Universal Worker

Create a Homelike, Clean, and Caring Environment: Universal Worker

Are you versatile, compassionate, and ready to support residents across multiple areas of daily life and care? Providing a clean, sanitary, and homelike environment is essential to ensuring our residents attain or maintain the highest practicable physical, mental, and psychosocial well-being in accordance with their comprehensive assessments and plans of care. We are currently seeking a dedicated Universal Worker to bridge environmental upkeep, supportive care, and resident enrichment. If you want a dynamic role where your adaptability and genuine desire to care for others truly matter, we would love to have you on our team!

About the Role

As a Universal Worker, you provide and maintain a clean and sanitary environment to support a homelike quality of life for our residents. You will assist with environmental upkeep, monitor vital signs and record patient information into ECS (depending on your skill level), support residents with appointments, and work flexibly across departments to manage the overall well-being of our community.

Key Responsibilities

• Environmental Upkeep & Sanitation: Performing assigned cleaning tasks—including sweeping, mopping, dusting, cleaning bathrooms, and removing trash in resident and common areas—while assuring all duties meet facility standards and policies.

• Resident Support & Care: Supporting residents in attending physician and other appointments as determined by the Director of Assisted Living Services, and meeting resident needs by promoting the highest level of independence using a resident-centered approach.

• Clinical Observation & Documentation: Observing and reporting patient condition by monitoring vital signs and recording patient information into the Electronic Charting System (ECS), depending upon your skill level.

• Safety & Infection Control: Immediately reporting faulty equipment, demonstrating safety awareness through proper body mechanics, reducing clutter, keeping hallways clear, and consistently following the principles of infection control, universal precautions, and exposure control plans (including PPE).

• Collaboration & Flexibility: Promoting and maintaining positive relationships with peers and residents, working collaboratively across all departments, and showing the flexibility to take on other assignments, shifts, and duties necessary to manage overall resident well-being.

What We Offer You

• Education Support & Growth: Tuition reimbursement and education support to grow your career within your own facility, or across our family of homes within Maine.

• Comprehensive Benefits: Full-time employees have access to full medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance.

• Financial Security & Savings: 401(k) retirement savings program with NEW employer contributions, and Flexible Spending Accounts (including medical, dependent, and limited).

• Paid Time Off: PTO available to all employees.

Qualifications & Requirements

• Certifications & Education: PSS or CNA in good standing with the DHHS / State of Maine CNA registry preferred. Required to maintain 12 continuing education units (CEUs) of in-service per year as required by First Atlantic Healthcare.

• Desires & Traits: A genuine desire to care for people, especially those who are elderly and chronically ill, paired with the ability to perform duties as assigned with independence, flexibility, and good judgment.

• Screening & Contingencies: All job offers are contingent upon receiving excellent references and passing the Maine State Background Check.

Ready to make a difference in the lives of our residents? Apply today and join a team that values your leadership, dedication, and care!