Full-Time
Care Partner
Ciela Senior Living
No salary listed
Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, CA, USA
In Person
Category
 Medical, Clinical & Veterinary (1) |
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Required Skills
CPR
First Aid
Word/Pages/Docs
Excel/Numbers/Sheets
Requirements
- A Certified Nursing Assistant credential, previous experience working with elderly people in a residential or long-term care setting, or both are preferred.
- A current Certified Nursing Assistant license, another applicable license, or the ability to obtain the license as required by the state regulatory agency is required.
- The ability to take blood pressure, pulse, respiration, temperature, and oxygen saturation measurements, or the ability to learn these tasks, is required.
- Current cardiopulmonary resuscitation and first aid credentials must be maintained.
- Current Food Handlers credentials must be maintained.
- Annual continuing education credits must be maintained.
- The ability to establish effective relationships with residents, family members, and team members is required.
- The ability to read, comprehend, write, and speak English is required to communicate effectively with residents, families, visitors, and other team members.
- Proficiency in basic computer skills, including Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel, is required.
- All health-related requirements pertaining to state licensure must be met.
- The essential duties must be performed with or without reasonable accommodation.
- The role is subject to pre-employment screening, including physical, drug, tuberculosis, and criminal background testing.
- Reliable and predictable attendance is required.
Responsibilities
- Review and understand all resident individual service plans.
- Assist residents with activities of daily living, including bathing, dressing, grooming, toileting, eating, transferring, and ambulation, as specified in individual service plans.
- Engage residents in meaningful conversation and socialization while providing personal care assistance.
- Observe residents for changes in physical, emotional, mental, and social condition, unusual symptoms, accidents, injuries, or unusual occurrences, and promptly report them to a licensed nurse or supervisor.
- Complete incident reports and written or computerized documentation as necessary to communicate resident information with the Resident Care Team, licensed nurses, and Executive Director.
- Assist with resident mealtimes in the dining room, serve meals using proper serving technique, and ensure food is presented attractively as needed.
- Encourage residents to participate in scheduled activities and outings and assist with those activities as needed.
- Where permitted by the state regulatory agency, assist with postmortem care carried out by a Medication Technician for a resident who passes away in the community under hospice.
- Make resident beds, empty apartment trash, and tidy resident apartments daily and as needed or requested.
- Turn down resident beds in the evening if requested.
- Change resident linens and towels according to the community laundry schedule and as needed or requested.
- Maintain resident clothing and closets in a neat and orderly manner.
- Assist with scheduled resident laundry, including unscheduled laundry when necessary.
- Notify Housekeeping team members of spills and soiled areas and assist with cleanup as needed; if no Housekeeper is on duty, clean spills and soils immediately.
- Assist in cleaning walkers, wheelchairs, and other resident equipment as needed.
- Assist with other housekeeping duties as assigned.
- Attend required team member meetings and in-service training sessions.
- Answer phones promptly and courteously as needed.
- Uphold Residents’ Rights as defined by state regulations and company policy.
- Support and uphold company policies and the service philosophy.
- Adhere to the company dress code while on duty.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Desired Qualifications
- Previous experience working with elderly people in a residential or long-term care setting.