Restorative Aide

• Affordable Medical, Prescription Drug, Dental, and Vision insurance benefits through leading healthcare insurance providers to meet your healthcare needs and preferences for you and your family.
• Effective 2024 we are pleased to offer our full-time employees a variety of medical coverage options through Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield.
• We know your pet is family too! Three Pet Insurance options available to choose from.
• We provide an intercompany Employee Benefits Concierge to assist you in navigating and maximizing your benefits, should you have any questions.
• We offer leading market wages
• Flexible pay options; get paid daily, weekly, or bi-weekly with pay advances through UKG Wallet
• Company paid vacation days with rollover option and sick time.
• Flexibility in scheduling; ask us what options are available.
• Excellent career advancement opportunities
• Tuition Reimbursement and Student Loan Repayment programs
• Company Paid Life Insurance
• 401K retirement program
• Health Saving Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Account (FSA), and Dependent Care FSA.
• Unlimited Referral Bonuses and more!

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED).

Licenses/Certification:

• Graduate of a state approved nursing assistant training program and passed a state approved competency examination (written and skills) within 120 days of employment; name entered into state nurse aide registry.

Experience:

• Six months experience in a long-term care environment preferred.

Job Functions:

• Under the supervision of the licensed nurse, initiates rehabilitation/restorative nursing interventions when:

• A resident is discharged from formalized physical, occupational, or speech rehabilitation therapy, or

• A resident is admitted to the center with restorative needs, but is not a candidate for formalized rehabilitation therapy, or

• A restorative need arises during the course of a custodial stay.

• Performs rehabilitation/restorative nursing interventions that assist or promote the resident’s ability to attain his or her maximum functional potential: Range of Motion (Passive), Range of Motion (Active), Splint or Brace Assistance, Training and Skill Practice; Bed mobility, transfer, walking, dressing or grooming, eating or swallowing, amputation/prosthesis care, communication, Continuous Passive Motion (CMP), Documents measurable objectives and interventions in the care plan and in the clinical record.

• Promotes resident’s ability to adapt to and adjust to living as independently as possible.
• Instructs the resident in self-care activities according to the resident’s abilities.
• Instructs the resident in the use of assistive devices for transferring, walking and mobility, dressing and grooming, eating and swallowing.
• Provides range of motion, proper turning and positioning in bed and chair.
• Instructs the resident on the care and use of prosthetic and orthotic devices.
• Incorporates training and skill practice activities which include repetition, physical or verbal cueing and task segmentation.
• Reports observations and other pertinent nursing rehabilitation/restorative care information to nursing supervisor.
• Documents objective information related to the provision and resident response to nursing rehabilitation/restorative care in accordance with existing policies, procedures and guidelines.
• Participates in the ongoing review and development of the nursing rehabilitation/restorative care and interventions.
• Participates in the identification of staff and resident educational needs related to nursing rehabilitation/restorative care.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

• Ability to communicate effectively with residents, their family members, and facility staff.