Personal Care Assistant (Extended Care)

Education and Work Experience:

• High School Education/GED or equivalent: Preferred

Licenses/Certifications:

• Basic Life Support (BLS OR HS-BLS OR RQIBLS) American Heart Association: Preferred

Essential Functions:

• Completes personal laundry for residents, strips and makes residents bed weekly, launders residents linen and towels, fold and return to residents, and assists in preparing meals, serving and bussing tables during mealtimes. Assist residents with oxygen, ostomies and other medical problems as outlines in the assistance plan.
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned.
• Actively participates in the residents' plan of care and assists in implementing care intervention at their level of care. Charts clearly and concisely, according to policy and procedure.
• Assists with data collection, through basic physical appearance, vital signs, weight and documents accordingly. Continues basic assessments during routine resident care, reporting changes.
• Provides a clean and safe environment for all residents. Assists residents with cleanliness, grooming, nourishments, rest, activity and elimination. Participates in implementation of programs including: ambulation, feeding, bowel and bladder retraining, special skin care, and behavior monitoring, encouraging maximum levels of function. Provides one-on-one support/visitation to assigned residents. Encourages socialization among residents.
• Assists with the activity program. Makes routine rounds of assigned area at the start and end of shift. Attends all requires in services and meetings.