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Mercy Ridge Inc
Resident Assistant
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What they do
A Residential Assistant or Advisor works in a residential mental health, long-term care, or substance abuse treatment facility and provides support for patients, including resolving conflicts, helping them adjust to their environment, and alleviating concerns. Performs inspections and assists with move-ins and facility programming.
$44,226 / year median in Maryland
+4% projected growth
Job Description
2525 Pot Spring Road
- Timonium, MD 21093 www.
Schedule:
weekdays and every other weekend 11pm- 7am
Essential Functions:
Performs direct and indirect care to resident to include activities of daily living: Bathing, feeding, toileting, performing grooming activities, oral hygiene, cleaning all body areas as needed and denture care Monitors and assists as appropriate in dining room during meal times Ensures that the residents laundry is clean and maintained Light housekeeping duties in residents rooms Transferring and positioning residents in chairs, beds, wheelchairs, turning and changing position of residents, and lifting resident with assistance Performing active range of motion with the Residents Making occupied and unoccupied beds Weighing residents, taking vital signs, practicing universal precautions Documents care in electronic medical recordFull Time Benefits:
Health & Dental (single and family coverage) FSA- Flexible Spending Account Group Term Life Insurance paid by Mercy Ridge 401(k) plan with company match (must be 21 years or older and employed 6 months to participate) AFLAC options for Voluntary benefits such as Short-Term Disability Legal Resources Long Term Care with Life Insurance Rider PTO time
- this includes sick (MHWFA), vacation and personal time Holiday Pay
- Six observed Holidays.