Silver Creek Assisted Living Azle

Happy Fourth of July! 🎆🇺🇸

Please help us congratulate Kira on 3 years of dedicated service!

Kira, thank you for all you do! It is because of people like you that make Silver Creek Azle such an incredible place to live!

Experience the Charm!
We accept Medicaid Star+Plus

Welcome home Our communities share one goal: making life as easy and comfortable as possible for our residents and their loved ones.

The Caregiver assists residents with Activities of Daily Living and other pertinent care and support needs.

The qualification requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. The physical demands described are representative of those that must met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. The work environment characteristics described are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions upon written request.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
• serves meals and assists residents with meal time needs
• accompanies residents on shopping trips and instructs and counsels residents in purchase of personal items
• aids staff in administering therapeutic activities, such as physical exercises, occupational arts and crafts,
and recreational games, to residents
• redirects disruptive residents to prevent injury to themselves and others
• observes and documents residents’ behaviors, such as speech production, and feeding patterns to facilitate assessment and development of treatment goals
• attends to routine Activities of Daily Living (ADL) of residents
• gives medications as prescribed by physician with RN delegation
• takes and records weight and vital signs with RN delegation
• engages with residents and participates with activities, programs and socials, both scheduled and non-scheduled
• ensures the safety and well-being of the resident at all times
• follows residents’ service plans as written and properly documented as required
• reports and documents emergency incidents
• attends mandatory training and in-service meetings and complete continuing education requirements

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

QUALIFICATIONS
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily:

Education and/or Experience
• High School Diploma or General Education Degree (GED); or 0-3 months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience
• First Aid/CPR, Medication management preferred
• other field and position related skills, qualifications and training desirable
• ability to multitask
• ability to make quick decisions in life threatening situations
• ability to work as part of a team
• dedication to detail and reporting

Communication Skills
Ability to:
• read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals
• write routine reports and correspondence
• speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization

Mathematical Skills: ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume

Reasoning Ability
Ability to:
• apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed, but uninvolved written or oral instructions
• deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations

Computer Skills: competency with Microsoft Office Suite

PHYSICAL DEMANDS
While performing the duties of this job, the employee:
• is regularly required to talk or hear
• is frequently required to walk and stand
• must often use their hands to grasp and hold objects
• is regularly required to sit
• must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and distance vision.

WORK ENVIRONMENT
While performing the duties of this job:
• the employee is frequently exposed to medical conditions and airborne particles which can be transmitted
• the noise level in the work environment is usually moderate

We celebrated the Kentucky Derby with hats and bow ties for our residents, delicious snacks, and some friendly “betting”!

Tonight’s supper was delicious: baked fish, hand-breaded onion rings, and green beans with sliced potatoes!

Yesterday, in celebration of Earth Day, we enjoyed some delicious “Earth Pudding”!

We’re celebrating Earth Day AND National Jelly Bean Day with a Jelly Bean Count Guessing Game and reusable water bottle prizes! 🌎💧

Yesterday was National Pineapple Upside Down Cake Day, and we celebrated with these DELICIOUS individual cakes! 🍍🍰

Tonight’s supper was definitely a crowd-pleaser: liver and onions in bacon with mashed potatoes and steamed broccoli!

It’s a wonderful day to visit with our loved ones!