Ensures residents receive care in accordance with their individualized care plan and resident choice.

To carry out this essential function, the Care Attendant:

• Assists residents with all activities of daily living.
• Provides care that maintains each resident at the highest possible level of functioning.
• Lifts, moves, and transports residents using proper body mechanics or lifting devices.
• Answers call lights in a timely manner.
• Maintains supply and stock of all materials to meet resident needs in the household.
• Follows standard precautions, proper infection control, sanitation and safety standards of practice in all work and activities.

Assist with medications, treatments and care to residents.

To carry out this essential function, the Care Attendant role:

• Administers and documents medications and treatments within scope of practice and according to doctor orders. Organizes all supplies necessary to complete the tasks.
• Follows standard precautions, proper infection control, and sanitation and safety standards of practice.

Maintains a safe, neat, and clean environment.

To carry out this essential function, the Care Attendant:

• Cleans and sanitizes resident rooms and bathrooms.
• Changes bed linens and does laundry.
• Maintains clean spaces in the household, including common spaces such as the kitchen, hallways, living room, bathrooms, and spa.
• Assists resident as needed with personal laundry (wash, iron, fold, sort).
• Performs all job responsibilities in accordance with prescribed safety and infection control procedures, including thorough hand washing, use of disposable gloves where indicated, and proper disposal of soiled materials.

Promotes positive relationships with residents, family members, and coworkers.

To carry out this essential function, the Care Attendant:

• Observes residents closely, identifying changing needs and conditions at first indication, and reports immediately to nursing or neighborhood leadership, as appropriate.
• Works with all team members, led by resident preference to meet the needs and desires of all residents.
• Maintains the comfort, privacy, and dignity of the residents.
• Interacts with residents in a manner that displays warmth and promotes a caring environment.

Summary of education, training, experience, and/or certification/license needed in the role:

• Must be at least 18 years old.

• Required to be active on MN Nursing Assistant Registry, and in good standing.

• Completion of an accredited course in Medication Administration for non-Licensed Personnel preferred.

• Follows/adheres to organizational policies and guidelines, including attendance.

• Able to do basic math.

• Able to read, write, spell, speak, and understand English.

At Samaritan Bethany, our mission and values are inspired by the belief that we were sent to serve. The Care Attendant contributes to the mission by providing individual-directed care to the residents. Care provided is intended to meet the residents’ daily needs and enable them to function at the highest possible level. While this care is provided under the leadership of a professional nurse, the Care Attendant is a Certified Nursing Assistant and is the residents’ closest advocate. The Care Attendant promotes the residents’ psychosocial well-being through meaningful relationship building, and works with the team to meet other social service needs of the resident, always providing support, friendship and kindness.

Our Care Attendants are the backbone of Samaritan Bethany and are treated as such!