Episcopal SeniorLife Communities·City of Rochester, New York
Provide personal care, support, and supervision to residents, including assistance with daily grooming, bathing, and dressing. Perform housekeeping tasks and assist with meal service and activity programs to ensure resident well-being.
We provide high quality services from skilled nursing and restorative care to housing, assisted living and community-based wellness programs. We are committed to meeting each individual’s needs, in a culturally competent manner, supporting family and loved ones through transitions, and fulfilling our pledge… Life. Inspired Every Day.
Part-Time Overnights Pay Range $18.25 - $20.25 Hourly (Pay information will vary depending upon relevant experience for the position.) **Generous shift differential offered for evenings, nights, and weekends.
Episcopal SeniorLife Communities is dedicated to its staff, and we show it by providing incredible benefits! Winner of the 2024 Best-in-Class Employer award, ESLC was recognized for its comprehensive approach to benefits, compensation, and employee experience. Your Health & Well-being: We take care of you. We offer 100% employer-paid medical insurance for High-Deductible Health Plan (HDHP) for single-subscribers. We also offer Health Saving Accounts (HSA) with Weekly Employer Contributions. Alternatively, we also offer Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA). Additionally, staff are eligible for dental insurance with orthodontist coverage. 401(K) with Company Match: 100% company match on the first 3% of your contributions. Competitive Pay Rates: We offer competitive rates that reflect your skills and experience. ESLC processes payroll on a weekly basis. Tuition Assistance: Our tuition assistance program provides financial support for courses and degrees that will help you grow professionally with us. ETO (Earned Time Off): Generous ETO plan that accrues on a weekly basis for use after 90 days of employment. Paid Holidays: ESLC has six designated holidays and one floating holiday. Additionally, ESLC offers voluntary benefits and insurances such as Short-Term Disability, Vision, Employee Assistance Program, and On-Site Workforce Success Coaches.
The resident care assistant will provide personal care services, assistance, support and supervision to residents.
The resident care assistant also will provide housekeeping services to residents and assist with activities and food service.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS Assist residents with daily grooming, bathing, dressing as needed.
Assist in the development and updating of each resident’s care plan.
Provide ADL assistance to residents via Optimus system.
Straighten residents’ apartment daily and make bed.
Respond to all PERS alerts via the company pager in a timely manner.
Make sure pagers remain on site and are turned over to a responsible person on each shift.
Strip and remake residents’ bed weekly.
Do personal laundry for residents weekly or as required.
Assist residents with picking up trash and disposing of expired food in the apt.
Monitor changes in residents’ appetite.
Serve residents’ meals from kitchen as needed.
Assist in the dining room during meals as needed.
Assist with the activity program, conduct activities as directed by the activity coordinator or assigned by supervisor.
Assure residents get to appointments, activities, and meals.
Provide one-on-one support/visitation to assigned residents as needed.
Encourage and/or remind residents to participate in activities.
Encourage socialization among residents.
Communicate all pertinent information to other staff in a timely manner.
Certification as a Home Health Aide (HHA) or Personal Care Aide (PCA) is required. Basic First Aid is also required. Must possess high school diploma or equivalent with reading, comprehension and writing ability at 12th grade level or higher. Experience or interest in working with older adults. Strong team approach to working with other staff. Ability to interact courteously and tactfully with staff, residents, family members, visitors, vendors and the general public.
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Performing duties of this job requires lifting, bending, walking and standing. Must be able to occasionally lift loads of 50 pounds without assistance and the ability to sit, talk, and hear is required. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, color vision, and the ability to adjust focus.
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The majority of essential job duties are performed indoors as well as in resident areas where universal precautions apply. Employee may be exposed to indoor temperature fluctuations.
The work is performed within established guidelines, and requires periodic supervision. The employee exercises some initiative and independent judgment to effectively perform the essential job duties of this position.
Employee has no responsibility for others.
Shall be fully acquainted with all safety policies and procedures of all Assisted Living locations. Takes an active role in all fire drills during the shift and/or emergencies for internal and external disasters as monitored by supervisor and incident manager. Must comply with facility in-service requirements. Maintain confidentiality of all information related to the organization, residents, participants, family and staff, that may be encountered, either formally or informally, during the normal course of business. This includes medical and treatment records, financial and human resources information.
Episcopal SeniorLife Communities is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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