Job Summary:
The Personal Care Assistant performs resident care duties, including taking/recording vital signs, assistance with activities of daily living, medication reminders and restorative services.
Responsibilities:
- Assist residents with bathing, dressing, grooming, toileting, eating, performing simple chores like bed making, apartment upkeep and maintaining personal items, and other ADLs and IADLs. (Note: Personal Care Assistants will pull trash and change linens between housekeeping visits when necessary.) Record significant progress, changes or deficits in their capabilities in resident's record.
- Provide health and wellness services according to each resident's service plan, including but not limited to: vital signs, medication reminders and assistance opening medication bottles, range of motion exercises, monitoring intake/output, and glucose monitoring. Deliver meals to ill residents approved for temporary room service.
- Assist with emergency clean-ups, summoning help from housekeeping or maintenance as appropriate.
- Immediately record care/services provided; enter into electronic database at the end of shift.
- Treat residents with respect and dignity at all times, maintaining and insuring their privacy, dignity and independence, and the confidentiality of their personal and health records.
- Advise residents about programs and services available at Eden and/or refer their questions to other departments as appropriate.
- Report significant incidents and resident changes to supervisor.
- Transport/transfer any resident as needed per facility policies. Assist when needed in the Eden Café and with programs, special events and outings.
- Actively participate in continuing education, fire drills, and in-service trainings.
- Treat all residents, guests, and staff in a friendly, personable and professional manner
Pay: $15.00 - $17.00 per hour
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Work Location: In person
