Resident Care Attendant (Part-time)

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

This position is responsible for completing and supporting non-direct care tasks to assist the departments of environmental services, nursing, dietary, and activities. This position will report directly to the Environmental Services Manager but will float to other departments as directed.

Major Responsibilities:

1. Support Environmental Services Department: help with washing or folding laundry, wipe down high touch areas, sweep/clean floors. Maintains wheelchairs to ensure cleanliness and safety for our resident's use, and notify maintenance and nursing of wheelchairs that are in need of repair.

2. Support the Dietary Department: pass food/dinner, pour drinks, pass "hour of sleep snack", wash and put away dishes, clean tables/chairs/walls as needed.

3. Support Activities Department: activity events as requested by residents

4. Support the Nursing Department: pass waters, pass incontinent products, pass linens, answer simple call light requests, pass basin monthly.

5. Helps enforce the policies that are in place set by Gundersen Tweeten Care Center.

6. Solicits and responds to residents and visitor complaints/concerns/compliments either in writing or verbally, using appropriate resources.

7. Adheres to Gundersen Tweeten Care Center mission statement, policies and confidentiality standards. Role models customer service standards .

8. Adheres to regular and predictable attendance.

9. Performs other jobs duties as assigned.

Education and Learning:

REQUIRED

No education required

DESIRED

High school or equivalency

Work Experience:

REQUIRED

No experience required

DESIRED

6 months of related experience in a nursing home or similar role. Examples include: CNA, dietary aide, cook, environmental assistant, or laundry assistant.

License and Certifications:

DESIRED

Current Infant-Adult Basic Life Support for Health Care Providers (with hands on learning) from one of the following programs: American Heart Association or American Red Cross.

Age Specific Population:

Geriatric

Osha Category:

Category 3 - Employees in this job title have no reasonably anticipated risk of occupational exposure to blood and/or other potentially infectious materials.

Environmental Conditions:

Subject to inside environmental conditions. Exposed to infectious diseases. Subject to both inside and outside environmental conditions.

Physical Requirements/Demands of The Position:

Sitting Rarely (1-5% or .5 hours)

Static Standing Rarely (1-5% or .5 hours)

Walking/Standing Frequently (34-66% or 5.5 hours)

Stooping/Bending Rarely (1-5% or .5 hours)

Climbing Stair Rarely (1-5% or .5 hours)

Reaching - Shoulder Level Rarely (1-5% or .5 hours)

Reaching - Below Shoulder Rarely (1-5% or .5 hours)

Reaching - Above Shoulder Rarely (1-5% or .5 hours)

Lifting - Floor to Waist Rarely (1-5% or .5 hours) Number of lbs 0-25

Lifting - Waist to Overhead Rarely (1-5% or .5 hours) Number of lbs 0-25

Lifting - Other Rarely (1-5% or .5 hours) Number of lbs 0-25

Carrying - Long Carry (>50 feet) Rarely (1-5% or .5 hours) Number of lbs 0-25

Carrying - Short Carry Rarely (1-5% or .5 hours) Number of lbs 0-25

Carrying - Right Carry Rarely (1-5% or .5 hours) Number of lbs 0-25

Carrying - Left Carry Rarely (1-5% or .5 hours) Number of lbs 0-25

Push/Pull (Static Force) Frequently (34-66% or 5.5 hours) Number of lbs 25-50

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