Care Assistant FT Days East

Company: Mercy Medical Center Clinton
Location: Southfield
Posted on: January 15, 2020

Job Description:

Department:TC224_49001 Assisted LivingExpected Weekly Hours:33.75Shift:Day ShiftPosition Purpose:Under the direction of the Assisted Living Director/ Designee, in cooperation and collaboration with the AssistedLiving Team, the Care Assistant will provide routine daily nursing care and services in accordance with the residentsassessment and care plan, and as may be directed by your supervisor. As directed by the Assisted Living Director, theCare Assistant will proactively identify, develop and execute solutions to enhance the resident living experienceJob Description Details:Execute assignments in a culture that is shared and collaborative across all divisions within TSLC.

• Answer resident calls promptly to determine needs and help when possible.
• Follow work assignments, and/or work schedules in completing and performing your assigned tasks.
• Clean equipment, closets, drawers, beds and other resident living spaces as needed
• Check residents routinely to ensure that their safe and that their personal needs are met
• Assist in the dining process, serving residents their meals. Report changes in the residents eating habits to theUnit Manager. As well as performing after meal care removing trays, cleaning residents hands, faces and clothing.
• Transport residents when needed to meals, activities etc.
• Develop and maintain a good working rapport with other departments within the community to assure that dailyactivities can be performed without interruptions.
• Ensure safety in a home environment. Report all hazardous conditions and equipment to the Supervisor. Followestablished safety precautions in the performance of all duties.
• Ensure that all nursing care is provided privately.
• Attend and participate in scheduled training, in-service training, mandatory annual in-service training andeducational classes as required/needed.
• Enters information and documentation (see #13) from Clinical Support Specialist.
• Report occupational exposures to blood, body fluids, infectious materials, and hazardous chemicals in accordancewith the community policies and procedures.Trinity Health's Commitment to Diversity and InclusionTrinity Health employs about 133,000 colleagues at dozens of hospitals and hundreds of health centers in 22 states. Because we serve diverse populations, our colleagues are trained to recognize the cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and to apply that knowledge to produce positive health outcomes. We also recognize that each of us has a different way of thinking and perceiving our world and that these differences often lead to innovative solutions.Trinity Health's dedication to diversity includes a unified workforce (through training and education, recruitment, retention and development), commitment and accountability, communication, community partnerships, and supplier diversity.Trinity Health is one of the largest multi-institutional Catholic health care delivery systems in the nation, serving diverse communities that include more than 30 million people across 22 states. Trinity Health includes 94 hospitals, as well as 109 continuing care locations that include PACE programs, senior living facilities, and home care and hospice services. Its continuing care programs provide nearly 2.5 million visits annually.Based in Livonia, Mich., and with annual operating revenues of $17.6 billion and assets of $24.7 billion, the organization returns $1.1 billion to its communities annually in the form of charity care and other community benefit programs. Trinity Health employs about 133,000 colleagues, including 7,800 employed physicians and clinicians.Committed to those who are poor and underserved in its communities, Trinity Health is known for its focus on the country's aging population. As a single, unified ministry, the organization is the innovator of Senior Emergency Departments, the largest not-for-profit provider of home health care services ranked by number of visits in the nation, as well as the nations leading provider of PACE (Program of All Inclusive Care for the Elderly) based on the number of available programs. For more information, visit www.trinity-health.org at http://www.trinity-health.org/ . You can also follow @TrinityHealthMI on Twitter.

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