Caregiver

PACS•Lake Havasu City, AZ

23d

About The Position

The Caregiver provides assigned residents with routine daily care and services in accordance with each resident’s assessment and care plan and as directed by supervisors. The role supports residents’ comfort, safety, personal care, mobility, meals, and daily activities, while observing and reporting changes in condition, injuries, incidents, complaints, and care needs. Caregivers must follow facility policies, protect resident confidentiality, perform only tasks for which they have been trained, and use only equipment they are trained to operate. The position also includes maintaining care records and reports, receiving and participating in nursing reports, cooperating with facility personnel, and helping residents through admissions, room changes, medical appointments, and end-of-life care. The role has no supervisory responsibilities.

Requirements

High school education or equivalent.
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, and governmental regulations.
Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
Ability to present information effectively and respond to questions from managers and employees.
Ability to apply fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
Ability to solve practical problems and interpret written, oral, diagrammatic, or scheduled instructions in situations with limited standardization.
Proficiency in Microsoft Suite products.

Responsibilities

Use PCC to verify resident information when assisting with ALDS, meals, and related services.
Report changes in residents’ conditions to the Health and Wellness Director as soon as practical.
Complete notes, SPAs, incident reports, and other entries in an informative and descriptive manner.
Report observed accidents and incidents to the Executive Director and Health and Wellness Director during the shift in which they occur.
Protect residents’ protected health information and promptly report suspected or known unauthorized disclosure or access to information systems.
Perform only care tasks for which the employee has been trained, and use only equipment for which the employee has been trained.
Prepare residents’ rooms, greet and escort residents, make introductions, help residents feel comfortable, and inventory, mark, store, pack, and transport residents’ possessions as needed.
Help load and unload residents from vehicles when necessary.
Maintain a warm, calm, and welcoming environment throughout the unit and shift.
Meet with nursing personnel as scheduled to help identify and address problem areas and improve services.
Report resident complaints and grievances, participate in and receive nursing reports as instructed, and cooperate with facility personnel.
Follow policies concerning exposure to blood and body fluids, and report occupational exposures to blood, body fluids, infectious materials, and hazardous chemicals according to facility procedures.
Make beds, add covers as requested, keep residents clean and dry, and keep water pitchers clean, filled, and within residents’ reach.
Frequently check residents who cannot call for help, answer calls promptly, and routinely check that residents’ personal care needs are being met according to their wishes.
Assist residents with meals, food identification, after-meal care, dental and mouth care, bathing, dressing, grooming, hair and nail care, shaving, and eye and ear care as instructed.
Assist residents with toileting and bowel and bladder functions; maintain intake and output records and report bowel movements and stool characteristics as instructed.
Assist with lifting, turning, moving, positioning, and transporting residents between beds, chairs, bathtubs, wheelchairs, lifts, and other locations.
Perform restorative, rehabilitative, special, and other treatments as instructed, and use protective and adaptive equipment as directed.
Assist residents in preparing for medical tests and physical examinations; weigh and measure residents and record temperatures, pulse, and respirations as instructed.
Observe residents for pressure areas, skin breakdown, injuries of unknown source, and other concerns, and report them as required.
Observe disoriented and comatose residents and record and report data as instructed.
Immediately notify the Nurse if a resident leaves or is missing from the facility; report defective equipment to the Nurse Supervisor or Charge Nurse.
Report allegations of resident abuse or misappropriation of resident property, and honor residents’ refusal of treatment while reporting such requests to a supervisor.
Provide back rubs and assist with end-of-life and post-mortem care as instructed.
Follow assigned tasks and work schedules, and notify the facility when late or absent.