What are the responsibilities and job description for the Lead Personal Care Attendant - Caregiver position at Prestige Care Inc?
Information About Prestige Senior Living - SouthernHills
Located at 4795 Skyline Road South in Salem, Oregon, PrestigeSenior Living - Southern Hills has 66 apartments of all assisted living care.
Southern Hills is a clean, vibrant community ofhealthcare providers and residents. We offer a highly impactful workenvironment where you can collaborate with other team members to offer the bestin care for our residents. If getting to know those you serve is important toyou, you get that in spades with us! We offer a strong promote-from-withinculture, a home-like work environment, a robust and comprehensivemedical / dental / vision / EAP benefits package, lots of different career options,and more.
Southern Hills has a award-winning legacy both on thelocal, state, but also national scale. It is a former "Bronze" award winnerthrough the American Health Care Association / National Center for Assisted Livingin recent years. Additionally, in 2019, we were designated the "Best Of" awardin the Mid-Willamette Valley through the Statesman Journal!
If working in a home-like setting, with a strong teamatmosphere, and with a national award-winning employer that has a greatpromote-from-within culture, then Southern Hills is the place for you.
Who Is Prestige Care / Prestige Senior Living?
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.
Position Details :
Status : Full-Time / Part-Time / On-Call
Shift : Day / Evening / NOC
Schedule : Various
Working Hours Start : Various
Working Hours End : Various
Job Summary :
In this leadership role, you will lead otherPersonal Care Attendants, but also provide the best in direct resident careincluding bathing, toileting, and companionship. Provides direct resident care, completes assignments as auniversal worker, assists in maintaining a positive physical and psychosocialenvironment for residents, and upholds Prestige's core 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.
EDUCATIONand / or EXPERIENCE
High school diploma or GED withone or more years of personal care experience with older adults preferred
CERTIFICATES,LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS
Current First Aid and CPRcertification. Food Handlers permit if required by State.
EOE / M / F / VETS / DISABLED - At Prestige, it is our promise topersonally touch lives every day. It is a philosophy of caring based on ourcore values of integrity, trust, commitment, and respect, that are at thecenter of all that we do. We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforcethat represents all of us, coming from different experiences, cultures,backgrounds, and viewpoints. Inclusion is the way we treat one another and howwe celebrate what makes us different.
Prestige is proud to be an EqualEmployment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race,religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, orrelated medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression,age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability,or other applicable legally protected characteristics.
