Location: Kalamazoo,MI, USA
When you work at Friendship Village Kalamazoo, you have a front-row seat to the amazing life stories of the wisest people on earth. What's more, you are part of an extraordinary company - one that's investing in the future of senior living by investing in you. Don't just do a job. Be part of an extraordinary life! We strive to provide an extraordinary experience for each person who enters campus, including our team members. Living out our 10 Hospitality Promises is an essential part of working at FVK.
FVK is recruiting for a compassionate and energetic Restorative Aide to join our Health Center team! This role provides full-scope, hands on functions within the community. This is a Part Time; Every Other Saturday and Sunday 7am-3pm opportunity and the pay starts at $19.00 plus years of experience.
Here are a few of the daily responsibilities of a Restorative Aide:
* Provides direct restorative care and delegated formalized therapy tasks, as assigned, completing work accurately, safely and in a timely manner. Specific care to include passive and active ROM, ambulation, special positioning techniques, splints, assistive feeding devices/adaptive equipment, ADL training, bowel and bladder management, restorative dining, and bladder retraining.
* Receive specific instruction from formalized therapies when the functions are beyond restorative nursing scope and receive supervision for these tasks from the indicated formalized therapy discipline.
* Receives specific instruction from nursing on restorative nursing techniques through nursing orders.
Here are a few of the qualifications we need you to have:
* A certified nurse assistant.
* A knowledge and interest in the care of the geriatric resident.
* Has knowledge and skills in basic restorative nursing principles and practices. Has further training in techniques and practices of restorative nursing.
If you're an enthusiastic, compassionate, senior care professional who is passionate about hospitality and senior engagement, we'd love to get to know you!
* Please upload a resume or past work experience to be considered*
Many roles in the community may require that we ask about your vaccination status. This could include MMR, chicken pox, hepatitis, and flu.
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