Restorative Aide

Restorative Aide

We are Regency Albany, a skilled nursing community located in the heart of the Willamette Valley. We are looking for caring & compassionate resident-minded individuals to join our team.

Provides resident care support under the direction of a licensed therapist. Assists residents to participate in tasks to restore, reinforce, and enhance their performance. A restorative aide's duties and responsibilities include assisting patients with transfers, walking, strength training, and range of motion exercises, documenting service and changes in the patient's conditions, assisting patients with dressing or grooming, applying and monitoring splinting, and helping with amputation and prosthesis care.

• Responsible for carrying out individual restorative programs designed by the Physical Therapist, Occupational Therapist or Speech Pathologist.
• Communicates observations of residents' conditions, preventing residents' neglect, abuse, and violations of rights and privacy, and promoting continuity of care through accurate and timely documentation and reporting.
• Sanitization of whirlpools, tubs, and showers when used in restorative therapy, and assisting residents with ambulation and transfer as needed.
• Perform restorative care treatments.
• Encourage residents to perform or participate in daily ADL functions.
• Demonstrate to residents and staff, as necessary, the procedures involved in the treatment process.
• Recommend modifications and changes in the resident's restorative care as indicated.
• Instruct and supervise resident during therapy.
• A brief resident of procedures involved in restorative care and prepare the necessary equipment.
• Prepare resident for treatment by dress/position and administer restorative care in accordance with established policies and procedures.
• Reassure resident before and during therapy treatment.
• Assure that all restorative care notes are informative and descriptive of the treatment provided and of the resident's response to the care.
• Ambulate residents in accordance with the resident's plan of care.
• Provide a range of motion (ROM) in accordance with the resident's plan of care.

Position Requirements:

• A high school diploma or equivalent.
• Must hold current CNA Certification in State employed.
• A minimum of three months' prior Nursing Assistant experience in long-term care is preferred.
• Current First Aid and CPR
• To protect the health and safety of our residents and staff and in order to comply with government mandates, we require our employees to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19. Accommodations/exemptions may be available for medical and sincerely held religious beliefs.

An Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO)