Personal Care Attendant (PCA) Caregiver - Day Shift

Prestige Care • Gresham, OR

4d • Onsite

About The Position

Prestige Senior Living – Huntington Terrace is hiring a full-time Personal Care Attendant (PCA) Caregiver for a day-shift position. The role provides direct resident care and completes assignments as a universal worker while supporting a positive physical and psychosocial environment for residents. The caregiver promotes resident dignity, independence, and choice and upholds Prestige’s core values of respect, integrity, commitment, and trust.

The position is listed as 6:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m. on a rotating schedule of four days on and two days off. Pay depends on experience. The community is an assisted living setting with 66 apartments in Gresham, Oregon. Prestige describes its work environment as home-like and collaborative, with a strong team atmosphere and opportunities for career development and advancement.

Requirements

• Complete and pass a competency evaluation within 120 days of employment.
• Complete state-required training, including Revised Fundamentals of Care, Dementia Care, First Aid, CPR, and HIV training, unless appropriate documentation of prior training is provided.
• Be able to perform each essential job duty satisfactorily, with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Current First Aid and CPR certification.
• Food Handler’s permit if required by the state.

Nice To Haves

• High school diploma or GED with one or more years of personal care experience with older adults preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct resident care while promoting dignity, independence, and choice; observe residents’ physical and mental conditions and report changes to the Health Services Director, Expressions Coordinator, or Executive Director.
• Assist with or perform activities of daily living; take vital signs and weights; document care and observations on communication logs and incident reports; and immediately report and document incidents and accidents.
• Assist residents to and from the dining room and activities.
• Provide First Aid and initiate emergency response procedures as required.
• Greet residents, visitors, and staff courteously and answer phones when assigned.
• Follow community fire-safety and infection-control practices and promptly report unsafe conditions or equipment to the immediate supervisor.
• Serve meals, assist residents at mealtimes, deliver resident trays, and assist with dining-room and kitchen cleanup and maintenance.
• Assist with tours, move-ins, move-outs, and transfers; coordinate personal care services with coworkers; assist with lifting; and respond promptly to assistance pages.
• Assist with apartment housekeeping services and residents’ laundry.
• Attend and participate in training, in-services, and staff meetings.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Robust and comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and EAP benefits package.
• Strong promote-from-within culture and career development and advancement opportunities.
• Home-like work environment and collaborative team atmosphere.
• Different career options.

What This Job Offers

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