Resident Assistant

Job Description

Job Description

2525 Pot Spring Road • Timonium, MD 21093

Mercy Ridge is looking to hire an overnight Resident Assistant for our Assisted Living Program. This position does require a Certified Nursing License (CNA) I or II. This is a full-time non-exempt position, which may include overtime. Under the direct supervision of the Resident Care Manager/Delegating Nurse Manager and/or Administrator of Assisted Living, the incumbent is responsible for providing direct care to residents to enhance the lives of each resident in the Assisted Living environment.

Schedule: weekdays and every other weekend 11pm – 7am

Essential Functions:

• Performs direct and indirect care to resident to include activities of daily living: Bathing, feeding, toileting, performing grooming activities, oral hygiene, cleaning all body areas as needed and denture care

• Monitors and assists as appropriate in dining room during meal times
• Ensures that the residents laundry is clean and maintained
• Light housekeeping duties in residents rooms
• Transferring and positioning residents in chairs, beds, wheelchairs, turning and changing position of residents, and lifting resident with assistance
• Performing active range of motion with the Residents
• Making occupied and unoccupied beds 
• Weighing residents, taking vital signs, practicing universal precautions
• Documents care in electronic medical record

Full Time Benefits:

• Health & Dental (single and family coverage)
• FSA- Flexible Spending Account
• Group Term Life Insurance paid by Mercy Ridge
• 401(k) plan with company match (must be 21 years or older and employed 6 months to participate)
• AFLAC options for Voluntary benefits such as Short-Term Disability
• Legal Resources
• Long Term Care with Life Insurance Rider
• PTO time – this includes sick (MHWFA), vacation and personal time
• Holiday Pay – Six observed Holidays. In addition, birthday holiday and one multicultural holiday in a calendar year.
• Tuition Reimbursement, wellness credit, employee referral incentive
• Employee Assistance Program
• One complimentary meal provided during shift (valued at $15)
• Employee Recognition Incentive Program & Appreciation events: birthday movie tickets, turkey at thanksgiving

Our Hospitality Culture

Mercy Ridge fully embraces our Hospitality Promises — a set of commitments that define how we interact with residents, families, co-workers, and guests.

• We greet you warmly, by name and with a smile.
• We treat everyone with courteous respect.
• We anticipate your needs and act accordingly.
• We listen and respond enthusiastically in a timely manner.
• We hold ourselves and one another accountable.
• We make you feel important.
• We embrace and value our differences.
• We ask, “Is there anything else I can do for you?”
• We maintain high levels of professionalism, both in conduct and appearance, at all times.
• We pay attention to details.

A background check, E-Verify, physical, and drug screen are required for employment.

Please note Mercy Ridge is not located on a public bus line.

Mercy Ridge is an Equal Opportunity Employer