Resident Attendant
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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.