Non-Certified Caregiver

General Purpose With supervision the Non-Certified Personal Care Attendant provides direct resident care, completes assignments as a universal worker, and assists in maintaining a positive physical and psychosocial environment for residents.

Essential Duties • Provides direct resident care under the supervision of a manager or caregiver, while promoting resident dignity, independence, and personal choice.

Regularly observes residents' physical and mental conditions and reports changes to health services leadership or Executive Director.

• Provides care and services as directed by the resident's cooperative service plan under supervision.

• Reviews daily assignments with the designated supervisor and completes task sheets every shift.

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

• Reports and documents all incidents and accidents per policy.

Completes are required notifications and incident report forms.

• Assists residents to and from dining room and activities.

• Performs First Aid and initiates emergency response procedures as required.

• Greets residents, visitors, and staff courteously and answers phones when assigned.

• Follows and supports community fire safety and infection control practices and promptly reports any unsafe conditions or equipment to immediate supervisor or Executive Director.

• Serves meals in the dining room, assisting residents at mealtimes, provides resident tray delivery, and assists with dining room and kitchen clean up and maintenance.

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

• Assists with tours, move-ins, move-outs, and transfers.

• Assists with apartment housekeeping services and resident's laundry.

• Attends and participates in training, in-services, and staff meetings.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

Supervisory Requirements This position does not have supervisory responsibilities.

Qualification Education and/or Experience • High school diploma or GED with one or more years of personal care experience with older adults preferred or equivalent knowledge and skills obtained through a combination of education, training, and experience.

• Must hold state required certification, 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.

Language Skills Ability to communicate effectively, in English, with residents, visitors, and staff.

Good written and oral communication skills.

Ability to read and interpret documents, including safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.

Mathematical Skills Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratio...