PCA- Care Assistant

Ascent Healthcare Management; Asheville (NC); On-site; USD 17,000 - 25,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Daily pay

Employee engagement activities

Positive work environment

Excellent training

Competitive pay and benefits

Job summary

Bear Mountain, part of the Ascent Healthcare Management family, is seeking a Patient Care Assistant to help residents with daily care tasks, maintain clean and organized living spaces, and support nursing staff as needed.

The position runs Monday, Wednesday, and Friday 8:30am–6pm with every other weekend. Candidates should have strong English communication, teamwork, attention to detail, and a commitment to confidentiality.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required or equivalent related work experience.
• Effective verbal and written English communication skills.
• Highest level of professionalism with the ability to maintain confidentiality.
• Ability to communicate at all levels of organization and work well within a team environment in support of company objectives.
• Customer service oriented with the ability to work well under pressure.
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy, excellent organizational skills with ability to prioritize, coordinate and simultaneously maintain multiple projects with high level of quality and productivity.

Responsibilities

• Make unoccupied beds.
• Clean resident equipment.
• Clean resident’s personal care and grooming items.
• Maintain residents’ closets, bedside stands, drawers, and closets in a clean, orderly and odor free manner.
• Label clothing and belongings.
• Complete admission inventory of clothing and belongings.
• Distribute personal laundry.
• Monitor and replenish resident care articles.
• Answer call lights and provide non-care giving tasks; i.e. change TV, open windows, adjust articles within residents’ reach, relay requests for actual care assistance to nursing staff, transport residents to meals, activities, care conferences, assist with passing trays in the dining room and to residents who do not require feeding assistance.

Skills

Communication

Confidentiality

Teamwork

Customer service

Attention to detail

Education

High school diploma or GED

Job description

NOW OFFERING DAILY PAY! We are pleased to offer a voluntary benefit for employees to access their pay on their own schedule. Work today, get paid today.

Bear Mountain is a member of the Ascent Healthcare Management family of skilled nursing facilities and rehabilitation centers. We are resident-centered and quality-focused! Our workplace culture is all about uplifting people. If you are looking for a healthcare organization where you can bring your best ""you"" to work, where you can make a difference, and where you can team-up with like-minded co-workers, then we are also looking for you. Join us!

We arelooking for a Patient Care Assistant. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday 8:30am-6pm and every other weekend.

Working hereyou will enjoy:

• Employee Engagement Activities
• Positive work environment
• Excellent Training
• Competitive Pay and Benefits

What you will do:

• Make unoccupied beds.
• Clean resident equipment.
• Clean resident’s personal care and grooming items.
• Maintain residents’ closets, bedside stands, drawers, and closets in a clean, orderly and odor free manner.
• Label clothing and belongings.
• Complete admission inventory of clothing and belongings.
• Distribute personal laundry.
• Monitor and replenish resident care articles.
• Answer call lights and provide non-care giving tasks; i.e. change TV, open windows, adjust articles within residents’ reach, relay requests for actual care assistance to nursing staff, transport residents to meals, activities, care conferences, assist with passing trays in the dining room and to residents who do not require feeding assistance.

What you need:

• High school diploma or GED required or equivalent related work experience.
• Effective verbal and written English communication skills.
• Highest level of professionalism with the ability to maintain confidentiality.
• Ability to communicate at all levels of organization and work well within a team environment in support of company objectives.
• Customer service oriented with the ability to work well under pressure.
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy, excellent organizational skills with ability to prioritize, coordinate and simultaneously maintain multiple projects with high level of quality and productivity.

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