Personal Care Attendant (PCA) - Caregiver

Prestige Care•Tillamook, OR

5d•Onsite

About The Position

The Personal Care Attendant provides direct resident care and completes assignments as a universal worker. The role supports residents’ dignity, independence, and choices; observes and reports changes in residents’ physical and mental conditions; and helps maintain a positive physical and psychosocial environment. The attendant also upholds Prestige’s core values of respect, integrity, commitment, and trust. The position is based at Prestige Senior Living – Five Rivers, an assisted living and independent living community in Tillamook, Oregon. The community describes its setting as home-like and team-oriented, with pets and a movie theater, and highlights training, development, and opportunities to grow. Employees must be able to perform the essential duties satisfactorily, with or without reasonable accommodation. They must complete and pass a competency evaluation within 120 days of employment and complete required state training if they cannot provide documentation of prior training.

Requirements

Must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily, with or without reasonable accommodation.
Must complete and pass a competency evaluation within 120 days of employment.
Must complete state-required training, including Revised Fundamentals of Care, Dementia Care, First Aid, CPR, and HIV training, if unable to provide appropriate documentation of prior training.
Current First Aid and CPR certification.
Food Handlers permit if required by the state.

Nice To Haves

High school diploma or GED.
One or more years of personal care experience with older adults.

Responsibilities

Provide direct resident care while promoting resident dignity, independence, and choice.
Regularly 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.
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 promptly report unsafe conditions or equipment to the immediate supervisor.
Serve meals in the dining room, 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, including assisting 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.