Resident Assistant

Resident Assistant

Cedarhurst, a regional healthcare provider and true friend of older adults, seeks a service-minded, career-oriented individual to join our team as a Resident Assistant at our Cedarhurst of Naperville community. This position requires morning or overnight availability.

As a Resident Assistant, you will assist and provide direction to residents with personal care needs which enable the resident to maintain good personal hygiene, to carry out activities of daily living, to maintain good health, and to participate in the activities of the community.

As a Resident Assistant you will impact the lives of our residents by :

• Assisting and providing direction to residents regarding their personal care needs, which include but are not limited to, grooming, hygiene, dressing, nutrition, etc.
• Answering signal lights, bells, or intercom system to determine residents needs using a proactive approach.
• Taking and recording temperature, blood pressure, pulse and respiration rates, and food and fluid intake and output, as directed.
• Transporting residents or assisting residents with walking along with turning or repositioning residents alone or with assistance.
• Changing bed linens, run errands, direct visitors, and answer telephone.
• Assisting with laundry and housekeeping duties.
• Assisting residents to and from dining room as needed and assists with meals.
• Encouraging and assisting residents to participate in activities.
• Listening to and understanding the problems of residents and reports observations immediately to the care team as needed.
• Promoting the physical, personal, and emotional wellbeing of each resident and striving to maintain the ultimate goal, which is to return the resident to their maximum level of self-care and independence, when possible.
• Understanding the resident's Advance Directives and follows their wishes.
• Ensuring effective communication is being utilized by community staff with the residents' families concerning residents' care, encompassing their physical, personal, and emotional wellbeing.

Working well with others and taking direction from management, as well as taking initiative with the capability to engage in conflict intervention and resolution for residents, families, employees, and others as needed.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand / move, communicate, and identify written information. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and lift and / or move up to 50 pounds independently; occasionally lift and / or move up to 200 pounds with assistance.

Other duties as assigned.

To become a Resident Assistant, you will need :

When considering a career with Cedarhurst, please understand that :

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, we will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities and encourages prospective employees and incumbents to discuss potential accommodations with the employer.