Personal Care Assistant

Personal Care Assistant (PCA)

Starting Wage: $20.00/hour (Higher pay based on experience) Hours: Part-Time or Full-Time Positions Available

Position Summary: A para professional who gives direct care to our residents in our assisted living facilities. Assignments are given in the form of oral instructions or written work schedules from a Registered Nurse. May transfer or transport residents as allowed by OSHA standards. Work is subject to review in progress and upon completion.

Essential Functions

• Promote principles of resident directed care including honoring residents' desires, strengths, and preferences. Promote residents' highest level of function.
• Transfers residents, in wheelchairs, from room to common area, dining area, activities, or church.
• Once certified, administers medications as ordered, including insulin, injections, topical, enteral, oral, etc.
• Understands the importance and necessity of accurate documentation.
• Assemble, thin, and disassemble resident charts as necessary.
• Responds to inquiries from families, and other referral sources by providing information about the facility, including tours when the Villa Care Coordinator or Admissions Coordinator are unavailable.
• Provides care on the basis of infection control and blood borne pathogen best practices.
• Answer resident call signals.
• Turn and reposition residents alone or with assistance, to prevent bedsores.
• Collect specimens such as urine, feces, or sputum as needed.
• Observe resident conditions, measuring and recording intake and output and vitals as needed and ordered. Report changes to professional staff, physician, and/or family.
• Provide residents with help walking, exercising, and moving in and out of bed. Bathe, groom, shave, dress and complete incontinent care as needed. Assist residents with eating.
• Responsible for light housekeeping duties in the absence of a housekeeper to preserve the cleanliness of the carpets, floors, dining area, etc.
• Supports the Mission, Vision, and Values of Woodside Senior Communities.
• Is knowledgeable of resident rights and ensures an atmosphere which allows for the privacy, dignity, and well-being of all residents in a safe, secure environment.
• Observes care in ensuring the confidentiality of all data, including resident, employee, and operations data as required by HIPAA/HITECH regulations.
• Abides by all applicable statutes and regulations through compliance with the Woodside Corporate Compliance and Ethics Program.
• Completes requirements for in-service training.
• Completes other tasks and duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Accident / Critical Illness / Hospital Indemnity Insurance
• Voluntary Life / AD&D
• Voluntary Short-Term Disability
• Voluntary Long-Term Disability
• Accrued Paid Time Off (PTO)
• 403(b) Retirement Plan with Employer Match

Education and Experience

• Experience as a Certified Nursing Assistant in a CBRF or other healthcare setting strongly preferred
• Certification in medication administration or willingness to obtain required
• Willingness to become certified in dementia care strongly preferred