Resident Care Specialist

Responsibilities:

? Assists residents with activities of daily living. The following are unique to this position: Assists residents with bathing, hair care, mouth care, nail care, dressing, et cetera. Assists residents with ambulation, which includes reminding and supporting. Assists and encourages residents to eat and take sufficient fluids and snacks. Assists residents with turning, repositioning, toileting, and personal hygiene (includes monitoring of bowel and bladder incontinence). Observes and reports resident behavior and condition changes—including weight change and signs of injury or neglect. Participates in or leads leisure activities as planned by Activities Coordinator. Assists and reminds residents to participate in facility activities. Assists with all aspects of kitchen and dining room tasks associated with resident meals, including prep work, serving, cleaning up, setting tables, taking out trash, et cetera. Performs general housekeeping/laundry tasks and related duties. ? Responsible for reviewing medication records on a daily basis. Checks medication administration record (MAR) for accuracy. Ensures exchange of appropriate information with Resident Care Manager concerning any orders for medication change or any identified errors. ? Checks incoming medication container labels against physician orders to ensure medication is for the correct resident, as assigned. Checks to ensure medication containers received from the pharmacy are labeled with the correct resident name, correct drug, correct dosage, correct route, and correct frequency of administration. ? Administers prescribed medications as ordered. Documents medication administration according to policy and procedure. ? Coordinates ordering and re-ordering of medications as assigned by Administrator or Resident Care Manager. ? Interacts with families and participates in facility or community activities. ? Assists with ensuring a safe environment for residents, families, and co-workers. ? Aware of performance improvement plan and quality initiatives being measured at facility. ? Participates in data collection and performance improvement reporting processes, as assigned. ? Attends educational in-services. ? Maintains ethical standards. ? Displays a caring, respectful attitude when addressing residents, family members, and co-workers. ? Ensures confidentiality of resident health information in accordance with HIPAA. ? Compliant with attendance policy. ? Attends scheduled staff meetings. ? Support, reinforce, communicate, and defend the mission, vision, values, philosophy and culture of the organization.