Springfield jobs in senior homes and assisted living facilities

Job Summary:

Employee certified to administer medications, in accordance with state and federal laws, under the supervision of licensed staff to residents within Americare skilled or assisted living facilities. Provide residents with direct care to assure quality of life in a home like environment while offering additional support to family and visitors. Maintains professional behavior while functioning as an interdisciplinary team member meeting state and federal guidelines.

Supervision:

Administers medication under the supervision of licensed nurse. In some situations may be required to supervise other staff or work independently.

Critical Functions:

Administers prescribed medications to residents and maintains related medical records under supervision of licensed nurse. Verifies identity of resident receiving medication and records name of drug and dosage and time of administration on specified forms or records such as MAR. Presents medication to resident and observes ingestion or other application, or administers medication, using specified procedures. Takes vital signs or observes resident to detect response to specified types of medications and prepares report or notified designated personnel of unexpected reactions.

Documents reasons prescribed drugs are not administered. Gives direct patient care, such as bathing, dressing and feeding of residents and assisting with prescribed treatments. May receive supply of ordered medications and apportion, mix or assemble drugs for administrator to resident. May record and restock medication inventories.

Job Summary:

Provides prescribed medical treatment and personal care services to ill, injured, convalescent, and handicapped persons in the long term care or assisted living setting. Takes and records resident vital signs. Dresses wounds, gives enemas, douches, alcohol rubs, and massages. Applies compresses, ice bags, and hot water bottles. Observes resident and reports adverse reactions to medication or treatment to medical personnel in charge. Administers specified medication, orally or by subcutaneous or intermuscular injection, and notes time and amount on resident chart. Assembles and uses such equipment as catheters, tracheotomy tubes, and oxygen suppliers. Collects samples, such as urine, blood, and sputum, from residents for testing and performs routine laboratory tests on samples.

Sterilizes equipment and supplies, using germicides, sterilizer, or autoclave. Prepares or examines food trays for prescribed diet and feeds residents. Records food and fluid intake and output. Bathes, dresses, and assist residents in walking and turning. Cleans rooms, makes beds, and answers resident call lights. Washes and dresses bodies of deceased persons. Must pass state board examination and be licensed. May inventory and requisition supplies. Documentation capability with accuracy and understanding of facility, state and federal regulations and policies and procedures. May start and monitor IV’s with appropriate accreditation and licensure.

Critical Functions:

Render or assign resident care according to the needs of the residents under the direction of the supervisor and or director of nursing. Maintain a home like, person centered care environment for all residents. Effectively supervise all staff responsible for resident care. As an interdisciplinary team member and supervising others to meet the physical, psychological, and social needs of the resident.

Job Summary:

Cleaning procedures to assure orderly attractive rooms in facility. Review schedule and communicate with co-workers as to individual assignments. Perform cleaning assignments for conformance to prescribed standards of cleanliness. Advises supervisor of completed assignments. May inventory stock or supplies to ensure adequate supplies. May investigate complaints regarding housekeeping service and equipment, and takes corrective action. Examines rooms, halls, and lobbies and all common areas to determine need for repairs or replacement of items and communicates to manager. Report any equipment malfunction or need of repairs to supervisor. Attend in-service training per facility requirement. Document regarding concerning work assignments, periodic reports and time card. Attend periodic staff meetings with other departments to discuss company policies, complaints and make recommendations to improve service and ensure more efficient operation.

Critical Functions:

Full or part time. Responsible for following cleaning procedures and schedule to assure facility is clean, neat and orderly while following policies and procedures and OSHA requirements. Use personal protective equipment on daily basis per policy and become familiar with lock out tag out procedures. Open communication with supervisor related to condition of building, resident or family complaints and any need for repairs. Assist in keeping cleanliness and order of facility to meet state and federal and ASI standards.

Job Summary:

Employee to care for physical and emotional needs of residents in an Americare skilled or assisted living facility. Employee provides residents with direct care to assure quality of life in a home like environment while offering additional support to family and visitors. Maintains professional behavior while functioning as an interdisciplinary team member meeting state and federal guidelines.

Critical Functions:

Administers personal care to residents and maintains resident’s medical record. Employee responds to a variety of resident needs including answering call lights, bathing, dressing, personal hygiene, monitoring and recording vital signs, monitoring and recording food intake and output, transporting via wheel chair, assisting with ambulation in a safe manner. Included is general housekeeping such as changing linens and room organization. Position includes turning, repositioning and providing proper body alignment to prevent pressure sores and to aide in comfort of resident. Employee is to assist and support professional nurses as requested. Responsible to assist resident in obtaining quality of life in a safe living environment and be supportive to resident’s family members while projecting professional behavior.

Job Summary:

Employee certified to care for physical and emotional needs of residents in an Americare skilled or assisted living facility. Employee provides residents with direct care to assure quality of life in a home like environment while offering additional support to family and visitors. Maintains professional behavior while functioning as an interdisciplinary team member meeting state and federal guidelines.

Supervision:

Under supervision of facility Administrator and / or Director of Nursing. Unless specifically noted does not supervise others.

Critical Functions:

Administers personal care to residents and maintains resident’s medical record. Employee responds to a variety of resident needs including answering call lights, bathing, dressing, personal hygiene, monitoring and recording vital signs, monitoring and recording food intake and output, transporting via wheel chair, assisting with ambulation in a safe manner. Included is general housekeeping such as changing linens and room organization. Position includes turning, repositioning and providing proper body alignment to prevent pressure sores and to aide in comfort of resident. Employee is to assist and support professional nurses as requested. Responsible to assist resident in obtaining quality of life in a safe living environment and be supportive to resident’s family members while projecting professional behavior.

Job Summary:

Employee certified to care for physical and emotional needs of residents in an Americare skilled or assisted living facility. Employee provides residents with direct care to assure quality of life in a home like environment while offering additional support to family and visitors. Maintains professional behavior while functioning as an interdisciplinary team member meeting state and federal guidelines.

Supervision:

Under supervision of facility Administrator and / or Director of Nursing. Unless specifically noted does not supervise others.

Critical Functions:

Administers personal care to residents and maintains resident’s medical record. Employee responds to a variety of resident needs including answering call lights, bathing, dressing, personal hygiene, monitoring and recording vital signs, monitoring and recording food intake and output, transporting via wheel chair, assisting with ambulation in a safe manner. Included is general housekeeping such as changing linens and room organization. Position includes turning, repositioning and providing proper body alignment to prevent pressure sores and to aide in comfort of resident. Employee is to assist and support professional nurses as requested. Responsible to assist resident in obtaining quality of life in a safe living environment and be supportive to resident’s family members while projecting professional behavior.

Job Summary:

Employee certified to administer medications, in accordance with state and federal laws, under the supervision of licensed staff to residents within Americare skilled or assisted living facilities. Provide residents with direct care to assure quality of life in a home like environment while offering additional support to family and visitors. Maintains professional behavior while functioning as an interdisciplinary team member meeting state and federal guidelines.

Supervision:

Administers medication under the supervision of licensed nurse. In some situations may be required to supervise other staff or work independently.

Critical Functions:

Administers prescribed medications to residents and maintains related medical records under supervision of licensed nurse. Verifies identity of resident receiving medication and records name of drug and dosage and time of administration on specified forms or records such as MAR. Presents medication to resident and observes ingestion or other application, or administers medication, using specified procedures. Takes vital signs or observes resident to detect response to specified types of medications and prepares report or notified designated personnel of unexpected reactions.

Documents reasons prescribed drugs are not administered. Gives direct patient care, such as bathing, dressing and feeding of residents and assisting with prescribed treatments. May receive supply of ordered medications and apportion, mix or assemble drugs for administrator to resident. May record and restock medication inventories.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following:

• Holiday Touch – Must demonstrate the ability to support, practice, and deliver the “Holiday Touch” 100 percent of the time through the practice of high standards of ethics and personal accountability.

• Lead Generation

  • Generate, cultivate, and maintain external referral relationships with local professional groups and healthcare organizations. Increase awareness, reputation, and knowledge of the community with key decision makers. Attain commitments to refer prospective residents from local referral sources.

  • Leader locally of the customer relationship management system. Work with the Holiday Marketing team to develop and convert leads from referral and professional lead generation sources, such as A Place for Mom, to confirmed move-ins. Reviewing all potential leads, following up on leads, and updating the system.

  • Inviting prospective residents, their families, and friends to tour the community and experience the “Holiday Touch”. Making outbound sales calls to prospective residents via cold calling, in person presentations, and attending local functions in the surrounding community.

  • Manage and conduct successful on and off-site special events and activities to drive on site tours, awareness, and education on benefits of the community

  • Assist in maintaining sales and marketing collateral.

  • Develop and manage internal referral programs with residents. Develop leads from new/current residents, potential residents, and family member. Assist incoming residents with transition and move into the property.

  • Creating awareness of the community and benefits via advertising. Place ads, work with marketing on advertising campaigns, and drive new leads, tours, and attendance at events.

• Lead Conversion

  • Meet with potential residents or family members (on site or in their home) to review the benefits of living in the community.

  • Visiting potential residents in their homes to follow up on information gathered during tour, events, and/or phone conversations. Showing the Holiday Touch in person.

  • Convert leads to tours and tours to contracts through education of potential residents and family members of the benefits of living in the community. Explain Rental Agreement (i.e. rent, fees, etc.) to ensure a clear understanding of resident commitments.

  • Negotiate incentives and terms of Rental Agreement with prospective residents. Secure and complete each lease within the parameters of Holiday Retirement’s values and expectations.

• Training – Successful completion of comprehensive classroom training to learn Holiday Retirement’s culture, the senior housing industry, and our localized grass roots approach to sales and marketing.

• Competition – Conduct strategic market and demographic analysis within the area to understand current market position. Update internal systems and reports to improve pricing structure.

• Float – May need to support one or more communities in a local area. Travel between communities.

Additional Duties and Responsibilities:

• Familiarize and abide by all the expectations and standards outlined in the Employee Handbook.

• Perform all work assigned for the agreed upon monthly wage accepting no additional payment or non-perishable gifts from residents, vendors, facility management or others.

• Meet the assigned work requirements of the job. Regular attendance is required.

• Keep all business and operations information confidential.

• Work with Associates at various skill levels in a team environment.

• Effectively communicate with Holiday Retirement’s Associates and clients.

• Perform other duties as assigned.

Working Conditions

• Normal office working environment when at a Holiday Community

• Frequently travels by car, visiting leads, family members, connecting with community resources to generate leads, etc.

• Ability to work evenings, weekends and flexible hours.

• Ability to travel during the day and overnight as needed.

• Must use own vehicle for travel within designated community. Must maintain a valid driver’s license and automobile insurance coverage in limits that meets or exceeds Company standards.

Physical Demands:

• Continuous walking and standing.

• Ability to sit in car periodically throughout the day