PCA, Healthcare Nursing, Healthcare
Listed on 2026-03-02
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Healthcare
Healthcare Nursing
Overview
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Summary
Assists clients/residents of an adult care facility with personal care and home management under the supervision of the LPN/RN by performing the duties described. Responsible/Accountable for the accuracy and validity of all recorded documentation pertaining to the job description.
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Personal Care Aide, Jamestown
Summary
Assists clients/residents of an adult care facility with personal care and home management under the supervision of the LPN/RN by performing the duties described. Responsible/Accountable for the accuracy and validity of all recorded documentation pertaining to the job description.
- Assist residents with the care of teeth and gums.
- Assist residents to dress, bathe, and groom self, including shampooing hair, shaving, and ordinary care of nails (washing, drying and filing with an emery board).
- Assist residents into and out of bed, or wheelchair, to lavatory, and up and down stairs.
- Assist residents with special needs in small dining room. Provide prompting, cueing and set-up during meals to those residents who require monitoring due to dementia, weakness or loss of appetite. Reports status to DPC/RN.
- Assist residents with walking, use of walker or wheelchair.
- Assist with transfers from bed to chair or commode and back.
- Assist residents with toileting.
- Change bed linens as necessary, in the absence of housekeepers.
- Wash residents laundry and linens in the absence of a housekeeper.
- Immediately report any changes in a resident's condition to the supervising nurse.
- Document services provided and condition of residents in Cueshift.
- Report concerns to medication aide.
- Report and record incidents involving staff and/or residents in accordance with policy.
- Participate in conferences and ongoing training as directed and required by the Department of Health.
- Remove trash from residents' rooms and deposit into dumpster at end of shift worked.
- Assist med aides with answering call bells.
- May perform additional tasks if special circumstances exist and if properly trained and supervised by Tanglewood RN.
- Will only conduct assigned tasks limited to the provisions outlined under Personal Care Aide Scope and Functions as approved by the New York State Department of Health.
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Education and/or ExperienceHigh school diploma or general education degree (GED); or six months to one year related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Subject to medical exam, reference check and criminal background check.
Pay rate: $18.10/hr.
To apply:
in person:
Tanglewood Manor, 560 Fairmount Ave., Jamestown, NY 14701 by phone: by email: or online:
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