Job Description
The role assists nursing staff in a healthcare facility by managing resident bedding, clothing, and meals to support daily living needs. Residents benefit from clean environments and timely services, improving comfort in long-term care settings. The approach labels belongings, distributes laundry, and transports residents using wheelchairs or walkers.
Teton Healthcare of Cascadia provides long-term care services through facilities requiring staff clearance via state background checks. It focuses on resident interaction and activity assistance for overall well-being.
Tasks include making beds, labeling clothing and completing inventories, distributing personal laundry, and passing meal trays with basic setup. Workers serve food in dining rooms and escort residents to activities or conferences. Interactions involve nursing staff, residents, and families. As front desk screener, temperatures are taken and CDC questions asked, cleaning thermometers afterward. A constraint is wearing PPE in infectious scenarios while maintaining compassion.
Compensation details not specified in source. The position is onsite at a facility with no travel mentioned. Shifts vary, potentially including evenings or weekends. Benefits include compliance with business conduct and infection control training.
Responsibilities
- Make residents' beds
- Label resident clothing and belongings, complete inventory lists
- Distribute personal and facility laundry
- Pass meal trays and offer basic tray setup
- Serve food and bus dishes in dining room
- Transport or escort residents within facility
- Assist residents with activity programming
- Take temperatures and ask screening questions at front desk
- Clean and sanitize screening devices
- Distribute personal protective equipment as needed
Requirements
- High school diploma or equivalent preferred
- Six months experience in long-term care or hospitality preferred
- Ability to communicate effectively
- Ability to learn infection control techniques
- Patient, compassionate, and polite attitude