Personal Care Attendant (PCA) - Caregiver

Prestige Care • Longview, WA

4d • Onsite

About The Position

Prestige Senior Living – Monticello Park is seeking a Personal Care Attendant to provide direct resident care and support a positive physical and psychosocial environment. The role includes completing universal-worker assignments while upholding Prestige’s values of respect, integrity, commitment, and trust. The community is located in Longview, Washington, and offers a home-like setting and a team-oriented environment.

The attendant promotes residents’ dignity, independence, and choice; observes and reports changes in residents’ physical and mental conditions; assists with activities of daily living and other personal care; and documents services and observations. The position also supports dining, activities, housekeeping, laundry, community safety, and resident transitions. Required training and a competency evaluation must be completed within the specified period when applicable.

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, if acceptable documentation of prior training is not provided.
• Be able to perform each essential 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; and accurately 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.
• Perform first aid and initiate emergency response procedures as needed.
• 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 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 services with coworkers, 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

• Full-time team members are eligible for a choice of medical plans, HSA/FSA accounts, dental and vision insurance, and company-paid life and AD&D insurance.
• Team members may participate in the company retirement plans; a company match is available for those who meet the hours and service requirements.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Education Reimbursement program.
• Full-time and part-time team members working more than 20 hours per week accrue PTO at 0.034 hours per hour during their first year.

What This Job Offers

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