Resident Assistant (Personal Care Aide)

The Lodge at Historic Lewes

The Lodge at Historic Lewes is a brand-new senior living community looking to hire the best and brightest to be part of our opening team. Thank you for taking the time to review the details of this opportunity! When you can choose anywhere to work, we’re excited you’re considering joining our family.

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Resident Assistant (Personal Care Aide), responsible for providing hands on care, physical and emotional support to each resident while maintaining a safe and comfortable home like environment.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Oversees a designated group of residents during the shift; knows where their residents are and physically checks on them throughout the shift.
• Observes, reports and documents symptoms and conditions of residents for changes in condition such as skin, behavior, alertness, weight, dietary and participation in activities.
• Responds to security system and resident call bells promptly.
• Notifies supervisor and/or Health Care Coordinator if a resident has increased care needs.
• Assists with continence management and disposes of all continence products properly to ensure sanitation of resident suite and community restrooms.
• Serves and collects food trays and assists as needed; reports refusal of meals or loss of appetite.
• Maintains cleanliness of resident’s room and work areas.
• Practices good standard care precautions of cleanliness, hygiene and health.
• Helps residents maintain independence, promotes dignity and physical safety of each resident.
• Participates/leads and assists residents with activities of daily living (i.e. bathing, dressing, toileting, grooming, ambulation, transferring, eating) as instructed.
• Engages residents in life skills and other life enrichment activities.
• Greets and assists all internal and external customers, guests, family members, residents, vendors and team members.
• Performs other related duties as assigned by management.

Qualifications:

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED), or one to three months related experience and/or training, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Certificates, licenses and registrations required:
  • Certified Nurse’s Aide certification preferred.
• Other skills required:
  • Must be 18 years of age.
  • Previous experience working with seniors preferred.
  • Ability to communicate effectively speaking the primary language of the residents.
  • Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
  • Ability to write in required logs and routine correspondence.
  • Ability to add and subtract whole numbers.
  • Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
  • Must demonstrate an interest in working with a senior population.
  • Interacts with guests, residents and staff in a courteous and friendly manner.
  • Responds promptly to resident needs.

If you want to experience what it’s like to work in an environment that rejects punitive leadership, that embraces mistakes as growth opportunities, that thrives on working within a culturally diverse environment, that encourages diverging viewpoints as a way to collaborate towards the best outcome, that has an unreasonable amount of fun, that is steadfastly loyal to our loyal team members, and as a result of all this brings out the best in you on a daily basis, then consider joining us as part of a Vantage Point community. It just so happens we are looking for someone just like you.