Sainte Genevieve jobs in senior homes and assisted living facilities

Job Summary:

Employee certified to care for physical and emotional needs of residents in an Americare skilled or assisted living facility. Employee provides residents with direct care to assure quality of life in a home like environment while offering additional support to family and visitors. Maintains professional behavior while functioning as an interdisciplinary team member meeting state and federal guidelines.

Supervision:

Under supervision of facility Administrator and / or Director of Nursing. Unless specifically noted does not supervise others.

Critical Functions:

Administers personal care to residents and maintains resident’s medical record. Employee responds to a variety of resident needs including answering call lights, bathing, dressing, personal hygiene, monitoring and recording vital signs, monitoring and recording food intake and output, transporting via wheel chair, assisting with ambulation in a safe manner. Included is general housekeeping such as changing linens and room organization. Position includes turning, repositioning and providing proper body alignment to prevent pressure sores and to aide in comfort of resident. Employee is to assist and support professional nurses as requested. Responsible to assist resident in obtaining quality of life in a safe living environment and be supportive to resident’s family members while projecting professional behavior.

Job Summary:

Responsible for assisting and supporting dietary staff while managing dietary department within established company policies and state and federal regulations. Responsible for fiscal operations in dietary department such as budgeting, planning and accounting for dietary services. Assist in hiring and training dietary personnel. Coordinates dietary services with disciplinary team to provide an overall person centered care in the nursing facility environment. Responsible for providing healthy, nutritious and attractive dietary meals to residents and visitors while meeting special dietary requirements. Monitoring dietary activity to assure a safe working environment.

Critical Functions:

Full time. Responsible for supervising and or assisting in preparing and serving meals in the nursing home setting. Serving correct diet to resident and providing a home like environment or person centered care. Works with dietary staff in keeping the dietary department clean and sanitary as well as a safe working environment.