Assisted Living/Memory Care Caregiver (PCA) Days
About The Position
Provide assistance with serving meals and feeding, providing fresh water and nourishment between meals. Provide assistance in personal hygiene by giving bedpans, urinals, baths, backrubs, shampoos, and shaves; assisting with travel to the bathroom; helping with showers and baths. Provide assistance in ambulating, turning, and positioning residents; provide adjunct care by administering enemas, douches, non-sterile dressings, surgical preps, ice packs, heat treatments, and therapeutic baths. Maintain resident stability by checking vital signs and weight, recording intake and output information. Provide for resident comfort by utilizing resources and materials; answering call lights and requests; reporting observations of the residents to the nursing supervisor. Document actions by completing forms, reports, logs, and records. Protect privacy and dignity by keeping patient information confidential; comply with HIPAA guidelines and related laws. Adhere to professional standards, company policies and procedures, and all federal, state, and local requirements, including JCAHO standards, when applicable. Update job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; participating in professional organizations; and maintaining licensure.
Requirements
- This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
Responsibilities
- Assist with serving meals and feeding, providing fresh water and nourishment between meals.
- Assist with personal hygiene, including bedpans, urinals, baths, backrubs, shampoos, and shaves.
- Assist with travel to the bathroom and help with showers and baths.
- Assist with ambulating, turning, and positioning residents.
- Administer adjunct care such as enemas, douches, non-sterile dressings, surgical preps, ice packs, heat treatments, and therapeutic baths.
- Check vital signs and weight, and record intake and output information.
- Provide resident comfort by utilizing resources and materials, answering call lights and requests.
- Report observations of residents to the nursing supervisor.
- Document actions by completing forms, reports, logs, and records.
- Protect patient privacy and dignity by keeping information confidential and complying with HIPAA guidelines.
- Adhere to professional standards, company policies, and all federal, state, and local requirements.
- Update job knowledge through educational opportunities, professional publications, and organizations.
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
