Personal Care Giver - FT 3pm-11pm

Personal Care Giver - FT 3pm-11pm

Blue Skies West - San Antonio, TX

Overview

Salary Range $14.50 - $15.50 Hourly Position Type Full Time Job Shift Evening 3pm - 11pm

Description

Are you looking for a work environment where diversity and inclusion thrive? Submit your application with Blue Skies today and find out what it truly means to be a part of a team.

We are committed to providing our team with the support they need. At Blue Skies of Texas, we offer medical, dental, and vision benefits! Some of our unique benefits we offer are:

• Tuition Reimbursement & Scholarship Programs
• Employee Assistance Program
• Employee Referral Bonus Program
• A generous PTO program
• Retirement plans

We are seeking a Personal Care Giver for our Memory Care center to ensure that we continue to provide all patients with high quality, efficient care. We are an amazing team that works hard to support each other and are seeking a phenomenal addition like you who feels patient care is as meaningful as we do. We want you to apply now!

As a Personal Care Giver, you will be responsible for providing direct care for residents who are cognitively, emotionally, and functionally impaired. You will guide or assist residents with those activities of daily living that they are unable to perform without assistance, fostering at all times the residents independence, dignity, and freedom of choice.

What you will do in this role:

• Assists residents with each scheduled program activity, participates in all activities, and provides support and encouragement to residents during same; assists and encourages family members who may wish to participate.
• Utilizes appropriate established techniques, prompts, and cues when interacting with residents.
• Monitors residents with swallowing precautions and promptly reports any problems encountered to Supervisor.
• Provides direct resident assistance with activities of personal care, dressing, grooming, and eating.
• Assists with the fitting and adjustment of adaptive equipment including visual and auditory aids.
• Assists residents with dining activities including household skills and serving meals.

Qualifications

Qualifications:

• High school diploma or equivalent preferred.
• Prior geriatric nursing assistance care and dementia care experience preferred
• Must show proof of successful completion and certification of a Texas Food Handlers Program or successfully complete within 60 days of hire.
• Nursing Assistant Certification, as well as cardiopulmonary resuscitation, automated external defibrillator, and First Aid certifications preferred.