Job Description
Are you looking for a team that takes on challenges with a positive attitude and a sense of humor?
Do you have a weird obsession with caring for the elderly and helping them live their best lives?
Do you want to start a career in health care?
Our team VitaCare Living of Spooner is looking for a Care Specialist and we think you might be the one! If you want to find out, we would love for you to start the application process. We look forward to meeting you!
About VitaCare Living Spooner I & Spooner II:
We believe in living with a purpose outside of ourselves. VitaCare Living is a collection of communities full of people with purpose. Our residents wake up each day with another opportunity to grow and improve the world around them. Our staff work each day with people they care deeply for and have careers full of opportunity.
VitaCare Living is an established Assisted Living and Memory Care provider with a mission to Add LIFE to the Years of our Residents and Staff. With 17 locations across two states, we care for over 300 residents in smaller, home-like settings that prioritize community, dignity, and purpose.
Responsibilities:
• Administer basic medical tasks like taking vital signs, measuring glucose and ketone levels, replacing bandages and dressings, and ensuring the proper use of medical devices
• Help patients accomplish personal care tasks like scheduling appointments, calling doctors’ offices, and coordinating Medicare and other insurance details
• Drive patients as needed, for grocery shopping, running errands, or doctors’ visits, when necessary
• Maintain psychological and emotional support for patients and family members - provide quality companionship
• Mitigate issues with medications by helping to open bottles, organizing self-administered dosing, and arranging for refills, and help the patient with meal preparation and planning
• Administer Medications: Dispense medications as directed by the Registered Nurse (RN), maintaining an annual error rate of no more than one mistake.
• Resident Response: Attend to any and all resident call lights within 10 minutes to ensure responsive and attentive care.
• Light Housekeeping: Perform regular light housekeeping in resident rooms at least once weekly to promote a clean and comfortable living space.
• Service Charting: Accurately document all services provided without missing tasks, ensuring compliance with company standards.
• Assistance with ADLs: Support residents in Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) according to each individual’s Client Service Plan, with a zero-tolerance policy for missed tasks.
Qualifications:
• Compassionate, kind, and empathetic personality is essential, with superb organization and communications skills
• Some college preferred, but a high school diploma or GED is required
• Must have 1-3 years of experience as a personal caregiver, HHA/ home health aide, nursing assistant, or personal care aid for a home health agency at patient homes or care facilities setting
• Ability to lift up to 100 lbs, you may be required to stoop, bend, reach, and transfer patients up to 250 lbs as needed
• First aid training and current CPR certification is needed and you must be able to pass a drug test, full employment background check, and physical
• Extreme Ownership: Demonstrates accountability, ownership of outcomes, and proactively removes obstacles.
• Resourcefulness: Finds effective solutions even with limited resources and independently seeks knowledge.
• Passion for Purpose (Big Why): Possesses a strong, genuine dedication to serving and caring for vulnerable adults.
• Commitment to Growth: Actively pursues self-improvement and team betterment each day.
• Humility: Embraces a solutions-focused attitude, welcoming feedback and putting egos aside for the best outcome.
• Reliability: Shows up on time, prepared, and ready to deliver dependable support.
About Company:
We believe in living with a purpose outside of ourselves. VitaCare Living Spooner I & II I is a collection of communities full of people with purpose. Our residents wake up each day with the chance to improve the world around them. Our staff work each day with people they care deeply for and have careers that foster growth, purpose, and fulfillment.
VitaCare Living Spooner I & II is an established assisted living and memory care provider with a mission to add LIFE to the years of our residents and staff. We care for over 300 residents in smaller, comfortable settings that prioritize community, dignity, and purpose.
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