Resident Care Assistant

Location: Longview, TX - Onsite

Address: 2201 Horseshoe Lane Longview, TX 75605

Shift: 3:00 PM - 11:00 PM

Job Schedule: Full Time

We are seeking a Resident Care Assistant to join our community committed to delivering outstanding care to our residents. As a Resident Care Assistant, you will play an important role in performing the services necessary to secure happiness and well-being in our Assisted Living Unit that meets or exceeds Buckner quality, service, and hospitality standards.

• Provide for residents’ personal hygiene including cleaning bedpans and urinals, administering baths, backrubs, shampoos and shaves, and assisting with showers.
• Provide for activities of daily living including assistance with meals and feeding residents; ambulate, turn and position residents; provide fresh water and nourishment between meals in a timely and accurate manner.
• Appropriately administer douches, non-sterile dressings, surgical preps, ice packs, heat treatments, sitz and therapeutic baths.
• Accurately perform I&O; check vital signs and weight; perform sugar and acetone urine testing, specimen collection and post-mortem care.
• Provide comfort needs of residents in a timely and accurate manner.
• Work effectively as a team member in the delivery of ministry.
• Utilize resources and materials in an efficient and safe manner.
• Maintain a safe and attractive environment for residents and co-workers; transport residents and equipment as appropriate.
• Promptly answer residents’ call lights and requests.
• Report observations of residents to the nurse caring for the residents to ensure professional assessment immediately.

• High School diploma or GED
• Current Texas CNA License Preferred
• Minimum one-year related experience
• Requires knowledge of and ability to learn how to care for residents basic needs
• Requires ability to use up to 50 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 25 pounds of force frequently and/or 20 pounds continuously to move equipment and other objects.
• Requires ability to walk and stand for prolonged periods of time; ability to turn, stoop, kneel, crouch, reach, push, pull, stand and walk over 75% of shift.

Buckner Retirement Services comprises a network of senior living communities across Texas. As a not-for-profit, faith-based organization with over 60 years of experience, we are dedicated to providing exceptional care. Recognized as a Great Place to Work at all our locations, we offer rewarding opportunities for those passionate about working with seniors. Buckner is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to any protected characteristic.

The above description reflects the details considered necessary to describe the essential functions of the job and should not be construed as a detailed description of all the work requirements that may be performed in the job.