<p>Personal Care Assistant (PCA), (Non-Exempt)</p> <p>Starting Wage: $20.00/hour (Higher pay based on experience)</p> <p>Hours: Part-Time or Full-Time Positions Available</p> <p>POSITION SUMMARY:</p> <p>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.</p> <p>ESSENTIAL FUNCITONS:</p> <ul> <li>Promote principles of resident directed care including honoring residents' desires, strengths, and preferences. Promote residents' highest level of function. </li><li>Transfers residents, in wheelchairs, from room to common area, dining area, activities, or church. </li><li>Once certified, administers medications as ordered, including insulin, injections, topical, enteral, oral, etc. </li><li>Understands the importance and necessity of accurate documentation. </li><li>Assemble, thin, and disassemble resident charts as necessary. </li><li>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. </li><li>Provides care on the basis of infection control and blood borne pathogen best practices. </li><li>Answer resident call signals. </li><li>Turn and reposition residents alone or with assistance, to prevent bedsores. </li><li>Collect specimens such as urine, feces, or sputum as needed. </li><li>Observe resident conditions, measuring and recording intake and output and vitals as needed and ordered. Report changes to professional staff, physician, and/or family. </li><li>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. </li><li>Responsible for light housekeeping duties in the absence of a housekeeper to preserve the cleanliness of the carpets, floors, dining area, etc. </li><li>Supports the Mission, Vision, and Values of Woodside Senior Communities. </li><li>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. </li><li>Observes care in ensuring the confidentiality of all data, including resident, employee, and operations data as required by HIPAA/HITECH regulations. </li><li>Abides by all applicable statutes and regulations through compliance with the Woodside Corporate Compliance and Ethics Program. </li><li>Completes requirements for in-service training. </li><li>Completes other tasks and duties as assigned. </li></ul> <p>BENEFITS:</p> <ul> <li>Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance </li><li>Accident / Critical Illness / Hospital Indemnity Insurance </li><li>Voluntary Life / AD&D </li><li>Voluntary Short-Term Disability </li><li>Voluntary Long-Term Disability </li><li>Accrued Paid Time Off (PTO) </li><li>403(b) Retirement Plan with Employer Match </li></ul> <p>EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:</p> <ul> <li>Experience as a caregiver in a CBRF or other healthcare setting preferred, but other candidates will be considered as well </li><li>Computer skills strongly preferred </li><li>Certified or willingness to obtain dementia care certification strongly preferred </li></ul>