POSITION PURPOSE
The Anam Cara is the title for Caregiver of the Residents living within the Community. The foundation of the Community model is the relationship that exists between the Anam Cara and the Resident. The Anam Cara is more than a friend or caregiver but someone who accepts the responsibility to care for the body, mind, and spirit of those in the Sanctuary. The Anam Cara’s responsibility is to welcome all into the communities and provide a safe place of refuge and community.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
Resident Rights: All employees are required to maintain the confidentiality of resident care information and comply with all THSC HIPAA policy and procedures. The Anam Cara is to ensure all Residents are treated fairly, with kindness, dignity, and respect. Anam Cara’s must ensure that all nursing care is provided in privacy and privacy is afforded to all Residents within the community. Anam Cara’s will knock before entering the Resident’s private bedroom. All Anam Cara’s are required to report all allegations of resident abuse, neglect, and /or misappropriation of resident property. The Anam Cara should honor the Resident’s request to refuse treatment and inform such requests to the nursing supervisor. The Anam Cara is required to report all complaints and grievances made by the Residents to the director of nursing.
Activities of Daily Living: The Anam Cara is responsible for providing all activities of daily living to the Residents living within the community. These activities include, but are not limited to bathing, dressing, toileting, transferring residents, grooming and personal hygiene, meal services, clean up, feeding, serving, welcoming residents when moving in and assisting when moving out of the community, responding to Residents needs, conducting range of motion, position, lifting, and turning, participate with rehabilitation and restorative needs, and conduct light housekeeping as needed including upkeep of community and resident rooms.
Communication: Provides regular and timely feedback with other members of the Community, the Residents within the Community and to the support staff within the community. Communication is honest, respectful, and reverent to Residents and at the Residents pace. Keeps Residents informed of the daily happenings within their Community. Promotes an environment of good communication within the Community. Ensures medical, spiritual, and social concerns are communicated to appropriate support staff.
Medication Administration: The Anam Cara will prepare and administer medications as directed. Medications will be administered within ordered timeframes in accordance with established procedures. The Anam Cara will ensure all medications and treatments are kept secure, i.e, medication carts and treatment carts are locked when not in sight.
Skills and Knowledge: Each Anam Cara will maintain certification and is able to demonstrate competency of clinical skills as well as overall knowledge of care plans, profiles, and work assignments. Each staff member ensures work is conducted accurately and within specified timeframes for completion. Reports to others both in and outside of the Community all necessary information to ensure quality outcomes are achieved and maintained. Assists in the review of work assignments and schedules to update and change task objectives. Ensures tasks are performed in accordance with Community policy and procedures and work routines.
Documentation: The Anam Cara is required to maintain appropriate documentation of Residents within the Community according to community policy and procedure. Ensure appropriate changes in Resident condition are documented appropriately and required staff members are informed. Each Anam Cara will participate in the continual updates of Resident Care Plans. Enters information and documentation accurately in Point of Care in accordance with company policy, practice and standards.
QUALIFICATIONS:
High School Diploma or equivalent.
Minimum of one-year experience within a healthcare setting preferred.
Previous experience working in long-term care or with the geriatric population preferred.
Must possess superior customer service skills and professionalism.
Must possess outstanding verbal and written communication skills.
Ability to adapt to ongoing change and work in a fast-paced, customer-driven environment.
Possesses interpersonal and relationship building skills to work in a cross-functional team as well as the ability to work with residents based on their cognitive ability.
Trinity Health employs about 133,000 colleagues at dozens of hospitals and hundreds of health centers in 22 states. Because we serve diverse populations, our colleagues are trained to recognize the cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and to apply that knowledge to produce positive health outcomes. We also recognize that each of us has a different way of thinking and perceiving our world and that these differences often lead to innovative solutions.
Trinity Health’s dedication to diversity includes a unified workforce (through training and education, recruitment, retention and development), commitment and accountability, communication, community partnerships, and supplier diversity.
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