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:

Must be able to communicate effectively in a non-defensive manner directly with patients is required.
Must be able to pass FBI & DOJ background check (Live Scan)
Annual health screening and TB test
Able to communicate in oral and written form in English, required
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.
Minimum of one-year experience working in a State Hospital preferred.
Previous experience working with mental health patients preferred.

*** Previous experience working in Janitorial or Security Guard welcomed – ALL APPLICATIONS ARE WELCOMED ***

Duties:

Assists residents by explaining the need for and value of services; accompanies and supports patients in performing Activities of Daily Living.
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.
Encourage participation, oversee in Group Activities, and provide help with coping skills and communication skills as well as crisis resolution assistance.
Providing direct eyesight or arm's length monitoring.
Assist in de-escalation of patients and redirection as needed to help maintain a safe environment.
Assists with admissions, orientation, meals, and inventory of belongings and personal effects and discharge processing.
Assist with meals preparation: Pick up, delivery and service. Obtain and record food and refrigerator temperatures as outlined by policy and procedure
Assist in maintaining residents personal hygiene rules are adhered
Assist the residents that grooming and dressing rules are adhered
Monitor, manage and log medication given to residents
Manage all documentation regarding medication being maintained at the facility
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

Monitor and assist residents in cleaning smoking areas
Provide any cooking and kitchen assigned duties
Provide cleaning of kitchen and dining areas
Provide daily washing of residents clothing and linen
Monitor residents social behavior and physical needs and provide daily reports to attending management
Daily Charting: Medication Records; Observation Notes; In/Outdoor Activities; Medication Records
Monitor and maintain social interaction between residents
Maintain daily sign-in/out resident log sheet and other daily records
Supervise visitors on the premises
Duties are added as needed

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