Summary of Position: Resident Care Volunteers must have a general understanding and acceptance of comfort care philosophy as they will be responsible for assisting to implement the end-of-life care plan and treatment of residents as established by the Executive Director, Manager of Resident Services and Hospice. They will also assist with providing support to the residents and their families.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
Includes the following and any other possible job-related duties requested by supervisor authorized to give instructions or assignments.
· Resident Care Volunteers typically cover one 4-hour shift Monday through Sunday, ranging from 7am-11am, 11am-3pm, 3pm-7pm or 7pm-11pm.
· Must abide by all Matthew House policies and procedures including all health & safety protocol currently in place.
· Responsible for taking required time to read and comprehend all resident care plan documentation throughout their assigned shift.
· Personal care of the residents including bathing, dressing, oral care, and linen changes.
· Assist with toileting (either incontinence care or bedpan, urinal, commode, transferring to the bathroom, emptying catheter, etc.)
· Provide nourishment & meal prep according to the resident care plan.
· Medication administration according to the established care plan (including suppositories, breathing treatments, narcotics & morphine.)
· Must be able to accurately complete resident care documentation including the medication log sheets and resident blue daily log.
· Helps to maintain the clean and hazard free environment at Matthew House.
· Responsible for the completion of all required in-services and training updates.
· Will welcome and sign-in visitors according to Matthew House protocol.
· May assist with answering the phone and taking messages as needed.
Physical Demands and Work Environment:
- The physical demands include the ability to care for residents with limited mobility. Ability to exert up to twenty pounds of force frequently and/or move up to thirty pounds occasionally. Will be provided training on proper body mechanics.
- Close mental and visual attention required to perform work dealing primarily with extensive reading, preparing documentation, administering medications and direct care/oversights of residents.
- While performing the duties of this position, the volunteer is regularly required to sit for extended periods of time, stand, walk, maneuver stairs, talk, hear, reach, use hands to finger grasp, handle, or feel and perform repetitive motions of hands and/or wrists.
- Duties are performed in a comfort care home environment where the worker is exposed to low to moderate noise level. They may include handling garbage, soiled linens, bodily fluids, strong unpleasant odors, etc.
Qualifications:
· Must be over the age of 18 and be able to work as part of a team.
· Minimum High School Diploma or higher education required.
· This position requires satisfactory completion of a criminal background check.
· Resident Care Volunteers must complete the lengthy training process which includes hands-on shadowing with experienced staff/volunteers and a caregiving check list completion with either the Executive Director or the Manager of Resident Services to ensure a complete understanding of their role.
