Assisted Living Aide

DiverseCare Opportunity

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Diversicare provides post-acute care services to patients and residents at 61 skilled nursing and long-term care centers in eight states, primarily in the Southeast, Midwest and Southwest United States. Together, with our team of dedicated healthcare professionals, we leverage our diverse strengths to provide each patient and resident with healthcare services that best meet their needs.

It is Diversicare's Mission to "Improve every life we touch by providing exceptional healthcare and exceeding expectations."

We are guided to excellence by five Core Values: Integrity, Excellence, Compassion, Teamwork and Stewardship, as well as 12 Service Standards.

We build on trust, respect, customer focus, compassion, diplomacy, appreciation and strong communication skills to shape the culture in our workplace. Diversicare team members play a critical role in fostering an environment of Service Excellence. Our Service Standards are in place to offer support. They lead us to what matters most to our company: creating a warm, caring, safe and professional environment for our customers and each other.

Our culture of impassioned service delivery is the Diversicare Difference.

Responsibilities

• May perform or assist the resident with completing dressing or other personal cares
• Responds to residents when needed to provide maximum comfort, safety and privacy.
• May assist residents by ambulation or by wheelchair to areas of center (dining room, lobby and activities).
• Serves meals and assists with preparing for eating as needed (opening packets, cutting food etc.)
• Reports any significant findings/observations
• Performs light housekeeping and laundry
• Follow proper infection control techniques.
• Respects the rights of each resident, particularly privacy and confidentiality.
• Participates in Continuous Quality Improvement and ensures follow-up occurs.
• Converses with resident and family; assists them on adjustment to center; handles complaints effectively and develops relationships necessary for resident's psychosocial needs to be met.
• Encourages adequate hydration and nutrition of resident; reports deviations from norm and reports changes
• May perform blood pressure, pulse, respirations weights accurately
• Follows safe working practices and reports any incidents promptly to Center Management
• Maintains effective communication with residents, families and center staff.
• Other duties as assigned by Center Management
• May assist residents participating or conduct group activity programs

Qualifications

• Past experience in providing personal care
• Verbal ability is required to communicate with residents and to understand instructions received from nursing staff.
• A preference for performing direct care services is a benefit.
• Able to perform a variety of activities characterized by change and short duration in caring for residents.
• Ability to read and write and accurately report.

Diversicare is committed to being an equal opportunity employer. Diversicare does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including gender identity), national origin, age, or disability, sexual orientation, citizenship, marital status, veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. (EOE)