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Duties may include assistance with personal hygiene, dressing, grooming, toileting/incontinence, feeding and bathing. The position is responsible for observing and reporting changes in the residents’ physical and emotional conditions to the charge nurse.  \nThis position is responsible for administering prescribed medications, maintained proper documentation, and observing residents for adverse reactions.  \nGENERAL JOB DUTIES  \n• All employees are responsible for a basic knowledge of the employee handbook, along with the mission and vision of the Facility, and must conduct themselves with behavior that supports these values.  \n• All employees understand the safety and well-being of both the residents and staff members is the number one priority of their Facility.  \n• All employees are responsible for making the most of their working time and reach maximum potential by being on time for appointments, checking voicemails/emails as appropriate and completing deadlines in a timely manner.  \n• All employees are expected to escalate issues as necessary.  \n• All employees will specifically be trained on their job duties, however; other mandatory trainings may be deemed appropriate by leadership for one or all members of the team.  \n• Other projects and/or duties as assigned.  \nESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS  \n• Bathe or assist residents in bathing (bed bath, tub, shower, or whirlpool) .  \n• Perform or assist residents with personal grooming needs (shaving, hair care, nail care, oral hygiene, denture care, skin care, and cosmetics) .  \n• Assist residents in dressing and undressing, as needed, in clothing appropriate to the time of day and season of the year.  \n• Assist residents in caring for and securing (non-loss) of personal articles and clothing. Also assist with the labeling of resident’s personal articles and clothing.  \n• Changing bed linen according to facility standards, utilize appropriate handling of both clean and dirty linen.  \n• Keep resident’s rooms clean and free of clutter.  \n• Promote intake by promptly providing assistance and encouraging residents to make independent decisions regarding foods served.  \n• Pass and assist room-bound residents with meal trays using appropriate procedures.  \n• Provide mealtime assistance. This includes checking diets for accuracy, resident body positioning for promoting good food intake, cutting food, buttering bread, pouring liquids, etc.  \n• Report resident appetite changes and requests for substitutions to Charge Nurse and/or Dietary Personnel.  \n• Assist resident with adequate hydration by passing fresh ice water, offering fluids, and recording intakesas directed by the Charge Nurse or Director of Nursing.  \n• Provide between-meal nourishment when indicated by distributing supplemental nourishment as assigned and providing assistance as needed. Accurately record and report intake of nourishments.  \n• Assist residents with all elimination needs using bedpans, urinals, bathrooms, etc.  \n• Participate and promote facility incontinence program.  \n• Perform perennial care after each episode of urinary or bowel incontinence.  \n• Perform catheter care according to facility policies and procedures.  \n• Record accurate bowel habits and urine outputs as according to the facility policy.  \n• Collect specimens as directed by the Charge Nurse and/or the Director of Nursing.  \n• Reposition immobile residents as scheduled and in a manner instructed by the Charge Nurse and/or the Director or Nursing.  \n• Assist residents in transferring from their bed, chairs, wheelchairs, and toilet using appropriate equipment and following the principles of good body mechanics. 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