Resident Attendant

**MILL COVE NURSING HOME, INC.**

**JOB DESCRIPTION**

**JOB TITLE**: Resident Attendant

**CLASSIFICATION**:RA

**DEPARTMENT**:Nursing
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**JOB PURPOSE**:
Assist in providing nursing care under the direction and supervision of a R.N. or L.P.N.

**REGULAR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES**
- Assist residents at the time of admission to the Home.
- Attend report at the beginning of each shift.
- Attend and participate in Multidisciplinary Resident Care Conferences.
- Accompany and assist residents to and from various areas of the Home.
- Accompany and assist residents to and from Health Facilities and services as well as other outings outside the Home.
- Serve and distribute meal trays, liquids and lunches.
- Feed and assist residents as required.
- Answer residents call system.
- Label clothing and personal possessions.
- Answer telephone - receive and relay messages.
- Perform miscellaneous messenger services.
- Make up beds, move beds and equipment, water flowers and set room in order.
- Clean and maintain, in a neat and orderly manner, resident’s bedside and over bed tables, bureaus, wardrobes and chairs.
- Assist and transport residents to activities.
- Strip bed and room of discharged residents, and set up after cleaning.
- Give bed, tub, sponge, sitz or whirlpool baths and back rubs as required.
- Provide washing, teeth grooming and personal hygienic care services as required.
- Measure intake and output and report to supervisor.
- Pass, collect, clean and disinfect bedpans and urinals.
- Clean and disinfect bathtubs after use.
- Collect urine, stool and sputum specimens as required.
- Restock supplies for bedside units.
- Observe changes in resident’s conditions and report observations to immediate supervisor.
- Provide physical assistance to residents in moving and getting positioned in bed; getting in and out of bed; transfer from bed to chair and back; walking; exercising; dressing and undressing, and all other activities of daily living.
- Encourage and assist with resident mobility.
- Record residents nursing care activities as directed.
- Use Hoyer lifts or other similar equipment for transfer of residents.
- Measure and record height and weight of residents.
- Assist with reality orientation program and other similar programs.
- Care and cleaning of wheelchairs.
- Distribute linen and/or residents clothing to residents room.
- Dispose of soiled linen, Tena Products, and resident’s personal clothing into proper containers.
- Assist in the transportation and lifting of heavy residents.
- Demonstrate proper use of resident restraints.
- Assist residents with prosthesis and mechanical aids.
- Maintain good public relations with residents, resident’s families and the community.
- Maintain a good working relationship with other employees.

**SPECIAL DUTIES AND/OR RESPONSIBILITIES**
- Participate as a team player in coordinating care plans for the resident.
- Participate in B.I.F. program for proper utilization of transfers and lifts for resident.
- Participate in Nursing Home Committees as directed.
- To provide input into projects that requires team work and coordination of all departments.
- May assist in the orientation of new employees
- Attend all in-services lectures, discussions or meetings as directed.
- May operate and clean nursing equipment.
- Participate in current training program to work on specialized units.

** May include other related duties as required.**

**QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE**
- High School graduation or equivalent, plus an additional course in Personal Support

Worker or Health Care Aid Course or equivalency.
- Decision making - uses discretion in solutions to issues or problems selected on how to best provide resident care or services. i.e. individual or group activity
- Ability to work effectively and efficiently in all job duties and responsibilities.
- Must demonstrate a high degree of initiative and confidentiality.
- Supervisory skills - perform some of the normal supervisory responsibilities
- Physically able to perform all assigned duties
- Neat and clean in appearance
- Good previous work record
- Energetic personality that shares a passion for seniors

**Hours of Work - **Days, evenings, nights, weekends

**Wage - **As per the collective agreement

**Job Type**: Part-time
Part-time hours: 20-40 per week

**Salary**: $21.74-$23.41 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Discounted or free food
- Employee assistance program
- Extended health care
- Life insurance
- On-site gym
- On-site parking
- Vision care
- Wellness program

Flexible Language Requirement:

- French not required

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Evening shift
- Morning shift
- Night shift
- On call
- Overtime

Supplemental pay types:

- Overtime pay

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Mill Cove, NB E4C 3E3: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

**Education**:

- Secondary School (required)

**Experience**:

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