Date Posted: 09/02/10

Closing Date: 09/10/10

Job Title: Care Specialist - The Commons

Job Description:

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Employee must have regular attendance/punctuality, be able to cooperate with others, and be completely honest. Other assigned duties include (All job duties may not be performed by all incumbents):

1. Fulfilling and promoting the Commons Pledge.
2. Understand and strictly follow all applicable Hilltop, Commons, and state and federal rules, regulations, policies, and procedures.
3. Maintain professional boundaries with all residents, all the while maintaining the dignity, confidentiality, services, and rights of every client.
4. Providing protective oversight of residents, to include assisting residents, maintaining a safe physical environment, redirecting and assisting disoriented or confused residents, applying and following house rules and honoring resident rights, appropriately reporting and assisting residents experiencing difficulties, and identifying and monitoring visitors to the facility.
5. Providing social supervision, including helping with transport and ambulation to events, assisting with communication of and attendance to social events, and assisting with general socialization.
6. Providing for the sanitation and safety of residents, including monitoring the safety of the living and common areas, removing and reporting any safety hazards, maintaining safety supplies, redirecting residents away from unsafe areas or situations, etc.
7. Administering medications per doctor’s orders and appropriately documenting medication administered.
8. Providing personal care to residents as directed by the specific care plan and appropriately documenting care given.
9. Doing laundry, including personal resident laundry, linens, towels, aprons, washcloths, and cleaning of laundry areas. Putting trash in trash receptacles, emptying trash receptacles as necessary.
10. Monitoring ambulation and assisting residents to and from meals.
11. Performing housekeeping duties to include but not limited to mopping, dusting, trash removal, linen change, stocking supplies, vacuuming, disinfecting, cleaning bathrooms, cleaning bedrooms, cleaning living room, cleaning wheel chairs and walkers, organization of apartment.
12. Answering radio, pager, and pendant requests for assistance.
13. Serving drinks and bussing tables as time allows.
14. Other duties as assigned.

Job Qualifications: High school diploma or general education degree (GED), or any combination of knowledge, skills and abilities that demonstrate an ability to effectively perform the job.

Hours: Full-Time - Day and Evening Shift available. Must be able to work some weekends.

Salary: $8.75 - $9.54 per hour (depending on experience)

Benefits: Health Insurance, Paid Time Off, Sick Leave, 401k Retirement, Flexible Spending Accounts, Free Life Insurance, Aflac Supplemental Insurances, Sabbatical Leave, Employee Assistance Program, Tuition Reimbursement, $500 Home Buying Assistance Benefit, Free Home Buyer Education Class, Auto & Home Insurance Discount Program, Health & Wellness Program, Corporate Discounts at Health Clubs, and more!

Must pass mandatory background check.