Caregiver Job Description
Essential Duties:
1. Provides assistance to residents with all activities of daily living in a manner that is
conducive to and supportive of resident and employee safety and infection control
practices, and of residents’ rights.
2. Perform medication administration with accuracy and correctly document administration
of medications. Ordering and inventory of medications as directed.
3. Answers request for assistance promptly and follows up with resident needs, and/or
reports problems encountered to the Delegating Nursing or Assisted Living Manager
(ALM).
4. Assures resident room is prepared to receive new resident, including, but not limited to
making bed, appropriate personal items available, etc.
5. Assures resident bed linens are changed as necessary, and that residents’ personal
belongings are cared for.
6. Promptly retrieves and stores residents’ laundered clothing, assuring closets, bedside
tables and dressers are maintained in a neat and sanitary manner.