Personal Care, The Homes of Ethnos360
Requirements:
Required Qualifications (screenings can be accomplished at The Homes):
• Current Level 2 background screening (Florida Department of Law Enforcement)
• Current screening and doctor's verification of being free of communicable disease (including TB) and agree not to work at the facility while in the transferable stage of any communicable disease that might be contracted in the future. TB screening is renewed annually.
• Physically able to assist residents with activities of daily living.
Required Training (all training can be done at The Homes):
• Facility Preservice Orientation
• HIV/Aids*
• First aid course* (Red Cross)
• CPR* (Red Cross / American Heart Association)
• Personal Hygiene and Infection Control*
• Resident Needs and ADLs*
• Resident Rights
• Abuse and Neglect
• Incident Reporting
• Elopement
• Facility DNRO Policy
• Facility Emergency Management Policy
• Assistance with Medications*
(*Not required for nurses, who have already been instructed in these topics.)
Region: North America
Country: United States
Location: Ethnos360 Retirement Homes, Sanford, FL
Salary: None – Financial support raising required
Purpose: The Homes exists to provide a nurturing and caring environment, attempting to meet both the physical and spiritual needs of its residents, with staff and facility capabilities. The purpose of this position is to provide physical and emotional support and security to ALF residents by supervising or assisting them with their needs. Examples of needs include, but are not limited to, the Activities of Daily Living, the self-administration of medication, observation of well-being and whereabouts, reminders for important tasks and driving to doctor appointments.
Responsibilities:
- Provide emotional security: Promote feelings of safety and freedom from danger, fear, and anxiety. Listen, show understanding, and respond to any concerns expressed by residents.
- Provide emotional support: Provide assistance to the resident to cope with personal care problems during periods of stress, which will enhance their ability to accept and adjust to changes in their physical capabilities and personal life.
- Monitor the general health of ALF residents: Take note of changes in behavior and physical condition of ALF residents. This will alert you to changes in a residents' health which may warrant modification of services provided. Note observations in residents' health charts as appropriate.
- Communicate: Pass on information to future shifts and inform the Director of Nursing of any health-related concerns for any ALF resident. Inform the Director of Nursing or the Administrator of changes requiring contact of the primary healthcare provider, home health agency, another third-party provider or transfer to a facility able to provide the appropriate services.
- Assist with Medications: Assist residents with self-administered medication in accordance with doctor's orders. Document all medications that have been taken with assistance. (This responsibility is performed only by staff who have had the associated required training.)
- Schedule appointments: Assist with scheduling resident medical and dental appointments. Coordinate these appointments with appointment calendar, vehicle use calendar and driver. Drive residents to appointments as needed.
- Other responsibilities as assigned.
People Needed: 1
Priority: Urgent
This is a career position at The Homes of Ethnos360.