Personal Care Attendant (PCA) Caregiver - On-Call
Prestige Care - Homewood Heights
Milwaukie, OR
Pay Rate : Hourly Pay Rate Maximum : 21 Pay Rate Minimum : 16.50
Information About Homewood Heights Assisted Living
Located at 17999 SE River Road, Homewood Heights AssistedLiving is a 44 apartment all assisted living, community. Homewood Heights has areputation for being one of the highest performing assisted living communitiesnot only in the Portland-area, but in the entire state of Oregon! It recentlywon the Bronze award via the American Health Care Association / National Centerfor Assisted Living, and have enjoyed multiple deficiency free surveys.
Homewood Heights is small, but beautiful. It is set in asmaller community in a beautiful, wooded setting. Our Ageless Grace program issecond to none with a culture that is full of laughter, much recognition of ourteam members, and a strong leadership team.
Our community employs many high performing, empathetichealthcare providers that serve our residents, and keep our community lookingabsolutely stunning.
If working in a home-like setting, in a strong teamatmosphere that has a strong promote-from-within culture, and has a nationalaward-winning reputation, Homewood Heights Assisted Living is the place foryou.
Who Is Prestige Care?
Prestige Care is a family of over 75 skilled nursing +post-acute care centers, as well as assisted living and memory care communitiesin 8 Western states.
We are an organization of over 5,000 team members whoserve thousands of residents, where we have the privilege of personallytouching their lives every day.
We have four core values of integrity, trust, commitment,and respect that guide everything that we do. With a strong commitment tocareer development and advancement, Prestige Care is a employer that can helpyou achieve your career goals and objectives.
With a healthcare career atPrestige Care, you will enjoy a collaborative, team-oriented environment whereyour work truly matters at the end of every day.
Job Summary :
Provides direct resident care,completes assignments as a universal worker, assists in maintaining a positivephysical and psychosocial environment for residents, and upholds Prestige’score values of respect, integrity, commitment and trust.
Essential Functions :
1. Provides direct residentcare while promoting resident dignity, independence and choice, regularlyobserves residents’ physical and mental conditions and reports changes to theHealth Services Director, Expressions Coordinator, or Executive Director.
2. Assists with or performsADL’s, takes vital signs and weights and accurately documents care servicesprovided and observations on communication log and incident reports.
Reportsand documents all incidents and accidents immediately.
3. Assists residents to andfrom dining room and activities.
4. Performs First Aid andinitiates emergency response procedures as required.
5. Greets residents, visitors,and staff courteously and answers phones when assigned.
6. Follows and supportscommunity fire safety and infection control practices and promptly reports anyunsafe conditions or equipment to immediate supervisor.
7. Serves meals in the diningroom, assisting residents at meal time, provides resident tray delivery, andassists with dining room and kitchen clean up and maintenance.
8. Assists with tours,move-ins, move-outs, and transfers and coordinates personal care service withco-workers assisting with lifting and responds to assistance pages promptly.
9. Assists with apartmenthousekeeping services and resident’s laundry.
10. Attends and participates intraining, in-services, and staff meetings.
11. Performs other relatedduties as assigned.
Qualifications :
Must complete and passcompetency evaluation within 120 days of employment, state required training includingthe Revised Fundamentals of Care, Dementia Care, First Aid, CPR and HIVtraining if not able to provide appropriate documentation of prior training.
Must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirementslisted below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and / or abilityrequired.
Must be able to perform essential job duties with or withoutreasonable accommodation.
High school diploma or GED withone or more years of personal care experience with older adults preferred
Current First Aid and CPRcertification. Food Handlers permit if required by State.