Resident Care Assistant Position Available In Berkshire, Massachusetts

Our Resident Care Assistants (RCAs) play an important role in the dailylife of our residents. Whether it’s help getting ready for the day, atmealtime, or bedtime, our longstanding team is ready to make sure eachour residents enjoy the opportunities that living at our facilitypresents each day. The primary purpose of this position is to provideresidents with routine daily care and assisting with direct residentcare duties and indirect resident care duties, as directed by the ChargeNurse or Certified Nursing Assistants. Come join this collaborative andinnovative team. At Integritus Healthcare you will enjoy WEEKLY pay,generous time off, exceptional health insurance, and the ability to growin your career. Integritus Healthcare wants you!

Resident CareAssistant:

$16.00/hour to start then increase to $18.00/hour oncecertified as a CNA. Once you become certified you can make

CNA:

$18.00

• $22.09 We will pay your way through an LPN program or associate-levelRN program.

• Essential Job Functions:

• Assist residents in dressingand personal hygiene.
• Assist CNA’s with residents requiring 2-stafftransfer except in mechanical transfers.
• Make occupied bed.
• Assistin obtaining weights.
• Provide full or partial bed bath.
• Performincontinent care in bed to residents who can move in bed.
• Assistresidents who are not on swallowing or aspiration risk with meals.
• Pass, set up, and collect trays.
• Place belongings within resident’sreach (call light, glasses, TV remote, glasses, etc.)
• Answers callbells in a timely manner.
• Make unoccupied bed.
• Empty commodes andurinals.
• Transport residents to the dining room for meals.
• Accompanying residents on outside appointments as needed.
• Visit withresidents providing 1:1 supportive interaction (i.e., read their mail,newspapers, or books to them, transport them for visits outdoors whenwithin residents’ care plan, transport to activities, transport tohairdresser, help to write letters, make telephone calls, etc.)
• Assistresidents in communication involving technology (zoom, face time, skype,google meet, etc.).
• Assist with monitoring residents to maintainsafety providing 1:1 supervision as needed.
• Organize, straighten, andclean closets and dressers (i.e., clothes hung neatly on hangers incloset, folded neatly in drawers, trash and soiled laundry removed.)
• Ensure personal care items are put away and stocked (check with TeamLeaders or Nurse Manager for appropriate stock.)
• Gather supplies needfor provisions of care, passing out linens.
• Pass out drinks toindependent residents who are not at risk for impairedswallowing/aspiration, check residents’ drinks at bedside and verballyencourage residents to drink.
• Report resident’s intake to TeamLeaders.
• Offer the resident nourishments and/or distributenourishments from the dietary department.
• Check fall precautions: bedmonitor, mats, and personal alarms.
• Check and clean dirty wheelchairsafter each meal or after incontinent episode.
• Check and clean tub andshower room.
• Greet newly admitted residents upon admission, escort toroom as necessary, receive paperwork from referring agency, and informUnit Manager/Charge Nurse of arrival.
• Assist with inventory of newadmissions.
• Assist in arranging for and making appointments fordiagnostic therapeutic services.
• Direct visitors to residents’ rooms,office areas, etc.
• Photocopy and fax per the needs of the unit.

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