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Job Summary

This position helps residents by supporting personal hygiene and daily living needs; providing comfort, transportation and vital sign monitoring.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

Provides resident centered personal care including bathing, toileting, grooming, dressing/undressing, obtaining vital signs, psychosocial support

and other personal cares. Assists residents with meals and snacks, provides water and supplements as appropriate. Provides a positive dining

experience. Assists residents in transferring, repositioning and walking using correct and appropriate transfer techniques and equipment;

provides range of motion and passive exercise. Documents resident cares and behaviors according to Society policy, procedure and regulations

Handles and disposes of linens, soiled clothing or supplies properly; follows consistent hand washing and Personal Protective Equipment use.

Basic Responsibilities:

This position will be held accountable for complying with all related laws, regulations, company policies and procedures pertaining to his or her

position and for fulfilling his or her obligations under the organization's corporate compliance program.

Other Duties:

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are

required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Qualifications

Education Experience

Licensure Certification: Completion of an accredited nursing assistant training program approved by the location and the state.

Skills/Abilities: Ability to communicate and comprehend; ability to perform assigned tasks and meet requirements for inservices,

training and meeting attendance; must be able to use the electronic medical record for

documentation.

Knowledge: Ability to measure and comprehend quantities.

Physical/Mental Requirements: 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. While performing the duties of this job, the employee

will operate/activate/use/prepare/inspect/place/detect/position objects, tools, or controls. The employee will

frequently communicate/express oneself/exchange/observe/assess/detect information relative to this position.

The employee is required to maintain a stationary position/move/position self in response to job tasks. Must

be able to effectively communicate in English, both orally and in writing.

Accommodations: Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential

functions.

Work Environment: The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. Frequency of travel may vary based on business

need.

Weight Lifting Requirement: 40 lbs.

Health Advocates Network, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants shall receive consideration for employment without regard to any legally protected basis under applicable federal, state or local law, except where a bona fide occupational qualification applies. EOE including Veterans/Disability