Resident Escort

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Resident Escort provides basic patient care under the direct supervision of the nursing staff. In this role, the Resident Escort will assist with maintaining a safe resident transport to and from and within the Facility. This position requires providing service in a manner that demonstrates an understanding of the functional/developmental age of the individuals served and will provide assistants to the CNAs with resident care.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

• Some experience in institutional cooking.

• Knowledge of food preparation, sanitation and hygienic methods.

• Follow verbal and written instructions.

• Sincere desire to work with elders and others who have a limited capacity for self-care.

• Mental & physical capacity to perform the essential job functions with or without accommodations.

• Work with and provides care to individuals of a wide range of personality types and maturity levels.

• The ability to demonstrate creative initiative and mature judgment in making competent decisions.

• Consistently maintain courteous, emphatic, and professional attitude.

• Maintain confidentiality of all activities and persons.

• Maintain a professional appearance at all times.

• Communicate and comprehend orally and in writing to effectively receive and share information as necessary to perform job duties.

• Transportation accessible to enable flexibility of work schedule

• Passing hydration fluids to residents

• Responding to call lights

• Assisting the certified CNAs with resident care.

• Assists with lifting and moving residents for transfer and transport.

• Confirms resident readiness for transport and need for appropriate equipment and ensures that equipment is ready and available.

• Assists residents, whether ambulatory or non-ambulatory.

• Assists residents in designated smoking areas with distribution, lighting, and extinguishing cigarettes (in proper cigarette receptacles).

• Reports any changes in resident status/condition during transport.

• Removes and reports defective equipment to supervisor.

• Cleans, maintains and operates transport equipment and operates elevators to move or escort residents to and from various hospitals/doctor’s office, as directed, following established operating policies and procedures.

• Receives formal instruction/direction upon pick-up and provides formal hand-off report at destination, when not required to stay with resident.

• Assists in ensuring a safe working environment throughout the facility for all residents, visitors and fellow employees.

• Reports all accidents and injuries in a timely manner and identifies and can be asked to correct unsafe work conditions with management oversight.

• Complies with all HIPAA policies and procedures.

• Complies with all company safety and risk management policies and procedures.

• Performs all work in accordance with established safety procedures.

• Attend in-service and training programs as designated.

• Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Other Requirements:

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations: Must be enrolled in a licensed Certified Nursing Assistant program at the time of hire in accordance with the laws of this state.