Personal Care Aide/ CNA- Days & Evenings

Job Title: Personal Care Aide/ CNA

Reports To: Personal Care Manager

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Department: Personal Care

Summary: Responsible for carrying out duties assigned by the Personal Care Manager to ensure that residents receive the highest quality of personal care. Our days and evenings shifts are currently open.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Assist, encourage and instruct residents with basic life skills, including social, recreational, and daily living skills.
• Assist, encourage and instruct residents to maintain clean and safe living environment.
• Assist, encourage and instruct residents in the dining room (i.e. serving drinks, cutting food and cleanup).
• Assist, encourage and instruct residents with dressing and grooming, including helping with dressing and undressing, combing hair, and nail care.
• Assist, encourage and instruct residents with bathing and personal hygiene, including bathing, shampooing hair, oral hygiene, denture care, and shaving.
• Assist, encourage and instruct residents with mobility and transfer, including assisting with transfer and ambulation when resident can at least partially bear own weight.
• Assist, encourage and instruct residents with toileting and continence, including assisting in going to the bathroom, changing bed linen in compliance with the Bowel and Bladder program.
• Assist, encourage and instruct residents with medication, including assisting with the self-administration of medicine, applying nonprescription topical ointments or lotions.
• Perform scheduled inspection of resident rooms for cleanliness and safety. Clean rooms when necessary
• Report potential fire and safety hazards and maintenance or housekeeping concerns to the Personal Care Manager.
• Report any verbal or physical abuse (or suspicion) of a resident to the Administrator.
• Monitor smoke lounge.
• Log delivery of PC tasks in the designated software program.
• Perform all other duties as required

All duties listed are essential unless otherwise noted.

Physical Demands

• Frequency - Never, Occasionally (i.e. up to 1/3 of workday), Frequently (i.e. up to 2/3 of workday), Constantly (i.e. over 2/3 of workday)
• Ability to hear and speak - Constantly
• Sitting and/or standing - Frequently
• Walking - Constantly
• Lift and/or carry objects up to 50 pounds - Occasionally
• Push and/or pull objects up to 50 pounds - Occasionally
• Use of hands, fingers and wrists to grip objects, type, writing - Constantly
• Use of arms and hands to mop, sweep, reach, raise above shoulder level, point, etc. - Constantly
• Stooping, kneeling, crouching, etc. - Constantly

Skills:

• Maintain Highest Degree of Confidentiality
• Time Management
• Basic Computer Skill
• Organization
• Interpersonal Skills
• Customer Service
• Oral Communication Skills
• Professionalism
• Education/Experience: All basic personal care aides employed by the provider must:
• Be at least 18 years of age;
• Be able to read, write, and follow directions; and
• Have at least six months paid work experience in personal care service