Personal Care Attendant (PCA) - Caregiver

Prestige Care•Bend, OR

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Prestige Senior Living – High Desert is a 68-apartment assisted living community in Bend, Oregon. The Personal Care Attendant provides direct resident care, completes assignments as a universal worker, helps maintain a positive physical and psychosocial environment, and upholds Prestige’s core values of respect, integrity, commitment, and trust. The role supports residents’ dignity, independence, and choice while assisting with daily care, dining, activities, housekeeping, laundry, and community operations. The position requires satisfactory performance of essential duties, with or without reasonable accommodation. The attendant must complete and pass a competency evaluation within 120 days of employment and complete state-required training, including Revised Fundamentals of Care, Dementia Care, First Aid, CPR, and HIV training, unless appropriate prior training documentation is provided. A high school diploma or GED is required; one or more years of personal care experience with older adults is preferred. Current First Aid and CPR certification is required, and a Food Handlers permit is required if mandated by the state.

Requirements

Must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily, with or without reasonable accommodation.
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.
High school diploma or GED.
Current First Aid and CPR certification.
Food Handlers permit if required by the state.

Nice To Haves

One or more years of personal care experience with older adults.

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 on 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 required.
Greet residents, visitors, and staff courteously and answer phones when assigned.
Follow community 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 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.