Personal Care Assistant

Personal Care Assistant (PCA), (Non-Exempt)Starting Wage: $20.00/hour (Higher pay based on experience)

$1,000.00 RETENTION BONUS FOR FULL-TIME PM & NOC POSITIONS

Hours: Part-Time or Full-Time Positions Available

POSITION SUMMARY:

A para professional who gives direct care to our residents in our assisted living facilities. Assignments are given in the form of oral instructions or written work schedules from a Registered Nurse. May transfer or transport residents as allowed by OSHA standards. Work is subject to review in progress and upon completion.

ESSENTIAL FUNCITONS:

• Promote principles of resident directed care including honoring residents’ desires, strengths, and preferences. Promote residents’ highest level of function.

• Transfers residents, in wheelchairs, from room to common area, dining area, activities, or church.

• Once certified, administers medications as ordered, including insulin, injections, topical, enteral, oral, etc.

• Understands the importance and necessity of accurate documentation.

• Assemble, thin, and disassemble resident charts as necessary.

• Responds to inquiries from families, and other referral sources by providing information about the facility, including tours when the Villa Care Coordinator or Admissions Coordinator are unavailable.

• Provides care on the basis of infection control and blood borne pathogen best practices.

• Answer resident call signals.

• Turn and reposition residents alone or with assistance, to prevent bedsores.

• Collect specimens such as urine, feces, or sputum as needed.

• Observe resident conditions, measuring and recording intake and output and vitals as needed and ordered. Report changes to professional staff, physician, and/or family.

• Provide residents with help walking, exercising, and moving in and out of bed. Bathe, groom, shave, dress and complete. incontinent care as needed. Assist residents with eating.

• Responsible for light housekeeping duties in the absence of a housekeeper to preserve the cleanliness of the carpets, floors, dining area, etc.

• Supports the Mission, Vision, and Values of Woodside Senior Communities.

• Is knowledgeable of resident rights and ensures an atmosphere which allows for the privacy, dignity, and well-being of all residents in a safe, secure environment.

• Observes care in ensuring the confidentiality of all data, including resident, employee, and operations data as required by HIPAA/HITECH regulations.

• Abides by all applicable statutes and regulations through compliance with the Woodside Corporate Compliance and Ethics Program.

• Completes requirements for in-service training.

• Completes other tasks and duties as assigned.

BENEFITS:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance

• Accident / Critical Illness / Hospital Indemnity Insurance

• Voluntary Life / AD&D

• Voluntary Short-Term Disability

• Voluntary Long-Term Disability

• Accrued Paid Time Off (PTO)

• 403(b) Retirement Plan with Employer Match

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

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Experience as a Certified Nursing Assistant in a CBRF or other healthcare setting strongly preferred

• Certification in medication administration or willingness to obtain required

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Willingness to become certified in dementia care strongly preferred