Restorative Aide - FT

Bluestem Communities Management - Hesston, KS

Full-time

Hesston, KS

About the position

The Restorative Aide at Schowalter Villa plays a crucial role in assisting residents to maintain or improve their functional abilities through restorative nursing programs. This full-time position involves direct interaction with residents, ensuring their dignity and privacy while providing care, and documenting their progress in rehabilitation efforts.

Responsibilities

• Carry out recommended rehabilitation/restorative care.
• Assist residents in performing exercises and ambulating to improve strength and levels of functioning.
• Assure residents' privacy and dignity when providing care.
• Identify and address residents by name of choice before providing care in accordance with their care plan.
• Take vital signs as needed.
• Interact with residents in a warm, personal manner and provide a calm environment.
• Provide opportunities for the residents to talk and listen attentively.
• Warmly greet residents upon admission and introduce new residents to staff and other residents as appropriate.
• Communicate residents' care needs with peers and supervisors.
• Promptly report changes in residents' conditions to licensed nurse.
• Document and evaluate residents' care needs and progress.
• Document residents' progress when providing rehabilitation/restorative care and give to Care Plan Team.
• Write monthly progress reports and complete medical forms, reports, evaluations, and studies as necessary.
• Assist in completing incident and/or accident forms.
• Chart all information regarding care of residents in accordance with federal, state, and facility policies.
• Participate in the development and implementation of the residents' plan of care (POC).
• Attend POC meetings when appropriate and assist with restorative POC/MDS.
• Ensure that follow-up care is conducted according to the Restorative Program after resident is dismissed from physical or occupational therapy.
• Attend Medicare meetings and give input involving residents' restorative care needs.
• Assist in the admission process by helping residents and their family complete inventory forms.
• Measure residents' height and weight upon admission and as required thereafter.
• Prepare wheelchairs and walkers as needed.
• Assist residents in activities of daily living, including feeding, dressing, and toileting as needed.
• Assist residents to and from restorative department to group activities and to meals.
• Accompany residents on outings as needed and assist with loading and unloading residents to and from vehicles.
• Assist in interdepartmental training/orientation, including the orientation of new Restorative Aides and CNAs/CMAs as it pertains to rehabilitation/restorative care.

Requirements

• Must be eighteen (18) years of age.
• Must be Certified Nurse Aide in Kansas.
• Prefer Restorative Aide training.