STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
HUMAN RESOURCES
CLASSIFICATION: RESIDENT CARE ASSISTANT III
Class Code: 7662-12
Date Established: 07-10-87
Occupational Code: 3-2-3
Date of Last Revision: 12-28-01
BASIC PURPOSE: To provide direct care and training
services to residents/clients and to supervise subordinates in a group home
setting or an institution under supervision of professional staff or a
residence manager.
CHARACTERISTIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
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Assists in the daily
operation of direct care and training services and reviews services systems for
effectiveness.
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Monitors medication
tracking system and books to ensure proper administration of individual
treatments.
·
Provides training,
modeling and assistance to residents/clients in appropriate treatment, leisure
or recreation activities which reflect their interests and needs.
·
Acts as liaison
between family members, service agencies, and professional staff to explain
treatment outcome of resident/client.
·
Provides training and
orientation regarding care and treatment needs of residents/clients.
·
Provides
transportation for and escorts residents/clients to and from appointments and
activities.
·
Supervises and
schedules work activities of lower level Resident Care Assistants during an
assigned shift.
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DISTINGUISHING FACTORS:
Skill: Requires skill in recommending routine
changes in standardized operating procedures OR in retrieving, compiling and
reporting data according to established procedures OR in operating complex
machines.
Knowledge: Requires understanding and using
business or trades vocabulary or basic arithmetic to perform standard operating
procedures.
Impact: Requires responsibility for
contributing to agency objectives by ensuring the accuracy of support
activities within one or more organizational units. Errors at this level affect the work of others or have
measurable monetary consequences, and require verification and correction in
order to complete succeeding work operations.
Supervision: Requires partial supervision of other
employees doing work which is related or similar to the supervisor, including
assigning job duties, providing training, giving instructions and checking
work.
Working Conditions: Requires performing regular job
functions in an adverse working environment containing a combination of
disagreeable elements which impact significantly upon the employee's capacity
for completing work assignments.
This level includes work-related accidents or assault.
Physical Demands: Requires medium to heavy work,
including continuous physical exertion such as frequent bending, lifting or
climbing.
Communication: Requires explaining facts, interpreting
situations, or advising individuals of alternative or appropriate courses of
action. This level also requires
interviewing or eliciting information from state employees or members of the
general public.
Complexity: Requires a combination of job functions
using minimal judgment to perform a variety of job tasks according to clearly
prescribed standard practices and procedures.
Independent Action: Requires making a limited number of
choices in selecting among alternative courses of action under supervisory
guidance and in performing job functions according to a variety of prescribed
policies or procedures.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Education: Graduation from high school, G.E.D. or
its equivalent. Each additional
year of approved formal education may be substituted for one year of required
work experience.
Experience: Three years experience as a Resident
Care Assistant or in a similar job capacity working with the mentally ill or
the developmentally disabled population, one year of which must have been in a
supervisory position in a health care facility.
License/Certification: Valid New Hampshire driver's license
and access to transportation as required to transport residents/clients to
appointments and activities.
SPECIAL REQUIREMENT:
Must have
satisfactorily completed the required in-service training for Resident Care
Assistant Trainee level and as required by the employer.
RECOMMENDED WORK TRAITS: A broad knowledge of mental illness,
and the social, economic and psychological aspects of illness for the
individual resident. Working
knowledge of hospital and community programs and how to engage them for patient
treatment. Skill in basic
interviewing involving understanding of fundamentals of human development and
behavior. Skill in relating well
to residents/clients, families, subordinates and supervisors as a means of
achieving work goals. Ability to
maintain a rehabilitative attitude and relationship with
residents/clients. Ability to work
with a professional staff to achieve specific treatment objectives. Ability to comprehend, act upon and
convey oral and written instructions.
Ability to relate positively and therapeutically to mentally ill persons
and identify the benefits of various restorative therapies. Ability to maintain updated and
comprehensive patient reports, ward schedules and activities programming. Must be willing to maintain appearance
appropriate to assigned duties and responsibilities as determined by the agency
appointing authority.
DISCLAIMER STATEMENT: This class specification is descriptive
of general duties and is not intended to list every specific function of this
class title.
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