Personal Care Attendant (Healthcare)
Essential Duties 1. Provides direct resident care while promoting resident dignity, independence, and personal choice. Regularly observes residents' physical and mental conditions and reports changes to Health Services Director or Executive Director.
2. Provides care and services as directed by the resident's cooperative service plan.
3. Coordinates personal care services with co-workers assisting with lifting and responds to assistance pages promptly.
4. Reports and documents all incidents and accidents per policy. Completes are required notifications and incident report forms.
5. Assists residents to and from dining room and activities.
6. Performs First Aid and initiates emergency response procedures as required. 7. Greets residents, visitors, and staff courteously and answers phones when assigned.
8. Follows and supports community fire safety and infection control practices and promptly reports any unsafe conditions or equipment to immediate supervisor or Executive Director.
9. Serves meals in the dining room, assists residents at mealtimes, provides resident tray delivery, and assists with dining room and kitchen clean up and maintenance.
10. Assists in lifting, moving, and transporting residents using proper body mechanics or assistive devices as directed by the resident's cooperative service plan.
11. Assists with tours, move-ins, move-outs, and transfers.
12. Assists with apartment housekeeping services and resident's laundry.
13. Attends and participates in training, in-services, and staff meetings.
14. Partners with health services leadership to provide mentorship and training to Personal Care Attendants as needed.
15. Assists with staffing and scheduling of Personal Care Attendants as directed.
16. Performs other duties as assigned. COMPANY WIDE RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Demonstrates Company Values.
2. Supports a dignified and caring atmosphere with residents, residents' families, visitors, and staff.
3. Protects privacy and confidentiality of information pertaining to residents, team members, the department/center/community, and company information and records.
4. Maintains a safe and secure working environment and practices safe working habits.
