Caregiver (Swing Shift)

PACS

About The Position

The Caregiver provides assigned residents with routine daily care and services in accordance with each resident’s assessment and care plan, facility policies and procedures, and supervisor direction. The role supports residents’ comfort, personal care, safety, mobility, meals, and daily activities, while observing and reporting changes in condition, incidents, and care concerns. The position works a 2:00 p.m.–10:30 p.m. shift and has no supervisory responsibilities.

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, handle situations with limited standardization, and interpret written, oral, diagram, or schedule-based instructions.
Ability to meet the physical demands of the role, including occasionally lifting or moving up to 25 pounds and regularly sitting, standing, walking, talking, reading, or hearing.

Responsibilities

Use PCC to verify resident information when assisting with activities of daily living and meals.
Report changes in residents’ conditions, accidents, incidents, complaints, grievances, injuries of unknown source, skin breakdown, and suspected abuse or misappropriation of property to the appropriate facility personnel.
Document notes, service plan activities, incident reports, observations, and other records accurately and descriptively as instructed.
Protect resident health information and facility information systems; promptly report suspected unauthorized disclosure or access.
Perform only care tasks and use equipment for which the employee has been trained; report defective equipment.
Prepare residents’ rooms and beds; greet and escort residents, help them settle in, introduce them to others, inventory and store belongings, and assist with room transfers, discharge packing, and transportation.
Maintain a warm, calm, and respectful environment, and cooperate with nursing and other facility personnel to meet residents’ needs.
Receive and participate in nursing reports and scheduled meetings with shift nursing personnel.
Answer resident calls promptly, check residents frequently, and routinely confirm that personal care needs are met, particularly for residents unable to call for help.
Assist residents with meals, food identification, after-meal care, and keeping water pitchers clean, filled, and within reach.
Provide daily personal care, including oral care, bathing, dressing, grooming, hair and nail care, shaving, eye and ear care, and keeping residents clean and dry.
Assist with toileting, bowel and bladder care, bedpans, urinals, portable commodes, incontinence care, and intake and output records; check and report bowel movements as instructed.
Assist with lifting, turning, positioning, transferring, and transporting residents using appropriate protective or adaptive equipment.
Perform restorative and rehabilitative procedures, special treatments, back rubs, and other care as instructed.
Prepare residents for medical tests and physical examinations; weigh and measure residents and record temperatures, pulse, and respirations as instructed.
Observe disoriented and comatose residents and record and report data as instructed.
Assist with end-of-life and post-mortem care as instructed.
Follow work assignments and schedules; notify the facility if late or absent and report occupational exposures in accordance with facility procedures.
Honor residents’ refusals of treatment and report such requests to a supervisor.