
HASKINS RESIDENTIAL CARE


Resident Assistant
Hours: Full-time Positions Available (30 - 40 hours a week)
Part-time Positions Available (20 – 28 hours a week)
Must be available Nights, Weekends, and Overnights
Compensation: $11.00 an hour + 4 days PTO
Position:
To provide support to Adult Male residents with Mental Health Disabilities while maintaining a reasonably safe and secure environment for all employees, physicians, patients, visitors, and contractors/vendors on the facility property and conduct facility residential duties.
Qualifications:
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Must be able to communicate effectively in a non-defensive manner directly with patients is required.
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Must be able to pass FBI & DOJ background check (Live Scan)
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Annual health screening and TB test
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Able to communicate in oral and written form in English, required
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Must be able to meet the physical demands of the job (assisting with patient restraint, light to heavy lifting and/or pushing of patients or equipment), required.
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Minimum of one-year experience working in a State Hospital preferred.
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Previous experience working with mental health patients preferred.
*** Previous experience working in Janitorial or Security Guard welcomed – ALL APPLICATIONS ARE WELCOMED ***
Duties:
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Assists residents by explaining the need for and value of services; accompanies and supports patients in performing Activities of Daily Living.
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Observes and reports verbally and in writing to professional staff the behavior and physical state of residents; documents hourly observations of residents and activity with residents in medical charts.
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Encourage participation, oversee in Group Activities, and provide help with coping skills and communication skills as well as crisis resolution assistance.
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Providing direct eyesight or arm's length monitoring.
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Assist in de-escalation of patients and redirection as needed to help maintain a safe environment.
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Assists with admissions, orientation, meals, and inventory of belongings and personal effects and discharge processing.
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Assist with meals preparation: Pick up, delivery and service. Obtain and record food and refrigerator temperatures as outlined by policy and procedure
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Assist in maintaining residents personal hygiene rules are adhered
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Assist the residents that grooming and dressing rules are adhered
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Monitor, manage and log medication given to residents
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Manage all documentation regarding medication being maintained at the facility
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Perform general facility cleaning and sanitation according to facility sanitation policies:
a) Sweeping and mopping floors
b) Washing walls
c) Making beds
d) Vacuuming
e) Washing Dishes
f) Dusting
g) Cleaning Bathrooms and toilets
h) Laundry
Perform/Assist residents in regular cleaning of their personal living space
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Monitor and assist residents in cleaning smoking areas
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Provide any cooking and kitchen assigned duties
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Provide cleaning of kitchen and dining areas
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Provide daily washing of residents clothing and linen
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Monitor residents social behavior and physical needs and provide daily reports to attending management
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Daily Charting: Medication Records; Observation Notes; In/Outdoor Activities; Medication Records
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Monitor and maintain social interaction between residents
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Maintain daily sign-in/out resident log sheet and other daily records
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Supervise visitors on the premises
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Duties are added as needed