Caregiver for Elderly

$37,440 - $37,440/Yr

Summerset Senior Living - Rancho Cordova, CA

Part-time,Full-time - Entry Level

Onsite - Rancho Cordova, CA

Nursing and Residential Care Facilities

About the position

The Caregiver position in our Assisted Living community involves providing direct care assistance to residents, ensuring their comfort and well-being while supporting the community's mission and values. The role includes a variety of responsibilities such as personal care, meal assistance, and maintaining a clean environment, all while fostering positive relationships with residents and their families.

Responsibilities

• Support the mission, vision, and culture of the organization through positive communication and leadership.
• Contribute to Community relationships by demonstrating cooperation and professional conduct with residents, families, fellow associates, physicians, pharmacies, and other vendors or persons.
• Contribute to team effort by being flexible in work assignments; by furnishing support; by taking initiative; and by understanding how this position affects and compliments all other Community positions.
• Maintain work pace appropriate to given workload and perform activities on schedule while maintaining regular attendance and punctuality.
• Provide assistance or reminders with activities of daily living, including grooming, oral hygiene, bathing, and transferring residents as needed.
• Assist in meal preparation and presentation, serving to residents, and record changes in eating habits to the supervisor.
• Make resident rounds every two hours as required in residents' service plans or as circumstances dictate.
• Record and report changes in resident's condition to the supervisor, including changes in ability to perform activities of daily living.
• Use approved charting criteria and procedures to record pertinent information in resident charts.
• Immediately report all incidents or accidents involving residents to the Resident Care Director/Supervisor and record necessary information.
• Maintain a clean, safe, and orderly environment by performing general scheduled housekeeping for residents.
• Initiate and participate in leisure activities provided for residents; encourage socialization and participation in planned activities.
• Follow proper procedures in emergency situations and respond promptly to resident requests for assistance.
• Correct and prevent environmental hazards while observing universal precautions and infection control procedures.
• Immediately report any suspected abuse, neglect, or misappropriation of resident funds or property to the immediate supervisor.

Requirements

• Must possess a valid CNA license and CPR certification.
• High school diploma or GED preferred.
• Experience in caregiving, particularly with elderly residents, is preferred.
• Fluency in English is required.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in Resident's rights is preferred.

Benefits

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance