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Resident Attendant

Alden Estates of Barrington

Location: Barrington,IL, USA

Date: 2024-12-07T11:35:05Z

Job Description:
Alden Estates of Barrington -

JOB SUMMARY

  • Assist nurse aides with designated resident care specific areas of eating, drinking and personal hygiene. Receive and carry out instructions concerning the specific feeding, hydration and/or personal hygiene care needs of the residents whom he/she will be assigned to assist.

QUALIFICATIONS

  • Must be at least 16 years of age.
  • Has completed at least eight years of grade school or provide proof of equivalent knowledge.
  • Must be able to speak and understand the English language or a language understood by a substantial percentage of the facility's residents.
  • Must be of temperate habits and good moral character, honest, reliable, and trustworthy.
  • Has completed the Health Care Worker Background Check.
  • Has completed and shown competency in a department approved training and competency evaluation program for Resident Attendants before caring for any residents.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

  • Meets the following personal care needs of the resident:
  • Washing a resident's hands and face
  • Brushing and combing a resident's hair
  • Oral hygiene
  • Shaving residents with electric razor
  • Applying makeup
  • Meets nutritional needs by passing trays, ice water, nourishments; uses adaptive equipment; tray monitoring.
  • Feeds residents who do not have complicated feeding problems.
  • Observes and reports change in condition or behavior.
  • Meets safety needs by reporting environmental hazards.
  • Observe infection control measures.
  • Relates courteously and sensitively to residents, families, visitors, and staff.
  • Responsible for attending assigned in-service programs.
  • Other duties as assigned.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

  • Must be able to move intermittently throughout the workday.
  • Must be able to cope with the mental and emotional stress of the position.
  • Must possess sight/hearing senses or use prosthetics that will enable these senses to function adequately to assure that the requirements of this position can be fully met
  • Must be able to relate to and work with the ill, disabled, young, emotionally upset and at times, hostile people.
  • Must be in good general health and demonstrate emotional stability
  • Is subject to exposure to infectious waste, diseases, conditions, etc., including exposure to the (HIV) AIDS and Hepatitis B viruses.
  • Must function independently, have flexibility, personal integrity, and the ability to work effectively with residents, family members, personnel, and support agencies.
  • Performs other related duties as assigned.

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