Medication Technician Starting at $16.00 per hour

Vineyard Assisted Living in Texas Corners, MI

The primary purpose of this important position is to assist residents with activities of daily living, foster independence and encourage participation in meaningful activities.  Resident Care Aide should be patient, flexible, and gentle, have a sense of humor and be able to have fun.

Responsibilities:

• Assists residents with personal care needs, i.e. bathing, dressing, ambulating, transferring, toileting, fall prevention, daily reminders, etc.
• Assists residents with participation in social activities
• Assists residents at time of admission and helps familiarize them to their new community 
• Demonstrates an attitude of positivity and cooperation toward residents, guests and teammates
• Utilizes infection control techniques in all aspects of resident care
• Observes residents and notes any changes in physical condition, attitude, reactions, appetite, etc., reporting to the Director of Resident Care or Shift Supervisor on duty
• Be alert to the needs of residents and ready to respond
• Have the ability to work with residents with mental impairments that exhibit sexual comments and profanity.
• Be exposed to bodily fluids from that of Residents.
• Communicates effectively with teammates and subsequent shifts
• Treats all resident information as confidential
• Attends required in-services and staff meetings as scheduled
•  Work longer than an 8 hour shift
• May be required to work overtime in an emergency situation or back up absent staff.  
• Works cooperatively with teammates on flexible scheduling aimed at preventing absenteeism and promoting continuity of care

Employees working as described will be required to be on their feet much of their shift, bending, stooping, turning and stretching.  They may need to perform some heavy lifting over 50 pounds. Assistive devices will be available as needed.

Opportunity for Medication Technician role is offered once the Director of Resident Care determines that performance as a Resident Care Aide is adequate. This can be as early as 2 weeks after beginning as a RCA. Requirements would consist of passing a fifty question test with 80% or higher passing rate.

Resident Care Aide Starting at $15.00 per hour

Vineyard Assisted Living in Texas Corners, MI

The primary purpose of this important position is to assist residents with activities of daily living, foster independence and encourage participation in meaningful activities.  Resident Care Aide should be patient, flexible, and gentle, have a sense of humor and be able to have fun.

Responsibilities:

• Assists residents with personal care needs, i.e. bathing, dressing, ambulating, transferring, toileting, fall prevention, daily reminders, etc.
• Assists residents with participation in social activities
• Assists residents at time of admission and helps familiarize them to their new community 
• Demonstrates an attitude of positivity and cooperation toward residents, guests and teammates
• Utilizes infection control techniques in all aspects of resident care
• Observes residents and notes any changes in physical condition, attitude, reactions, appetite, etc., reporting to the Director of Resident Care or Shift Supervisor on duty
• Be alert to the needs of residents and ready to respond
• Have the ability to work with residents with mental impairments that exhibit sexual comments and profanity.
• Be exposed to bodily fluids from that of Residents.
• Communicates effectively with teammates and subsequent shifts
• Treats all resident information as confidential
• Attends required in-services and staff meetings as scheduled
•  Work longer than an 8 hour shift
• May be required to work overtime in an emergency situation or back up absent staff.  
• Works cooperatively with teammates on flexible scheduling aimed at preventing absenteeism and promoting continuity of care

Employees working as described will be required to be on their feet much of their shift, bending, stooping, turning and stretching.  They may need to perform some heavy lifting over 50 pounds. Assistive devices will be available as needed.

Opportunity for Medication Technician role is offered once the Director of Resident Care determines that performance as a Resident Care Aide is adequate. This can be as early as 2 weeks after beginning as a RCA. Requirements would consist of passing a fifty question test with 80% or higher passing rate.

Starting at $13.00 per hour

Vineyard Assisted Living in Texas Corners, MI

Servers are an important part of the caregiving team and are supervised by the Dining Room Manager & The Executive Chef. They are responsible for some food preparation and portioning some cold foods for meal service. They are responsible for dining room service and restocking of supplies. They coordinate serving of residents and maintain cleanliness of the dining room area. They may assist with dishwashing procedures.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Prepares the dining room for service.
• Re-stocks supplies in the dining room.
• Serves food to the residents at meal times.
• Cleans the dining room after each meal service.
• Prepare foods.
• Portions of food for service.
• Cleans work area.

• Provide service for residents during mealtime
• Create attractive table service and food presentation
• Maintain adequate supplies
• Clean-up after meal service, including taking out trash
• Will do some pre- preparation as needed
• Work cooperatively with all team members to meet residents’ needs
• Standing and walking short distances most of the day
• Stooping, reaching and lifting equipment and food vessels
• Communicate well with and shows respect toward teammates 
• Display patience, consideration and tolerance toward residents
• Must be able to accept criticism graciously from the residents and report any comments to the Dietary Supervisor at an appropriate time

JOB QUALIFICATIONS

Must be well groomed and practice safe and clean food handling.

Must enjoy meeting and interacting with elderly people.

Must be able to communicate clearly and concisely with residents and co-workers.

Must be familiar with dining room service, including proper handling of table service

Must have some knowledge of food preparation and portioning.