Cedarhurst Senior Living | Oakwood, GA 30566
Cedarhurst of Lebanon, a regional healthcare provider and true friend of older adults, seeks a service-minded, career-oriented individual to join our team as an Overnight Resident Assistant at our Cedarhurst of Lebanon community. This position requires availability to work from 11:00 pm - 7:00 am.
As a Resident Assistant, you will assist and provide direction to residents with personal care needs which enable the resident to maintain good personal hygiene, carry out activities of daily living, maintain good health, and participate in the activities of the community.
As a Resident Assistant, you will impact the lives of our residents by:
* Assisting and providing direction to residents regarding their personal care needs, which include grooming, hygiene, dressing, and nutrition.
* Answering signal lights, bells, or intercom system to determine residents' needs using a proactive approach.
* Taking and recording temperature, blood pressure, pulse, respiration rates, and food and fluid intake and output, as directed.
* Transporting residents or assisting residents with walking, turning, or repositioning residents alone or with assistance.
* Changing bed linens, running errands, directing visitors, and answering the telephone.
* Assisting with laundry and housekeeping duties.
* Assisting residents to and from the dining room as needed and assisting with meals.
* Encouraging and assisting residents to participate in activities.
* Listening to and understanding the problems of residents and reporting observations immediately to the care team as needed.
* Promoting the physical, personal, and emotional well-being of each resident and striving to maintain the ultimate goal of returning the resident to their maximum level of self-care and independence when possible.
* Understanding the resident's Advance Directives and following their wishes.
* Ensuring effective communication is utilized by community staff with the residents' families concerning residents' care, encompassing their physical, personal, and emotional well-being.
* Working well with others and taking direction from management, as well as taking initiative with the capability to engage in conflict intervention and resolution for residents, families, employees, and others as needed.
* The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand/move, communicate, and identify written information. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, and lift and/or move up to 50 pounds independently; occasionally lift and/or move up to 200 pounds with assistance.
* Other duties as assigned.
To become a Resident Assistant, you will need:
* High School Diploma or equivalent preferred.
* One year of experience as a resident assistant preferred.
When considering a career with Cedarhurst of Lebanon, please understand that:
* Our core values describe our expectation that every team member will be Passionate, Trustworthy, Empathetic, Positive, Respectful, and Approachable - and in every way a real, true friend of those we serve.
* To be a Cedarhurst of Lebanon team member means you're devoted to doing The Friend's Work: In your every effort, you reassure, energize, and inspire older adults in Cedarhurst of Lebanon.
* Cedarhurst of Lebanon believes that its team is its greatest asset. For this reason, we provide our team members with extensive training as well as personal and career development opportunities.
* Cedarhurst of Lebanon believes in promoting from within. We seek team members who wish to grow with us.
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