Personal Care Attendant (PCA) - Caregiver

Prestige Care • Yelm, WA

9d • Onsite

About The Position

The Personal Care Attendant (PCA) provides direct care to residents and completes assignments as a universal worker. The role supports residents’ dignity, independence, and choices, helps maintain a positive physical and psychosocial environment, and upholds Prestige’s core values of respect, integrity, commitment, and trust.

The attendant observes residents’ physical and mental conditions, reports changes and incidents, assists with activities of daily living, meals, mobility, housekeeping, and laundry, and follows community safety and infection-control practices. The role also includes responding to emergencies, assisting with tours and resident transitions, and attending training and staff meetings.

Prestige Senior Living - Rosemont is an assisted-living and independent-living community in Yelm, Washington. The job posting describes a home-like setting and a collaborative team environment. Full-time team members are eligible for Prestige’s comprehensive benefits package; all team members may participate in the company retirement plans subject to hours and service requirements.

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 duty satisfactorily, with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Current First Aid and CPR certification.
• Food Handler 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 resident 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 document care and observations in communication logs and incident reports.
• Report and document incidents and accidents immediately.
• Assist residents to and from the dining room and activities.
• Provide first aid and initiate emergency response procedures as needed.
• 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 mealtimes, 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 with co-workers, assist with lifting, and respond promptly 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.
• Company retirement plans available to all team members, with a company match for those meeting hours and service requirements.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Education Reimbursement program.

What This Job Offers

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