Personal Care Attendant (PCA) - Caregiver

Resident Care Worker

Provides direct resident care, completes assignments as a universal worker, assists in maintaining a positive physical and psychosocial environment for residents, and upholds Prestige's core values of respect, integrity, commitment and trust. Essential functions include:

• Providing direct resident care while promoting resident dignity, independence and choice, regularly observing residents' physical and mental conditions and reporting changes to the Health Services Director, Expressions Coordinator, or Executive Director.
• Assisting with or performing ADL's, taking vital signs and weights and accurately documenting care services provided and observations on communication log and incident reports. Reporting and documenting all incidents and accidents immediately.
• Assisting residents to and from dining room and activities.
• Performing First Aid and initiating emergency response procedures as required.
• Greeting residents, visitors, and staff courteously and answering phones when assigned.
• Following and supporting community fire safety and infection control practices and promptly reporting any unsafe conditions or equipment to immediate supervisor.
• Serving meals in the dining room, assisting residents at meal time, providing resident tray delivery, and assisting with dining room and kitchen clean up and maintenance.
• Assisting with tours, move-ins, move-outs, and transfers and coordinating personal care service with co-workers assisting with lifting and responding to assistance pages promptly.
• Assisting with apartment housekeeping services and resident's laundry.
• Attending and participating in training, in-services, and staff meetings.
• Performing other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications: Must complete and pass competency evaluation within 120 days of employment, state required training including the Revised Fundamentals of Care, Dementia Care, First Aid, CPR and HIV training if not able to provide appropriate documentation of prior training. Must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Must be able to perform essential job duties with or without reasonable accommodation.

Education and/or Experience: High school diploma or GED with one or more years of personal care experience with older adults preferred.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations: Current First Aid and CPR certification. Food Handlers permit if required by State.

EOE/M/F/VETS/DISABLED – At Prestige, it is our promise to personally touch lives every day. It is a philosophy of caring based on our core values of integrity, trust, commitment, and respect, that are at the center of all that we do. We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce that represents all of us, coming from different experiences, cultures, backgrounds, and viewpoints. Inclusion is the way we treat one another and how we celebrate what makes us different. Prestige is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.