Los Alamos Assisted Living

Position Description

Responsible for providing non-nursing/non-direct care and ancillary services in accordance with the Company quality

standards. Under the direction of a licensed nurse supervisor, may assist by providing basic needs and support to residents.

Principal Responsibilities

Assists nursing staff on the floor by making beds, passing ice and water, passing linens, answering call lights, passing

out meal trays, distributing resident’s laundry, and providing non hand on care to residents as requested.

Assists with the decoration of bulletin boards; delivers mail/newspapers to resident’s room and assists visually

impaired residents with reading mail.

Cleans and organizes equipment, wheelchairs, tray tables, etc.; Changes batteries on lifts; Makes and cleans

unoccupied beds using appropriate protocols.

Provides 1:1 with resident under the supervision of a licensed nurse.

Monitors residents during smoking hours (in the facility smoking room and/or designated area). Charts and keeps

track of cigarette count for each resident; updates and organizes smoking books/logs and storage.

Ensure that residents rooms are ready for receiving the resident (i.e., bed made, name tags up, admission kit available,

etc.); Completes inventory and marks the resident’s personal possessions as instructed.

Assists residents with packing their personal possessions when they are being transferred to a new room, or when

being discharged.

Checks residents routinely to ensure that their personal care needs are being met.

Assists with lifting, positioning and transporting residents into and out of beds, chairs, bathtubs, wheelchairs, lifts,

etc., in keeping with specific resident safety needs; Assists residents in preparation for and transporting to

appointments, activities and social programs.

Transporting trays to dining area when nursing staff is ready to assist with meal. Trays will be distributed to residents

by nursing staff (licensed nurse will have verified that the diet being served is as prescribed).

Performing basic meal set ups as directed by nursing staff (i.e., opening containers, pouring beverages, placing

food/utensils within residents’ reach.).

At the direction of nursing staff, may perform the following tasks with training on placement of items to meet

resident needs and limitations: Passing water pitchers, delivering beverages and snacks, pouring beverages. (not to

perform these tasks for residents who require assistance with feeding or drinking or require modified food texture or

beverage consistency (i.e., thickened liquids).

Acknowledges resident and family concerns and reports them to the clinical supervisor; Provides privacy and

maintains confidentiality.

Organizes resident room, closet and bedside stand; Organizing room appropriately to enable residents and staff to

move about safely; Organizing resident closets to ensure the items are in the correct closet, labeled and are stored

properly. Organizing bedside stand to ensure items are separated appropriately, labeled as needed and available to

resident; Replaces missing or worn items such as toothpaste, brush, comb, personal items, etc.; Stocks rooms with

appropriate healthcare items such as gloves, gowns, disposable diapers and pads, etc.

Disposing and safe handling of soiled linen using appropriate infection control procedures.

Assists the Activity Director with resident activities as required.

Other duties, responsibilities and activities may change or assigned at any time with or without notice.

General Responsibilities

Attends and participates in scheduled training, educational classes, and meetings to maintain current certification as

applicable; Attends and participates in in-service training as mandated by regulatory agencies and company policy.

Adheres to work schedules in completing and performing assigned tasks; completes all assigned tasks in a timely

manner as instructed by the direct supervisor.

Meets acceptable center attendance requirements; notifies facility before late arrival to or absence from work

according to established center policy.

Cooperates with other facility personnel to ensure that services can be adequately maintained to meet the needs of

residents; creates and maintains an atmosphere of warmth, personal interest, and positive emphasis, as well as a calm

environment.

Adheres to established employee policies.

Adheres to established dress code.

Customer Service Responsibilities

Models customer service principals throughout the center and promotes appreciation of our customer’s needs.

Treats residents, residents’ family members, visitors and fellow employees with courtesy, respect, and dignity.

Presents professional image through appearance, behavior and speech.

Explains procedures to residents before administering services.

Residents Rights

Understands, upholds and promotes the rights of the residents.

Ensures residents can exercise rights without interference, coercion, discrimination, or reprisal from the facility.

Ensures protected health information is kept confidential.

Ensures resident concerns/complaints are responded to with tact and urgency.

Reports allegations of resident abuse, neglect and/or misappropriation of resident property.

Coordinates effective communication with Residents and Companions by assuring all arrangements for providing

interpreters and/or other auxiliary aids and services needed by Residents and Responsible Party are made, including

scheduling interpreters through outside agencies and scheduling staff interpreters, if any; and ensuring appropriate

maintenance, repair, replacement and distribution of auxiliary aids.

Safety and Sanitation

Follows established safety policies and procedures.

Identifies and corrects safety hazards; reports safety concerns as required.

Observes safety needs of patients as indicated in care plan.

Wears and/or uses safety equipment and supplies when indicated and properly trained to use.

Demonstrates job-specific knowledge of fire and disaster preparedness during drills or actual situations.

Reports work-related injuries as soon as reasonably possible to supervisor and human resources department; is

responsible for information regarding injury, correspondence and forms from workers' compensation or subsidiary

plan carrier or records received from medical provider; Follows and actively participates in the return to work

program as established by the Company.

Staff Development

Attends and participates in scheduled in-service training, educational classes and meetings to maintain current

certification as applicable and as managed by regulatory agencies and company policies.

Ensures that small group meetings are held per company policy.

Communicates new Policy & Procedures and regulations to staff to ensure compliance.

Qualifications

High School Diploma or equivalent, required.

Enrolled in a State Approved Nurse Aide Training and Competency Evaluation Program.

Current BLS/CPR certification, preferred.

Travel

May escort residents to outside appointments and/or social outings.

Principal Contacts

Works closely with residents, nursing staff and clinical supervisors