earned wages before payday
POSITION SUMMARYResponsible for providing comfort, safety and general supervision to residents by assisting them with activities of daily living, administering medications and tending to their individual care needs, while learning their unique preferences and personalities.Not Just Making Every Day Great. Making Every Minute Great. There are 1,440 minutes in every single day. We aspire to make each one of them an exceptional moment. This philosophy is supported by our 6 powerful, yet simple pillars: Dream Big, Have Courage, Take Initiative, Be Accountable, Give Back & Enjoy it. We strive to fulfill the aspirational yet unattainable goal of creating the absolute best experience with every person, in every interaction, every minute of every day.Leisure Living Management Values:
- Live and work each day with purpose
- Accept accountability and demonstrate responsibility
- Embrace lifelong learning
- Promote mutual respect
- Display transparency
- Appreciate diversity
- Practice forgiveness
- Be thankful
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Administer medications to residents according to physician orders and document completion
- Review eMAR each shift to ensure timely administration of medications and treatments
- Review incoming medication physician orders for accuracy. Update eMAR accordingly
- Partner with residents to provide needed/requested assistance with activities of daily living as outlined in the residents' service plans
- Answer resident call lights, as well as door and safety alarms promptly
- Observe and report resident behavior and condition changes to Care Coordinator and Director of Resident Care
- Order/re-order medications to ensure adequate supply is available
- Complete daily charting, documentation, and reporting as required
- Obtain resident weights and vitals
- Participate in training new employees as requested
- Clean and disinfect resident rooms, work areas and common spaces according to cleaning schedule
- Clean and disinfect spills and soiled areas as needed or directed
- Assist with meal set up and clean up as needed or requested
- Participate in or lead activities as planned by Life Enrichment. Assist and remind residents to participate in activities
- Promote positive relationships with residents, staff and visitors
- Remain awake and alert while on shift
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.This classification description is intended to indicate the general kinds of tasks and levels of work difficulty that are required of positions given this title and should not be construed as declaring what the specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position shall be. It is not intended to limit or in any way modify the right of any supervisor to assign, direct and control the work of the employees under her/his supervision. The use of a particular expression or illustration describing duties shall not exclude other duties not mentioned that are of a similar kind or level of difficulty.Equal Opportunity EmployerClick on glassdoor to see our employee testimonials#LL1