Personal Care Attendant; PCA - Caregiver Job Shelton area,Washington USA,Healthcare

Position: Personal Care Attendant (PCA) - Caregiver

Prestige Senior Living Maple Glen Job Summary:

Provides direct resident care,completes assignments as a universal worker, assists in maintaining a positive physical and psychosocial environment for residents, and upholds Prestige’score values of respect, integrity, commitment and trust.

Essential Functions:

Provides direct resident care while promoting resident dignity, independence and choice, regularly observes residents’ physical and mental conditions and reports changes to the Health Services Director, Expressions Coordinator, or Executive Director.

Assists with or performs

ADL’s, takes vital signs and weights and accurately documents care services provided and observations on communication log and incident reports. Report sand documents all incidents and accidents immediately.

Assists residents to andfrom dining room and activities.

Performs First Aid and initiates emergency response procedures as required.

Greets residents, visitors,and staff courteously and answers phones when assigned.

Follows and supports community fire safety and infection control practices and promptly reports anyunsafe conditions or equipment to immediate supervisor.

Serves meals in the dining room, assisting residents at meal time, provides resident tray delivery, and assists with dining room and kitchen clean up and maintenance.

Assists with tours,move-ins, move-outs, and transfers and coordinates personal care service withco-workers assisting with lifting and responds to assistance pages promptly.

Assists with apartment housekeeping services and resident’s laundry.

Attends and participates in training, in-services, and staff meetings.

Performs other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

Must complete and pass competency evaluation within 120 days of employment, state required training including the Revised Fundamentals of Care, Dementia Care, First Aid, CPR and HIV training if not able to provide appropriate documentation of prior training.

Must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Must be able to perform essential job duties with or without reasonable accommodation.

Education and/or

Experience:

High school diploma or GED withone or more years of personal care experience with older adults preferred

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:

Current First Aid and CPR certification. Food Handlers permit if required by State.

Equal Opportunity Employer Statement:

EOE/M/F/VETS/DISABLED – At Prestige, it is our promise to personally touch lives every day. It is a philosophy of caring based on ourcore values of integrity, trust, commitment, and respect, that are at thecenter of all that we do. We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce that represents all of us, coming from different experiences, cultures,backgrounds, and viewpoints. Inclusion is the way we treat one another and howwe celebrate what makes us different.

Prestige is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race,religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, orrelated medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression,age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability,or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

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