Personal Care Attendant (PCA) Caregiver - Swing Shift

Prestige Care • Longview, WA

13d • Onsite

About The Position

Provides direct resident care and completes assignments as a universal worker while helping maintain a positive physical and psychosocial environment. The role promotes resident dignity, independence, and choice and upholds Prestige’s core values of respect, integrity, commitment, and trust. It is based at Prestige Senior Living – Monticello Park, an assisted living and independent living community in Longview, Washington.

The caregiver assists residents with activities of daily living, monitors and reports changes in their physical or mental condition, documents services and incidents, and helps residents access dining and activities. The position also supports meal service, housekeeping, laundry, move-ins and transfers, safety practices, and emergency response. Team members attend required training, in-services, and staff meetings.

Prestige describes Monticello Park as a home-like setting with a team-oriented atmosphere, supportive leadership, and opportunities for training, development, and advancement. The employer states that it is committed to diversity and inclusion and is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.

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 prior-training documentation is provided.
• Be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily, with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Current First Aid and CPR certification.
• Food Handlers 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; and accurately document care, observations, 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 fire safety and infection control practices and report unsafe conditions or equipment to the immediate supervisor.
• Serve meals, assist residents at mealtime, deliver resident trays, and help clean and maintain the dining room and kitchen.
• Assist with tours, move-ins, move-outs, and transfers; coordinate personal care services with coworkers, assist with lifting, and promptly respond to assistance pages.
• Assist with apartment housekeeping and residents’ laundry.
• Attend and participate in training, in-services, and staff meetings.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Choice of medical plans for eligible full-time team members.
• HSA/FSA accounts for eligible full-time team members.
• Dental insurance for eligible full-time team members.
• Vision insurance for eligible full-time team members.
• Company-paid life and AD&D insurance for eligible full-time team members.
• Retirement plans available to all team members, with a company match for those meeting hours and service requirements.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Education Reimbursement program.
• PTO accrual for full-time and part-time team members working over 20 hours per week.

What This Job Offers

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