Resident Care Worker

Job Description:

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Answer call signals; assist residents to the bathroom; supply and empty bed pans; bathe, dress and groom residents; serve meal trays, feed or assist in feeding of residents and assist residents with menu selection; weigh, lift, turn, and position residents; monitor nutritional intake; supervise residents’ exercise routines, set up and provide leisure activities for residents, accompany residents on outside recreational activities and perform other duties related to resident care and comfort.
• Take residents’ blood pressure, temperature and pulse; report or record fluid intake and output; observe or monitor residents’ status and document resident care on charts; administer first aid in emergency situations; collect specimens such as urine, feces or sputum; administer suppositories.
• Follow proper resident transfer policies.
• Make beds and maintain residents’ rooms.
• Maintain inventory of supplies.
• Clean and maintain all medical equipment.
• Ability to handle sensitive information with the highest degree of integrity and confidentiality.
• Other duties as required.

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