Job Details
** Impact Floating Personal Care Attendant**
** Impact Staffing LLC**
JOIN A DEDICATED AMERICARE PRN POOL! HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY AND PAY OF AGENCY WITH THE CONSISTENCY AND QUALITY AMERICARE PROVIDES TO OUR RESIDENTS AND CAREGIVERS!! EMAIL ...@AMERICAREUSA.NET FOR FURTHER DETAILS. $17.00 PER HOUR
**Position Summary:** Care for physical and emotional needs of residents in an Americare skilled or assisted living facility. Employee provides residents with direct care to assure quality of life in a home like environment while offering additional support to family and visitors. Maintains professional behavior while functioning as an interdisciplinary team member meeting state and federal guidelines.
**Essential Functions:** *Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.*
* Provide personal care to residents
* Ability to provide direct physical and emotional care to resident including, but not limited to, personal hygiene, transferring, lifting, maintain records, confidentiality and assistance with activities of daily living.
* Recognize and report in a timely manner any change in resident condition to charge staff.
* Support co-workers by providing assistance as needed or requested in resident care.
* Accurately observe record and report resident care, condition or needs as well as concerns.
* Report in timely manner any accidents or incidents involving residents, staff, visitors.
* Assist co-workers with admission or discharge of residents through documentation or tasks.
* Communicate through report to staff on preceding and oncoming shifts.
* Must be able to work independently or with peers to provide care of residents. Must be able to provide first aid as needed. In assisted living facilities employee must be able to work independent of direct supervision.
* Provide housekeeping duties including cleaning of common areas and resident rooms.
* Answer phone, greet visitors and provide tour of facility when necessary.
* Demonstrate ability to apply restorative nursing/ therapy techniques to assist resident to their best health potential.
* If designated to transport residents to appointments or activities a valid drivers license and ability to meet company requirements related to driving.
* Ability to communicate effectively with residents, families, visitors and co-workers.
* Required to follow HIPAA guidelines and adhere to confidentiality of resident information.
* Position requires accuracy in observation, performance, reporting and documenting.
* Provide support to supervising licensed nurse and administrator or director of nursing.
* Ability to recognize, provide and record physical and emotional needs of resident.
* Possess ability to effectively communicate verbally and written regarding resident needs.
* Possess ability to effectively communicate with supervisor, peers, family members and visitors.
* Maintain resident confidentiality at all times and adhere to resident rights.
* Ability to recognize and follow resident care plan and maintain safe living environment by utilizing safety equipment and communicating with charge staff any concerns
* Demonstrate professional behavior and performance as an Americare employee.
Adheres to the Americare Mission/Vision, Home Town Hospitality and F.A.M.I.L.Y. Values, Employee Culture Statement and Company Policy and Procedures.
**Duties / Responsibilities:**
* Completes other duties as assigned
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**Work Environment:** Indoor with adequate lighting and ventilation, carpet, tile, concrete floors. May include outdoor or public activities or attending recreational events with residents.
**Physical Demands:** 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. The physical demands of this position include;
Standing, sitting, walking, changing of position, reaching, extending hands & arms, reach across midline, crouching, balancing, kneeling, stooping, bending, lifting 25 lbs from sit to stand & push, pull, lower 100 lbs and push resident in wheelchair 350 lbs.
**Do not attempt to lift residents or support entire weight of resident.**
**Lower resident to floor in the event of fall. Utilize two man lift procedure**
**Utilize required safety equipment**
**Sensory Demands:**
Auditory: to hear and understand verbal request,
Visually: be able to read necessary information to complete work tasks,
Verbally: communicate with customers and others on your team
**Safety Equipment:**
When administering resident care, gait belt, lumbar support, two man lift policy and use of mechanical lifts in noted facilities.
Use of PPE is required when appropriate to prevent exposure to bloodborne pathogens.
Mandatory reporting of all work-related injuries within 12 hours to supervisor with participation in required documentation.
Participation in our drug testing procedures is a mandatory part of employment with this facility.
**OSHA Exposure:** Category 1, possibility of exposure on daily basis. Required use of personal protective equipment
**Position Type/Expected Hours of Work:** Hours can vary depending on coverage and demands of the community.
**Travel:** Up to 30% travel expected.
**Qualifications/ Education/Experience/Skills:**
**Education**
* High school graduate or minimum age of 18 years of age
** Licenses/Certifications: None**