Resident Assistant

Essential Duties: 1. Provides assistance to residents with all activities of daily living in a manner that is conducive to and supportive of resident and employee safety and infection control practices, and of residents’ rights. 2. Perform medication administration with accuracy and correctly document administration of medications. Ordering and inventory of medications as directed. 3. Answers request for assistance promptly and follows up with resident needs, and/or reports problems encountered to the Delegating Nursing or Assisted Living Manager (ALM). 4. Assures resident room is prepared to receive new resident, including, but not limited to making bed, appropriate personal items available, etc. 5. Assures resident bed linens are changed as necessary, and that residents’ personal belongings are cared for. 6. Promptly retrieves and stores residents’ laundered clothing, assuring closets, bedside tables and dressers are maintained in a neat and sanitary manner.