Personal Care Aide

Summary

Personal Care Aides (PCAs) provide compassionate, extraordinary, personal hands-on care

where each resident’s health and well-being is of ultimate importance.

Essential functions

• Participate in Shift Report

• Review Cardex or Resident Service Agreement for each resident to identify needs.

• Make hourly rounds on each resident.

• Wake the residents in the morning.

• Shower the residents.

• Groom the residents.

• Dress the residents.

• Monitor personal hygiene.

• Maintain supply of personal hygiene products in each resident’s apartment

• Encourage residents to participate in activities.

• Clean the resident’s apartments.

• Do bed, bath, and personal laundry.

• Clean the Staff Lounge

• Maintain furniture and equipment.

• Transfer and transport the residents.

• Provide bowel and bladder management.

• Assist residents with prosthetic devices.

• Wash and assist residents with TEDs.

• Monitor items purchased while shopping without voiding residents’ rights.

• Assist residents to shop for personal items in the Country Store

• Assist residents in tracking their personal items.

• Assist residents to use the phone.

• Support residents in the Dining Room

• Provide basic nail care.

• Assist resident with writing correspondence.

• Performs other duties, as assigned.

Experience:

• Six months to one-year related experience or training Specific business experience with

older adults or in the retirement housing industry preferred.

Education:

• High School Diploma or GED

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.