Caregiver (Part-Time)

PACS•Coeur d'Alene, ID

3d•$17 - $23

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, personal care, safety, and daily needs, while documenting care and reporting changes, incidents, complaints, and other concerns to appropriate personnel. Evening and weekend shifts are available. The stated pay range is $17–$23, depending on experience (DOE). This position has no supervisory responsibilities. Caregivers perform only tasks for which they have been trained and use only equipment they have been trained to operate. Work is performed in a facility environment where noise is usually low to moderate. The position requires occasional lifting or moving of up to 25 pounds, prolonged use of a desktop or laptop computer, and regular sitting, standing, walking, talking, reading, and hearing. The minimum education requirement is a high school education or equivalent. The job also requires the ability to read and interpret general business and technical materials, write reports and correspondence, communicate information effectively, apply basic mathematical concepts to practical situations, and solve practical problems. Proficiency in Microsoft Suite products is required.

Requirements

High school education or equivalent.
Proficiency in Microsoft Suite products.
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, and to present information 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, diagrammed, or scheduled instructions.
Ability to occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
Ability to perform the physical functions described, including prolonged desktop or laptop computer use and regular sitting, standing, walking, talking, reading, or hearing.

Responsibilities

Provide assigned residents with routine daily care and services in accordance with their assessments, care plans, wishes, and supervisors’ instructions.
Use PCC to verify resident information when assisting with activities of daily living services (ALDS), meals, and related care.
Report changes in residents’ conditions, accidents, incidents, injuries, complaints, grievances, suspected abuse, missing residents, and other concerns to the appropriate director, nurse, or supervisor.
Record notes, SPAs, incident reports, measurements, and other assigned information accurately and descriptively.
Protect residents’ confidential information and promptly report suspected or known unauthorized disclosure or access to the community’s information system.
Perform only care tasks and treatments for which trained, and use only equipment for which trained; report defective equipment to the Nurse Supervisor or Charge Nurse.
Prepare residents’ rooms, greet and escort residents, introduce them to roommates and others as appropriate, inventory and mark possessions, store clothing, and assist with packing, transfers, discharge, and transportation.
Maintain a warm, calm, and positive environment, and cooperate with nursing and other facility personnel to meet residents’ needs.
Participate in scheduled meetings with nursing personnel, receive and participate in nursing reports as instructed, and report complaints and grievances.
Answer resident calls promptly, frequently check residents who cannot call for help, and routinely check that residents’ personal care needs are met.
Assist residents with meals, identifying foods on trays, keeping water pitchers clean, filled, and accessible, and providing after-meal care.
Make beds, change wet or soiled clothing and linens, position bedrest residents comfortably, and provide requested extra covers.
Assist residents with daily personal care, including oral and dental care, bathing, dressing and undressing, hair and nail care, shaving, eye and ear care, and keeping residents clean and dry.
Assist with bowel and bladder functions, maintain intake and output records as instructed, and report bowel movements and stool characteristics as instructed.
Assist with lifting, turning, moving, positioning, and transporting residents using beds, chairs, bathtubs, wheelchairs, and lifts as appropriate.
Perform restorative, rehabilitative, and special procedures or treatments as instructed, and use protective and adaptive equipment as directed.
Prepare residents for medical tests and physical examinations; weigh and measure residents and measure and record temperatures, pulse, and respirations as instructed.
Observe residents, including disoriented or comatose residents, and report pressure areas, skin breakdown, injuries of unknown source, and skin tears.
Honor residents’ refusals of treatment and report such requests to a supervisor.
Assist with end-of-life care and post-mortem care as instructed.
Follow established policies and procedures, including those for blood and body fluid exposure and hazardous materials, and report occupational exposures.
Follow work assignments and schedules, and notify the facility when late or absent.