Care Partner/ Medication Aide

Information About Prestige Senior Living – West Hills:

Located at 5595 SW West Hills Road in beautiful Corvallis, Oregon, Prestige Senior Living – West Hills is a 66 apartment all assisted living community. Our West Hills community is a place where you as a team member get to enjoy many amazing relationships between co-workers, but also our amazing residents. It’s evident here that the residents and our staff truly connect on a personal level. Our community is always clean, well kept, and a true home-like setting where you can bring your whole self to work every day.

West Hills has a reputation for being one of the cleanest, highest performing assisted living communities in the Willamette Valley area, including winning the “Bronze” National Quality Care award in 2017 (https://www.ohca.com/ahcancal-announces-2017-bronze-national-quality-award-recipients/).

When asked about the culture at West Hills, our Executive Director mentions that it is “resident-centered, all-inclusive, positive, exciting, fun, and compassionate.” You will get the training and knowledge to know what is expected of you, and then the autonomy to do your job with excellence.

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 – West Hills is the place for you.

Questions? Contact WestHillsED@prestigecare.com:

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.:

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Care Partner / Medication Aide provides direct resident care, completes assignments as a universal worker, and assists in maintaining a positive physical and psychosocial environment for residents. The Care Partner/ Medication Aide assists with delegated tasks and medication management, as well as other tasks needed for resident well-being and building support. Possibility to work as Care Partner or Medication Aide instead of blended role.:

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provides direct resident care 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.
• Coordinates personal care services with co-workers assisting with lifting and responds to assistance pages promptly.
• Reports and documents all changes of condition, incidents, and accidents per policy. Completes are required notifications and incident report forms.
• 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, including meal set up, service, assisting residents at mealtime, provides resident tray delivery, and assists with dining room and kitchen clean up and maintenance.
• Assists residents with keeping their apartments clean. Communicates observed problems appropriately.
• Partners with community team to clean all common areas of the building.
• Assists with laundry service for residents, as well as building laundry.
• Follows the daily schedule and the planned activity program schedule. Supports and encourages residents to participate as is appropriate for their abilities. Assists residents to and from activities.
• Administers resident medications and treatments according to scheduled times; following the medication administration policies, as assigned and delegated.
• 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. Completed all required training.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

COMPANY WIDE RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Demonstrates Core Values of Respect, Integrity, Commitment, and Trust.
• Supports a dignified and caring atmosphere with residents, residents’ families, visitors, and staff.
• Protects privacy and confidentiality of information pertaining to residents, team members, the department/center/community, and company information and records.
• Maintains a safe and secure working environment and practices safe working habits.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Must hold state required certification, complete state required delegation and/or training requirements and successfully complete the ADL competency demonstration. Must have word processing skills. Current First Aid and CPR certification. Food Handlers permit if required by State.

EDUCATION:

• 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.

Benefits:

Salary : $17 - $22