Personal Care Attendant (PCA) Caregiver - Day Shift - $18/hour and up

Company: Prestige Care, Inc.
Location: Bend
Posted on: April 8, 2021

Job Description:

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Pay starts at $18/hour - $19/hour depending on experience as a Caregiver/Personal Care Attendant:

Position Details:

Status: Full-Time/Part-Time/On-Call

Shift: Day/Evening/NOC

Schedule: Various

Working Hours Start: Various

Working Hours End: Various

What does the Personal Care Attendant do?

The Personal Care Attendant provides the best in direct resident care including bathing, toileting, and companionship. The PCA will also complete various assignments as a universal team member at the community and assists in maintaining a positive physical and psychosocial environment for residents.

Why join the Prestige Care Family in the Personal Care Attendant role?

* See the impact of your expertise and care by interacting with our residents on a daily basis.
* Collaborate with a strong team of health care providers, all while working in a home-like setting.
* The ability to bring pure joy and community to our residents.
* Build relationships with your residents for months and years at a time.
* Strong promote-from-within culture: the possibilities are endless.
* Our 35+ year old, family-owned and operated organization (with over 80 locations in 8 states) means we aren't too small, but not too big. You are known here.

In this job, every day you will---

1. Provide direct resident care while promoting resident dignity, independence and choice, regularly observes residents' physical and mental conditions and reports changes to the Health Services Director, Expressions Coordinator, or Executive Director.

2. Assist with or provides care services as directed by the resident's cooperative service plan.

3. Report and document all incidents and accidents per policy. Completes all incident forms.

4. Assist residents to and from dining room and activities.

5. Perform First Aid and initiates emergency response procedures as required.

6. Coordinate personal care services with co-workers assisting with lifting and responds to assistance pages promptly.

7. Serve meals in the dining room, assist residents at meal time, provides resident tray delivery, and assists with dining room and kitchen clean up and maintenance.

8. Assist in lifting, moving and transporting residents using proper body mechanics or assistive devices as directed by the resident's cooperative service plan.

Education Experience needed to qualify:

* High school diploma or GED with one or more years of personal care experience with older adults preferred.
* Must hold state required certification (if required), complete state required delegation and/or training requirements and successfully complete the ADL competency return demonstration.
* Must have word processing skills.
* Current First Aid and CPR certification.
* Food Handlers permit if required by State.

Ways you can advance beyond the Personal Care Attendant role:

Once you master this role, you could consider the Lead Personal Care Attendant, Medication Technician, Resident Care Coordinator, or other jobs with Prestige Care.

EOE/M/F/VETS/DISABLED - At Prestige, it is our promise to personally touch lives every day. It is a philosophy of caring based on our core values of integrity, trust, commitment, and respect, that are at the center of all that we do. We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce that represents all of us, coming from different experiences, cultures, backgrounds, and viewpoints. Inclusion is the way we treat one another and how we celebrate what makes us different.

Questions? Contact HighDesertED@prestigecare.com:

Information About Prestige Senior Living - High Desert:

Located at 2660 NE Mary Rose Place on the east side of beautiful Bend, Oregon, Prestige Senior Living - High Desert is a 68 apartment all assisted living community. High Desert has a reputation for being one of the cleanest, highest performing assisted living communities in the Central Oregon area, including winning the "Bronze" National Quality Care award in 2017 (https://www.ohca.com/ahcancal-announces-2017-bronze-national-quality-award-recipients/).

Our community employs many high performing, empathetic healthcare providers that serve our residents, and keep our community looking absolutely stunning. If working in a home-like setting, in a strong team atmosphere, with an award-winning employer, then Prestige Senior Living - High Desert is the place for you.

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 communities in 8 Western states. We are an organization of over 5,000 team members who serve thousands of residents, where we have the privilege of personally touching 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 to career development and advancement, Prestige Care is a employer that can help you achieve your career goals and objectives. With a healthcare career at Prestige Care, you will enjoy a collaborative, team-oriented environment where your work truly matters at the end of every day.

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