RESIDENT aSSISTANT (RA)
We are looking for RAs to join the Zeal team! Apply for an opportunity to receive competitive pay and control of your schedule- only pick up shifts that work for you. This position involves filling staffing voids at healthcare facilities throughout Wisconsin. Apply below!
Resident Assistants (RA) provide basic care to clients and assist them in activities of daily living that they may have trouble with on their own.
Position Requirements
- High school diploma or GED
- Minimum of one (1) year RA experience
- CBRF certifications including medication administration preferred
- Federal, State, and Zeal Clinical Staffing and facility required credentials current and on file
- Cognitive skills as related to the position
Position Responsibilities
- Provide personal care assistance such as bathing, dressing, toileting, standing, walking, etc.
- Serve meals and help patients eat
- Take vital signs
- Turn or reposition patients
- Lift patients into beds, wheelchairs, exam tables, etc.
- Answer client call signals
- Clean and sanitize client areas and equipment
- Change bed sheets and restock rooms with necessary supplies
- Maintain accurate documentation of progress such as services performed
Other Responsibilities
- Completes required orientation as directed by facility
- Follows facility and OSHA safety rules and procedures while on assignment
- Follows facility Unusual Occurrence Protocol
- Respects cultural and religious practices of patients
- Upholds HIPAA regulations
- Punctual and dependent for assigned/confirmed shifts
Working Conditions
Because clients need round-the-clock care, working hours include days, nights, weekends, and holidays. The number of patients assigned per shift will vary with facility and specialty, if applicable. RAs spend considerable time walking, bending, stretching, and standing; they assist in patient transfers, so they must follow proper body mechanics to guard against injury. RAs may face hazards from exposure to chemicals and infectious diseases. The use of disinfecting and sterilizing agents may cause damage to skin and respiratory system.
Physical Demands
- Ability to lift twenty (20) pounds. Moving, lifting, or transferring of patients may involve lifting of up to fifty (50) pounds.
- Ability to stand for extended periods
- Fine motor skills
- Visual acuity
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and reach forward with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to sit and stoop, kneel, or crouch. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 20 pounds and occasionally lift or move 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.