Housekeeper Full-Time 6am-2:30pm
2 days ago
York
Job Description This position requires every other weekend and holidays to be worked. It is 5 days p/wk. or 10 days p/bi-weekly pay, as scheduled. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: • Perform AM or PM care as required following the care plan outlined for each resident. Keeping up with all changes to the plan of care throughout resident’s stay., • Assists residents to and from bed, chairs, etc. Employees must be able to lift 50 lbs., • Bathes Residents, gives shampoos, shaves Residents, trim nails, and assists Residents with personal and dental hygiene., • Dresses Residents properly and comfortably., • Makes beds and keeps Resident rooms clean and orderly., • Delivers, serves, and removes meal trays. Assists Residents with meals. Helps to feed. Gives personal care after meals., • Transports Residents for meals, activities, and therapies., • Serves fresh water, ice, and nourishment., • Assists Residents to and from bathroom. Assists Residents with bedpans and urinals. Keeps incontinent Residents clean at all times. Change bed linen as often as necessary., • Prepares Residents for tests, x-rays, physician visits, therapies, activities, etc., • Rinses out heavily stained Resident laundry., • Assists relatives and visitors., • Assists with and/or performs procedures as outlined and with proper instruction and supervision such as: admitting, transferring, and discharging; taking and recording vital signs; measuring and recording intake and output, collecting specimens; changes binders and slings; empties colostomy bags and drainage bottles; applies hot and cold compresses, and give sitz baths., • Cares for Residents in isolation., • Assists with care of dying/deceased., • Uses safety devices and takes precautions., • Ensures that room temperature and humidity are compatible with the Resident., • Assists nurses in giving treatments and examining Residents., • Uses aseptic technique and universal precautions in all Resident care to prevent spread of disease and infection., • Charts required information and signed entries., • Answers call-lights and bells timely., • Receives and gives reports., • Assists with alarm rounds at change of shift., • Attends inservices, seminars, workshops, and conferences related to field., • Assists with emergencies and in redirecting agitated Residents., • Reserves Resident information as confidential., • Recognize your role as part of the QAPI efforts of your organization., • Attends trainings to build understanding and capacity to undertake QAPI work., • Carry out QAPI roles and responsibilities as assigned., • Follow established policies and procedures in support of QAPI efforts., • Look for and share with leadership ideas for improvement in the organization., • Communication to leadership upon witnessing a positive outcome of a QAPI project or detecting barriers preventing project success., • Support QAPI efforts both verbally and non-verbally (i.e., via actions and attitude), including adjusting performance and practice in accordance with QAPI initiatives and findings., • Recognize your role for Trauma Informed Care: Promotes a culture of safety, empowerment and healing; recognizes that everyone who interacts at Rest Haven may have past traumatic experiences and protects trauma survivors from being re-traumatized., • Recognize your role for Compliance and Ethics: Participates in annual compliance and ethics training. Follows code of conduct reporting any compliance and ethics concerns. NON-ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: • Assists with physical and occupational therapy., • Performs personal services for Residents within reason, such as: reading, writing letters, operating TV/radio, and running in-house errands., • Performs assigned clerical duties at nursing station. Answers telephone and intercom. Runs errands as directed by supervisor., • Participants in unit cleaning duties, such as cleaning of wheelchairs and gerichairs, as directed., • May perform other duties as directed by supervisor. WORKING CONDITIONS: • Well-lighted, ventilated rooms and halls., • Sits, stands, and walks intermittently during the workday., • Lifting, bending, stooping, pushing, and pulling are required., • Communicates with nursing personnel, Residents, visitors, family, and other department personnel., • Exposed to infection, odors, and to peculiarities in the behavior and reactions of the aging. QUALIFICATIONS: • High school graduate preferred or equivalent., • Current Pennsylvania State Certification for nursing assistant. Must be in good standing., • Previous experience in hospital or nursing home preferred., • Must have patience, compassion, a sense of responsibility and a sincere desire to work with the aged and infirmed., • Mental and physical health sufficient to meet the demands of the position., • Demonstrates ability to communicate with the elderly and other personnel., • Ability to anticipate needs and modes of geriatric Residents while remaining calm and composed., • Ability to treat Rest Haven and Resident information as confidential., • Must be a professional., • Criminal history background clearance – Act 169 & Act 13.