Resident Care Attendant - Evenings (32 hours per pay period)

Summary --------

The Resident Care Attendant (RCA) is responsible for home services under the direction of the RNLPN. The RCA may deliver routine personal care, perform simple routine procedures that are non-invasive, and report unusual findings or concerns to the RNLPN. The RCA incorporates and demonstrates the Lake Song philosophy and mission in daily performance of duties.

Job Duties ------------

• Assists with resident hygiene, nutrition, activity, and treatments.
• Ensures residents needs and comfort are a priority when providing care.
• Ensures safety for residents in all situations.
• Follows policies and procedures of Lake Song Assisted Living.
• Ensures all documentation is completed on ResDex during each shift.
• Ensures all paperwork is turned in at the end of shift is accurate and complete.
• Advocates for customers and families, notifies RN on-call appropriately.
• Attends infection control in-service once a year.
• Practices and follows infection control standards.
• Cleans resident rooms and all public areas on a regular basis, noting and correcting any unsafe conditions.
• Ensures proper procedure is used when assisting residents with self-administration of meds.
• Assumes responsibility in an emergency until RN911 can be contacted.
• Attends 75 or more staff meetings and in-services, initials placed on meeting minutes of meetings that are not attended.
• Located in Memory Care Med room.
• Ensures compliance with educational hours yearly.
• Able to work mandated shifts as required.
• Performs additional duties as time permits, see job task list.

Required Education and Experience --------------------------------

• High School diploma or GED strongly preferred.
• Competency training from Lake Song, including return demos, competency testing, and testing out on material covered.
• RCA must have 40 hours of orientation, including instruction and class room studies.
• A minimum of 24 hours of shadowing with another RCA is required.
• Medication class requirements for RCA requires an 8-hour class.
• Resident Care Attendant must record a minimum of 8 hours of educational in-service per calendar year.
• RCAs will be hired contingent upon passing the above, no more than 2 attempts.
• Must demonstrate knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the residents served by Lake Song.
• In addition, must be able to report concerns or changes.
• Must be familiar with utilization of computer.
• Experience in office suite strongly preferred.

Company Benefits -----------------

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Life insurance and voluntary life insurance
• Paid time off
• Tuition reimbursement
• Discounts and scholarships
• Programs
• Retirement plans
• Long-term and short-term disability
• Health savings account
• Flexible spending account
• Wellness program
• Service and pharmacy discounts
• Employee assistance program
• Holiday pay