Department: Retirement Living

Responsible To: Manager, Retirement Living

Hours of Work: 80 hours bi-weekly

Effective: Immediately

Qualifications:

• High School / GED completion
• Continuing Care Assistant (CCA) Course or equivalent, or currently enrolled under Entry to Practice
• Current CPR & Emergency First Aid Certification
• Medication Awareness Course
• Safe Food Handling Course
• Ability to work a variety of shifts including weekends and holidays
• Ability to maintain regular and consistent attendance
• Hospitality/Customer Service training/experience (preferred)
• Previous experience in working with seniors in long-term care and/ or senior living environments (preferred)
• Ability to work shifts of days, including holidays.
• Must maintain regular and consistent attendance in accordance with the Northwood standard

Responsibilities:

• Welcomes and helps new clients settle into their new home
• Assists with client's personal needs according to their daily service plan(s)
• Plans and organizes daily work assignments; prioritizes the specific needs of the clients
• Develops an awareness of the specific desires of each client
• Provides social, spiritual, restorative, and intellectual activities for clients
• Liaises with and participates in family meetings as needed
• Provides support for daily living activities based on client needs
• Follows medication pass procedures according to the established practice guidelines
• Provides full dining room service for all meals including meal preparation, portioning, service, dining room set up, and clean up
• Completes daily housekeeping functions for clients and the common areas according to the service plan including light housekeeping, and personal laundry
• Completes required documentation of work
• Communicates with the Supervisor of Assisted Living or manager throughout the shift to ensure continuity of service for clients
• Reports areas and equipment in need of repair
• Participates in the client and employee incident reporting and investigation process as required

Salary: As per the Northwood scale

Applications:

Completed internal application forms must be submitted online through the Northwood Hub. A current resume is required for those applicants applying outside the department.