Personal Care Attendant (PCA) - Caregiver

Prestige Care•Corvallis, OR

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Personal Care Attendant provides direct resident care in an assisted living community, completes assignments as a universal worker, and helps maintain a positive physical and psychosocial environment. The role promotes resident dignity, independence, and choice while upholding Prestige Care’s values of respect, integrity, commitment, and trust. The position also contributes to a clean, safe, home-like community and a collaborative, resident-centered team environment. The attendant assists residents with activities of daily living, meals, transportation within the community, housekeeping, and laundry. They observe and report changes in residents’ physical or mental condition, document care and incidents, and help respond to emergencies. The role also includes greeting visitors, supporting community operations, and participating in training and staff meetings.

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 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 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 document services and observations in communication logs and incident reports.
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 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 during meals, 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.