Care Assistant

Experience Preferred: $18 - $24

Experience Not Required.

General Purpose

Provide exceptional care at McKay Creek Assisted Living.

Hands on experience with activities of daily living! Become a core part of resident care within our community.

Essential Duties


* Use PCC to ensure correct resident information when assisting with ALDS, meals, etc.


* Report all changes in the residents' condition to the Health and Wellness Director as soon as practical.


* Record all entries on notes, SPAs, and incident reports , etc., in an informative, descriptive manner.


* Report on all accidents and incidents you observe on the shift that they occur to the Executive Director and Health and Wellness Director .


* Agree not to disclose resident's protected health information and promptly report suspected or known violations of such disclosure to the Executive Director .


* Report any known or suspected unauthorized attempt to access communit y's information system.


* Perform only those care tasks that you have been trained to do.


* Ensure that the resident's room is ready for the resident (i.e., bed ma de ).


* Greet residents and escort them to their room.


* Introduce residents to his/her roommate, if any, and other residents and personnel as appropriate.


* Make residents comfortable.


* Inventory and mark the residents' personal possessions as instructed.


* Store resident's clothing.


* Assist residents with packing their personal possessions when they are being transferred to a new room, or when being discharged.


* Transport residents to new rooms or to the receiving area.


* Assist with loading/unloading residents' to/from vehicles as necessary.


* Create and maintain an atmosphere of warmth, personal interest and positive emphasis, as well as a calm environment throughout the unit and shift.


* Meet with your shift's nursing personnel, on a regularly scheduled basis, to assist in identifying and correcting problem areas, and/or the improvement of services.


* Report all complaints and grievances made by residents.


* Participate in and receive the nursing report as instructed.


* Follow established policies concerning exposure to blood/body fluids.


* Make beds as instructed.


* Put extra covers on beds as requested.


* Ensure that residents who are unable to call for help are checked frequently.


* Answer resident calls promptly.


* Check residents routinely to ensure that their personal care needs are being met.


* Assist residents with identifying food arrangements (i.e., informing residents with sight problem of foods that are on his/her tray, where it is located, if it is hot/cold, etc.).


* Keep residents' water pitchers clean and filled with fresh water (on each shift), and within easy reach of the resident.


* Perform after meal care (i.e., remove trays, clean resident's hands, face, clothing, etc.).


* Receive the nurs...