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Duties and Responsibilities Patient Care Answers call lights to determine resident needs Obtains and records vital signs. Provides personal hygiene care including peri-care and bathing activities Assists residents with activities of daily living, as necessary Lifts, transfers, repositions, and escorts residents Assists residents with ambulation and other body movements Feeds residents as required Implements individualized resident care in accordance with standards of practice and resident plan of care Reports changes in resident condition to licensed nursing staff or other facility staff as appropriate Maintains a safe and sanitary resident-care environment Consults with other staff, as needed, to determine appropriate interventions Documentation: Observes, reports, and records resident activities and behaviors Miscellaneous: Instructs residents regarding safe transferring skills and other activities of daily living. Orients new employees, students and volunteers. Provides input into facility operations, policies, and procedures Participates on facility committees, as appropriate. Transports residents to and from facility, as needed. Notifies assigned staff and retrieves residents scheduled for bathing/showering Ensures bathing process does not interfere with resident activities, therapy, meals, or rest periods Bathes/showers residents in accordance with standards of care and resident preferences Shampoos hair, shaves facial hair, trim nails on non-diabetic residents, and provides other personal cares as appropriate Develops and/or provides input into the development of the unit's bathing schedule Maintains current resident bathing schedule Maintain daily bathing record and skin assessment information Documents bathing activities on each resident's flow sheet, including rational for refusal, as necessary Notifies nurse assigned to resident immediately upon discovery of skin wounds, bruises, scraps or skin tears, rashes or other problems Notifies nurse regarding unfinished baths, residents in need of PM or weekend bath, etc. Performs other duties as deemed necessary Physical Requirements Endurance (requiring cardiovascular fitness) for frequent standing, walking, bending, stooping, pushing/pulling objects on rollers/wheels, moving objects horizontally (left to right) and vertically (up and down) frequently up to 20lbs. Occasionally up to 30 lbs, rarely up to 50 lbs. Occasional sitting, kneeling, squatting, twisting/turning from waist, reaching above shoulder level. Ability to maintain a stable posture and gait with hands free to perform anticipated (or routine) and emergent patient care. Frequent handling (holding grasping, working with hands) and fine finger manipulation (pinching, picking, working with fingers). Senses needed to perform essential functions of the position: Frequent need to hear and talk in quiet/noisy surroundings and over the phone. Vision for near/far acuity, depth perception, color vision. Touch for feeling (size, shape, temperature, texture by finger receptors). Smell to determine hot/burning equipment.