What are the responsibilities and job description for the Personal Care Assistant position at Sheboygan County?
- Make unoccupied beds; straighten rooms, bedside stands, closets and/or drawers for residents.
- Pass clean linens and put away resident laundry.
- Pass water to residents capable of having water at their bedside.
- Stock supplies to resident rooms and assist caregivers with obtaining necessary supplies.
- Distribute linens and set tables prior to meals.
- Place clothing protectors, napkins and tableware.
- Fill water pitchers and open milk for independent residents.
- Provide general clean-up of spills during mealtime.
- Serve food items to tables or assist staff as needed in setting up trays for residents.
- Pick up trays and food items from dining area and return to carts after meals.
- Deliver dirty carts to the Dietary Department.
- Read to residents and write cards or letters with residents requesting assistance.
- Assist the Life Enrichment Department in gathering residents for activities and may transport resident to/from activity.
- Assist Life Enrichment staff with the activity, but may have no physical contact with the resident. Clean and/or straighten areas in the facility before and after an activity.
- Good interpersonal relation and communication skills.
- Knowledge of all Center Safety Protocols as it relates to the position.
- The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear.
- This position is very active and requires standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, crouching, crawling and climbing all day.
- The employee must frequently lift or move objects and patients weighing over 50 pounds.
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
- Specific hearing abilities required by this job include, hearing conversation in noisy and quiet environments, locating a sound source and differentiating among non-speech sounds, communicating through speech.
- Ability to adapt to changes in daily work hour and schedule.
- Risk of blood borne pathogen exposure is considered high.
Salary : $14 - $15