Hilltop Health Care Center

410 Luella St, Watkins, MN 55389

SUMMARY

Provide a safe environment, assists with activities of daily living, gives emotional and social support and attends to the resident’s physical comfort.

Vulnerable Adult Mandated Reporter

A mandated vulnerable adult reporter of maltreatment, neglect, and abuse of vulnerable residents/tenants. Required to report any alleged maltreatment, neglect, or abuse to your supervisor and appropriate state agencies.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

· Works alone giving total care or assists residents with:

· Bed bath, tub bath or shower

· Dental, hair and nail care, shaving, dressing and undressing, application of make-up.

· Elimination needs including toileting by offering bedpan, urinal or taking to bathroom.

· Ambulating, transferring, positioning by using assistive devices such as a walker, Wheelchair, Mechanical lift, gait belt or lift sheets.

· Answers call lights promptly.

· Takes and records temperatures.

· Feeds residents, maintains intake and output as requested, weighs residents as instructed.

· Observes and reports physical and/or behavioral changes in resident immediately to charge nurse.

· Works tactfully and cooperatively with residents, families, visitors and the entire staff through the organization.

· Knows and follows existing lines of communication and authority.

· Perform all resident care as assigned and according to (facility) nursing department’s policies and procedures. Reads and follows resident’s care cards.

· Participates in activities for cognitively impaired residents as directed.

· Attends department meetings and seminars as requested.

· Changes schedule or works overtime on occasion to meet the needs of the department.

· Maintains confidentiality of all the department and organizational information.

· Assures that all resident rights are maintained at all times. Reports any violations or suspected deviations according to (facility)’s policy.

· Attends mandatory in services.

· Follows instructions willingly, able to meet deadlines, organizational loyalty, honesty, punctual, and dependable.

· Follows all safety, security, infection control (including Category 1)

· Has desire and ability to care for geriatric, convalescent, chronically, seriously, or terminally ill residents with respect, caring, and understanding.

· Must be able to communicate orally or in writing with residents, co-workers, families, and public.

· Have a pleasant manner and good grooming and hygiene.

· Must be able to work well with others and must have willingness to accept correction as warranted.

· Must be able to safely perform the essential job functions, with or without reasonable accommodation, without posing a direct threat to other employees, residents, or self.

· Abide by facility policies and procedures.

MARGINAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

· None

QUALIFICATIONS To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

· High School Diploma.

· Registered as a Nursing Assistant

LANGUAGE SKILLS

· Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

· Ability to add and subtract two digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10’s and 100’s. Ability to perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume, and distance.

REASONING ABILITY

· Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

· Must be able to deal effectively with stress created by sick residents, multiple tasks, noises, interruptions, and must be able to work cooperatively as part of the health care team while maintaining a pleasant demeanor. (Continuously)

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

· Nursing Assistant training and current registration on Minnesota Aide Registry.

· Minimum of 16 years of age.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to:

· Ability to transfer, and reposition a resident to or from a bed, wheelchair, Mechanical lift, toilet, tub, shower and occasionally the floor. Requires varying degrees of pushing, pulling and lifting due to the differences in resident weights which could be over 75 lbs.

· Must be able to continuously perform simple manipulative Dexterity tasks such as the equipment listed above as well as safety pins, buttons, snaps, buckles and tie strings. Occasionally perform difficult manipulative tasks.

· Must be able to detect the smell of smoke, spoiled food, soiled linen, etc.

The employee must:

· Must be able to continuously hear normal sounds and voice patterns with some background noise. Must have adequate hearing to receive verbal instructions. Must be able to hear audible emergency signals, alarms, call, light indicators and to be able to answer the phone.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include:

· Must be able to continuously see objects up close so as to notice a change in the resident’s condition (breathing, color, skin breakdown, etc.) Ability to focus and read a thermometer.

WORK ENVIRONMENT The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to:

· Seasonal exposure to high humidity to resident’s option to control environment.

· Stress of working with sick residents and their families combined with the resident who may be confused, irrational, highly agitated or given to abrupt mood swings. (Frequent).

· Frequent exposure to latex, plastic and/or materials that are used for personal protective equipment.

· Frequent exposure to micro bacteria and other infectious agents inherent to care of ill residents.

· Work is performed indoors although during the summer, fall and spring, residents are escorted out on the patio. The nursing unit is well lighted and clean with some exposure to dust. Heat air conditioning and humidity are controlled by the building’s central system with a temperature variance of not more than 7 degrees on either side of the norm of 72 degrees.

· There are constant exposures to blood, body tissues and fluids with occasional exposure to hazardous materials and infectious diseases.

· Exposure to loud or unpleasant voices and bodily injury on a regular basis.

· Constant stress of working with sick residents and their families combined with the residents who may be confused, irrational, highly agitated or given to abrupt mood swings.

· Exposure to toxins is rare.

The noise level in the work environment is:

· Quiet to loud.

This Job Description is not an exhaustive list of all skills, responsibilities, or efforts associated with a job. They reflect principal job elements essential for performing the job and evaluating performance.

This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an “at will” relationship.

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time

Pay: $17.25 - $21.75 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Tuition reimbursement

Standard shift:

• Day shift
• Evening shift

Supplemental schedule:

• Holidays

Weekly schedule:

• Rotating weekends

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Watkins, MN 55389: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Application Question(s):

• Can you pass a background to work in a facility?

License/Certification:

• CPR Certification (Preferred)

Work Location: In person

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