Per-diem Residential Aide

St. Joseph's Addiction Treatment and Recovery Centers

Location

Inpatient Facility - Saranac Lake, NY

Position available: Per-diem Residential Aide

Shift/schedule: As Needed

Pay Range

$16.00/hour to $22.00/hour

Position Summary

Works under the direction of the RN/Health Coordinator. They assist residents in becoming accustomed to the residence routine and encourage them to participate in social and recreational activities to promote recovery. Education and Training: High school graduate or equivalent. Experience and Work Knowledge: Working effectively with chemically dependent individuals.

Essential Duties

Orients new residents to the facility and helps the individual to adjust to community living without the use of alcohol/drugs. Assist with monitoring of facility to ascertain residents’ activities and general status of facility. Initiate appropriate action to ensure safety, wellbeing of residents’ and facility as required. Schedule outside medical appointments as needed. Assist as needed with medical portion of admissions to the facility. Monitor residents while receiving MAT treatments in the medical department. Check any identified resident in need of monitoring because of physical and/or emotional difficulties. Initiate appropriate action as assessment indicates. Document findings in the clinical log. Available to offer counseling (crisis intervention only) to residents, as needed and documents sessions in staff log and reports to supervisor. Completes all resident’s incident/accident or medical emergency forms as required. Answers Phones. Meets regularly with RN/Health Coordinator for supervision as per policy. Responsible for additional duties as may be assigned by RN/Health Coordinator.