Resident Assistant at Friendship Senior Options, NFP in Geneva, Illinois

Job Description:

Friendship Senior Options is currently hiring for full-time and part-time Resident Assistants at its GreenFields Geneva location.

As a Resident Assistant, you will make a difference in the lives of our residents by providing support according to their individualized services plans, which promote their physical and emotional well-being and encourages them to reach their highest level of independence. C.N.A. not required, but care giving experience preferred. Current CPR Card required.

Summary of Job Duties:

• Provide minimal to moderate assistance with daily living activities such as bathing, dressing, grooming, and incontinence care.


• Provide assistance with instrumental activities of daily living such as bed making laundry, and light housekeeping.


• Provide memory cues as needed.


• Perform safety checks regularly.


• Recognize and respond to changes in residents’ behavior, cognitive, physical functioning, level of participation, and interaction with others.


• Provide emergency services, including CPR, as needed.


• Communicate verbal and written information objectively and timely to management team, home health team, emergency response team, and other teams/departments at Greenfields.


• Document residents’ records clearly and legibly.


• Assist with the maintenance of assisted living records.


• Provide escort services at Greenfields, which may include wheelchair transportation.


• Participate in social and therapeutic activities on/off campus. Contribute to program design, which includes identifying activities that interest residents; setting up and conducting activities; and cleaning up after activity completion.  Provide reminders and encouragement to residents to participate.  


• Assist in the residents’ dining experience, which includes providing residents with reminders of meal times; escorting residents to/from the dining room; assisting residents in menu completion; serving food and beverages in the dining room; cutting meat; clearing away dishes after the meal; and providing tray delivery to resident apartments.


• Provide medication reminders, including required documentation for residents as scheduled.


• Orient new residents and families to assisted living.


• Attend staff meetings regularly.


• Collaborate with team members to assure that the residents are getting the best care at GreenFields.


• Assist with light housekeeping of resident rooms/apartments.


• Perform other duties as deemed necessary and appropriate, or as may be directed.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer

Licenses & Certifications

• CPR

• CNA

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