Caregiver General Job Description

Including but not limited to: (see attached day or night job description)

Resident Care – Bathing, dressing, personal care, oral care, ambulation assistance, incontinence care, feeding assistance, monitor vital signs

Meals – prepare, serve, clean, snacks, grocery list, encourage fluid intake

Housekeeping – follow cleaning schedule

Home maintenance – safety, any unsafe conditions will be reported to management immediately

Management – complete all paperwork in timely fashion including: charting, medication forms, time sheets, inventory forms, others.

Follow policy and procedures

Participate in all fire drills and evacuation drills

Participate in activities: assisting residents, notifying management of supplies needed

Attend mandatory in services/case management meetings/other meetings as required/requested

Maintain in service hours as required

As job description changes for any reason, the employee will be notified by writing.

Caregiver Day Shift Job Description

• Shift Change Report: beginning of shift
  • Count controlled medications
  • Take resident vital signs
  • Check each resident
  • Get medication key from outgoing caregiver

• Ongoing during the day:
  • Care for residents
  • Assist residents with medications and treatments as needed
  • Check vital signs as needed; contact DON with any abnormality
  • Do activities with residents each day
  • Warm and serve cooked food
    • Feed residents five times a day: 3 meals, 2 snacks
  • Dust and mop resident rooms, including window sills
  • Take out each room’s trash, including plastic bags; replace plastic bags
  • Check for any obstructions on any floor
  • Keep the refrigerator clean and organized
    • Monday, Wednesday, Friday: check for expired food, discard as needed
  • Change linen as needed, AND after each shower – minimum weekly
  • Put linen in laundry room, separated, for night shift
  • Put away groceries
  • Stock laundry room and all bathrooms
  • Clean front door as needed
  • Perform hourly rounds for residents
  • Contact DON with any change of condition of residents
  • By 6:00 to 6:15, open common area blinds, put relaxing music on main tv

End of shift:

• Empty trash again before shift change, replace plastic bags; take to big trash can, Do NOT leave for next shift

• Perform shift change report with incoming caregiver, hand over medication key

Caregiver Night Shift Job Description

• Shift Change Report:
  • Count controlled medications
  • Take resident vital signs
  • Check each resident
  • Get medication key from outgoing caregiver

8:00 to 4:00 am

• Assist residents with medications and treatments as needed
• Check vital signs as needed; contact DON if any abnormality
• Laundry, washed and folded – whites and colors separated
• Mop floors, all common areas; use cleaning products provided (bleach, Fabulosa)
• All trash emptied: kitchen, bathrooms, each resident room, including the plastic bags; Trash is to be taken to big trash can out back Tuesday and Thursday nights:  big trash can taken to street for pickup
• Bathrooms cleaned: floors, toilets, sinks, showers, countertops
• Dust living spaces, including all tables, furniture, shelves
• Clean and disinfect the kitchen bar and all countertops
• Wipe down all door jambs and kitchen cabinets
• Refill house supplies: med cart, tissue in rooms, folded paper towels in baths
• Sunday: clean out refrigerator, discard any expired food
• Perform hourly rounds for residents
• Care for residents as needed
• Contact Director of Nursing with any change of condition of residents

End of shift:

• Check for trash, replace plastic bags
• Take trash to big trash can as needed, do NOT leave for next caregiver
• Perform shift change with incoming caregiver