Resident Assistant

Job Description

Cedarhurst of Des Peres, a regional healthcare provider and true friend of older adults, seeks a service-minded, career-oriented individual to join our team as a Resident Assistant at our Cedarhurst of Des Peres community. As a Resident Assistant, you will assist and provide direction to residents with personal care needs which enable the resident to maintain good personal hygiene, to carry out activities of daily living, to maintain good health, and to participate in the activities of the community. Key responsibilities include assisting residents with personal care needs such as grooming, hygiene, and dressing, answering signal lights and intercoms to determine resident needs, taking and recording vital signs and intake/output, transporting and assisting residents with mobility, changing bed linens, assisting with meals, encouraging participation in activities, listening to resident concerns and reporting to the care team, promoting physical and emotional wellbeing, understanding advance directives, ensuring effective communication with families, working collaboratively with others, and occasionally standing, communicating, climbing, stooping, and lifting up to 50 pounds independently or 200 pounds with assistance.