Personal Care Assistant

• Base Pay $15.00 - $15.00 / Hour
• Employee Type Full Time

Contact information

• Name Lara Cribb, Director of Supportive Care Services

Description

Department: Resident Care
Location: Supportive Care
Reports to: Director of Supportive Care
Employment Type: Full-Time or Part-Time, Hourly/Non-Exempt

Current Openings:

• Full-Time, Second Shift: 3:00 p.m.–11:00 p.m.
• Part-Time, First Shift: 7:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.

We are seeking compassionate, dependable, and resident-focused Personal Care Assistants to join our Supportive Care team. In this role, you will provide essential daily living support while promoting each resident’s comfort, dignity, safety, well-being, and independence.

The ideal candidate has a genuine desire to work with older adults and can provide personal care, mobility assistance, mealtime support, companionship, and other services in a warm and respectful manner.

• Assist residents with activities of daily living, including bathing, dressing, grooming, oral care, toileting, incontinence care, positioning, transfers, and mobility.
• Encourage residents to remain as independent as their abilities allow.
• Change bed linens and assist with collecting and distributing laundry, linens, and garments as permitted by applicable regulations.
• Accurately document resident care and complete all required forms and records.
• Promptly report changes in a resident’s condition or other concerns to the supervisor in charge.
• Monitor and record vital signs as directed by regulations, community policies, or a healthcare provider’s orders.
• Respond promptly to emergency call signals and requests for assistance.
• Follow all accident, disaster, fire-safety, elopement, infection-control, and emergency procedures.
• Promptly report incidents and complete all required documentation accurately and professionally.
• Immediately report suspected abuse, neglect, inappropriate care, or misuse of resident or community property.
• Learn residents’ backgrounds, preferences, routines, habits, and interests while protecting their privacy and confidentiality.
• Support residents during mealtimes and help create an enjoyable dining experience.
• Assist residents with eating and with carrying plates, trays, and beverages as needed.
• Maintain clean, safe, and organized resident rooms, dining areas, public spaces, equipment, and work areas.
• Communicate professionally with residents, families, visitors, supervisors, vendors, and team members.
• Protect residents’ rights, dignity, comfort, privacy, safety, and satisfaction.
• Answer telephone calls according to company and community standards when requested.
• Assist temporarily in other positions or departments when necessary.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Compassion for and a genuine desire to support older adults.
• Ability to provide respectful, resident-centered care in a supportive-care environment.
• Strong communication, teamwork, organization, and customer-service skills.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and demonstrate honesty, dependability, fairness, and ethical conduct.
• Ability to remain patient and professional when assisting individuals who may be ill, disabled, emotionally upset, or challenging.
• Ability to perform CPR upon successful completion of required CPR certification.
• Ability to follow care instructions, safety procedures, infection-control practices, and emergency protocols.
• Ability to pass a criminal background check.
• Ability to comply with all applicable health and safety requirements.
• Ability to perform the essential duties of the position, with or without reasonable accommodation.

• Previous personal-care, caregiving, senior-living, supportive-care, home-care, or related experience.
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