Caregiver and/or Med Tech

PACS • Silver Spring, MD

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The primary purpose of this job position is to provide each assigned resident with routine daily care and services in accordance with the resident’s assessment and care plan, and as may be directed by supervisors. Homewood Assisted Living is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce that represents all individuals, coming from different experiences, cultures, backgrounds, and viewpoints. Inclusion is the way employees treat one another and how they celebrate what makes them different. Employment decisions are based on qualifications, merit, and business needs. PACS is revolutionizing the delivery and leadership of post-acute healthcare and support services across the country. Originally founded in 2013, the organization now consists of hundreds of independent operating subsidiaries, as well as ancillary and support services. They bring a proven model of mission-driven care that balances access to a national network of support and resources with local decision making. In addition, PACS helps connect exceptional people with premier healthcare careers across the country, focusing on finding innovative and effective team members based on their qualifications, experience, geographic preferences, and personality fit with the existing facility staff and culture.

Requirements

• Must possess, as a minimum, a high school education or its equivalent.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from managers and employees.
• Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios and proportions to practical situations.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• Proficient in the Microsoft Suite products.
• Must have been trained to perform care tasks.

Responsibilities

• Use PCC to ensure correct resident information when assisting with ALDS, meals, etc.
• Report all changes in the residents’ condition to the Health and Wellness Director as soon as practical.
• Record all entries on notes, SPAs, and incident reports, etc., in an informative, descriptive manner.
• Report on all accidents and incidents observed on the shift that they occur to the Executive Director and Health and Wellness Director.
• Agree not to disclose resident’s protected health information and promptly report suspected or known violations of such disclosure to the Executive Director.
• Report any known or suspected unauthorized attempt to access community’s information system.
• Perform only those care tasks that you have been trained to do.
• Ensure that the resident’s room is ready for the resident (i.e., bed made).
• Greet residents and escort them to their room.
• Introduce residents to his/her roommate, if any, and other residents and personnel as appropriate.
• Make residents comfortable.
• Inventory and mark the residents’ personal possessions as instructed.
• Store resident’s clothing.
• Assist residents with packing their personal possessions when they are being transferred to a new room, or when being discharged.
• Transport residents to new rooms or to the receiving area.
• Assist with loading/unloading residents’ to/from vehicles as necessary.
• Create and maintain an atmosphere of warmth, personal interest and positive emphasis, as well as a calm environment throughout the unit and shift.
• Meet with your shift’s nursing personnel, on a regularly scheduled basis, to assist in identifying and correcting problem areas, and/or the improvement of services.
• Report all complaints and grievances made by residents.
• Participate in and receive the nursing report as instructed.
• Follow established policies concerning exposure to blood/body fluids.
• Make beds as instructed.
• Put extra covers on beds as requested.
• Ensure that residents who are unable to call for help are checked frequently.
• Answer resident calls promptly.
• Check residents routinely to ensure that their personal care needs are being met.
• Assist residents with identifying food arrangements (i.e., informing residents with sight problem of foods that are on his/her tray, where it is located, if it is hot/cold, etc.).
• Keep residents’ water pitchers clean and filled with fresh water (on each shift), and within easy reach of the resident.
• Perform after meal care (i.e., remove trays, clean resident’s hands, face, clothing, etc.).
• Receive the nursing report upon reporting for duty.
• Perform all assigned tasks in accordance with our established policies and procedures, and as instructed by your supervisors.
• Follow work assignments, and/or work schedules in completing and performing your assigned tasks.
• Cooperate with inter-departmental personnel, as well as other facility personnel, to ensure that services can be adequately maintained to meet the needs of the residents.
• Notify the facility when you will be late or absent from work.
• Report occupational exposures to blood, body fluids, infectious materials, and hazardous chemicals in accordance with the facility’s policies and procedures governing accidents and incidents.
• Assist residents with daily functions (dental and mouth care, bath functions, combing of hair, dressing and undressing as necessary).
• Keep residents dry (change gown, clothing and linens, when it becomes wet or soiled).
• Assist residents in preparing for medical tests (i.e., lab work, x-ray, therapy, dental, etc.).
• Assist with lifting, turning, moving, positioning, and transporting residents into and out of beds, chairs, bathtubs, wheelchairs, lifts, etc.
• Perform restorative and rehabilitative procedures as instructed.
• Assist in preparing the resident for a physical examination.
• Check each resident routinely to ensure that his/her personal care needs are being met in accordance with his/her wishes.
• Observe and report the presence of pressure areas and skin breakdowns to prevent decubitus ulcers (bedsores).
• Report injuries of an unknown source, including skin tears.
• Observe disoriented and comatose residents.
• Record and report data as instructed.
• Perform special treatments as instructed.
• Immediately notify the Nurse of any resident leaving/missing from the facility.
• Use only the equipment you have been trained to use.
• Report defective equipment to the Nurse Supervisor/Charge Nurse.
• Maintain the confidentiality of all resident care information including protected health information.
• Report known or suspected incidents of unauthorized disclosure of such information.
• Report all allegations of resident abuse and/or misappropriation of resident property.
• Honor the resident’s refusal of treatment request. Report such requests to your supervisor.
• Give back rubs as instructed.
• Assist residents with dressing/undressing as necessary.
• Assist residents with hair care functions (i.e., combing, brushing, shampooing, etc.).
• Assist residents with nail care (i.e., clipping, trimming, and cleaning the finger/toenails).
• Shave male residents.
• Keep hair on female residents clean (i.e., facial hair, under arms, on legs, etc.) as instructed.
• Keep residents dry (i.e., changing gown, clothing, linen, etc., when it becomes wet or soiled).
• Make beds (occupied and unoccupied).
• Put extra covers on beds as requested.
• Position bedrest residents in correct and comfortable positions.
• Assist residents with bowel and bladder functions (i.e., take to bathroom, offer bed pan, urinal, portable commode, etc.).
• Maintain intake and output records as instructed.
• Keep incontinent residents clean and dry.
• Check and report bowl movements and character of stool as instructed.
• Perform restorative and rehabilitative procedures as instructed.
• Utilize protective and adaptive equipment as instructed.
• Provide eye and ear care (i.e., hearing aide installation, cleaning eyeglasses/hearing aids, etc.) as instructed.
• Assist in preparing the resident for physical examination.
• Weigh and measure residents as instructed.
• Measure and record temperatures, Pulse, and respirations (TPRs), as instructed.
• Ensure that residents who are unable to call for help are checked frequently.
• Check each resident routinely to ensure that his/her personal care needs are being met in accordance with his/her wishes.
• Assist with the care of the end-of-life resident.
• Assist with post-mortem care as instructed.

Benefits

• Low monthly premium payments for employees and dependents for Medical, Dental, Vision
• 401(k) plan with employer match
• Generous paid time off for vacation accruing at 4 hours a month, 48 FT or 40 PT annually
• Recurring sick day hours prorated based on hire date
• 7 paid Holidays each year

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED