Resident Assistant

Job Details Description

The Dominion Difference

Are you ready to join a dynamic team driven by a shared mission to make a positive impact in the lives of seniors while upholding our faith-based values? At Dominion Senior Living, we're not just offering a job – we're offering an opportunity to be part of something deeply fulfilling. Our innovative culture-first approach ensures you'll thrive in a nurturing and collaborative workspace. As a valued member of our team, you'll play a pivotal role in delivering heartfelt care that truly matters to seniors. Our unwavering commitment to creating an atmosphere of respect, dignity, and meaningful interaction forms the very essence of our company culture. Join us in embracing a purpose-driven journey that celebrates both your professional growth and the joy of serving seniors wholeheartedly.

Why Join Dominion Senior Living:

• Meaningful Impact:  As a Resident Assistant, you will have the opportunity to make a profound and lasting impact on the lives of our residents. Your dedication will contribute to enhancing their overall quality of life.
• Supportive Community:  You will be part of a close-knit and supportive community of like-minded professionals who share a passion for senior citizens. We foster a collaborative and inclusive environment where your insights and ideas are valued.
• Competitive pay and Benefits:  Time and a Half on Holidays, Direct Deposit, and more 
• Personal Growth:  We are committed to your personal and professional growth. Through continuous learning, training, and development opportunities, you will expand your skills and expertise in memory care and senior care, plus you can earn a $1 more per hour within your first year through our Pathways Program
• Positive Work Environment:  Dominion Senior Living offers a positive and uplifting work environment that celebrates the successes, milestones, and contributions of both residents and team members. We believe in recognizing and appreciating the efforts of our dedicated team members.
• Fun and Friendships: We know how to have a good time We host events, celebrations, and activities that bring our team together and create everlasting friendships
• Work-Life Balance: We understand that life happens outside of work. We offer flexible scheduling options to help you maintain a healthy work-life balance.

What You’ll Do:

• Personal Care Assistance: Provide assistance with residents’ activities of daily living, including bathing, dressing, grooming, and toileting, while ensuring their comfort, privacy, and dignity.
• Safety and Security: Monitor resident for any signs of distress, illness, or emergencies. Follow safety protocols, including fall prevention measures, and respond appropriately to incidents.
• Documentation: Maintain accurate and up-to-date records of resident care, including changes in condition, medication administration, and daily care activities.
• Communication: Collaborate effectively with the nursing team, caregivers, and other staff members to ensure seamless communication about residents’ needs, concerns, and updates.
• Resident Engagement: Plan and participate in recreational activities, exercise programs, and social events to encourage residents’ physical and emotional well-being. Tailor activities to residents’ interests.
• Maintain Residents Privacy: Respect and protect residents’ privacy and confidentiality at all times, adhering to HIPAA regulations and facility policies.   

What You Bring:

• High School Diploma or Equivalent: A high school diploma or GED is usually the minimum educational requirement.
• People Skills: Friendly, patient, and a good listener-you’ve got to be great with people. Our residents are like family, and we treat them that way.
• Team Player: We’re all about teamwork here. You’ll be working alongside our awesome nursing team and other team members, so being a team player is a must.
• Attention to Detail: Making sure our residents are comfortable and safe means being detail oriented. The little things matter.    

  Working Conditions: The Resident Assistant will primarily work within the assisted living unit of the facility. This role involves a combination of hands-on work, exposure to diverse needs, and interaction with residents, families, and staff. 

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a team member to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the team member regularly stands, bends, talks, hears, walks, sits, climbs stairs, stoops, uses hands and fingers to touch, handle, and feel, reaches with hands and arms, lifts and/or moves items of up to 50 pounds. The team member occasionally lifts and transfers residents, using proper body mechanics, and physically assists residents transition to wheelchairs, beds, stretchers, stationary chairs, and vehicles as needed. Vision requirements include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. The team member must be able to smell the odor in order to ensure resident safety and quality care.

Call to  Action: If you’re passionate about making a meaningful difference in the lives of our residents, embracing a warm and supportive work culture, and growing both personally and professionally, then we want to hear from you

EEO Principles 

The Company is committed to the principles of equal employment opportunity as well as compliance with the law. It is our policy to provide equal employment opportunity and to make all employment-related decisions without regard to race, color, sex, age, marital status, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, citizenship status, disability, status as a disabled veteran or veteran of the Vietnam Era or any other legally protected status or characteristic in the state in which a team member is employed by the Company. This policy applies to recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, disciplinary action, termination, and all other personnel actions and conditions of employment.  

The Company’s personnel policies and actions seek to ensure that no discriminatory practice exists. The Company also makes its recruiting sources aware of this policy and will terminate relationships with any organization that refuses to subscribe to the same principles. By this policy, the Company wishes to ensure that all team members have the opportunity to maximize their contribution to the Company and to their own career goals. The intention behind this policy is to provide equal employment opportunities that will simultaneously serve the requirements of society, the law, sound business practices, and individual dignity.

Dominion Senior Living is proud to be a drug-free workplace. Employment with Dominion is contingent upon the successful passing of a pre-employment drug screen.

What does it mean to be a PRN Team Member at Dominion?  PRN Team Members

PRN Team Members work a limited number of hours and are scheduled on an “as needed” basis during peak workload times and when staffing and/or scheduling issues warrant PRN Team Members are not eligible for  company-provided  benefits or paid holidays.

PRN Team Members Shift Refusals   Not responding to five attempts to pick up a PRN shift will be deemed as an unwillingness to work and will be treated as a voluntary resignation without notice, unless there is sufficient evidence of an emergency that prevented communication.

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