Personal Care Assistant

The Gardens of Modesto; Modesto (CA); On-site; USD 20,664 - 30,307; Full time

Job summary

The Gardens of Modesto is a Memory Care community in Modesto, California. This position provides direct care assistance to Memory Care residents, helping with daily living activities and personal care within a supportive plan to meet community expectations.

Join a dedicated care team focused on resident comfort, safety, and quality of life, and adhere to documentation and care standards while collaborating with families and staff.

Responsibilities

• Support community relationships through professional communication with residents, families and staff.
• Maintain schedule, attendance, and punctuality.
• Assist with activities of daily living: grooming, oral hygiene, bathing, hair care.
• Assist with clothing, linen, and personal belongings.
• Lift or transfer residents as needed.
• Assist with meal preparation, serving, and report changes in eating habits.
• Make resident rounds every two hours as per service plans.
• Record changes in residents' condition in charts.
• Report incidents to Resident Care Director and document on forms.
• Maintain a clean, safe environment including housekeeping.

Job description

Job Summary

This position provides direct care assistance to the Memory Care resident in a manner that meets or exceeds Community expectations, including being familiar with and prepared to fulfill responsibilities as outlined in the following position descriptions: Personal Care Assistant to Residents MEMORY CARE COMMUNITY.

Job Duties

• Essential Functions Support the mission, vision, and culture of the organization through positive communication and leadership.
• Contribute to Community relationships by demonstrating cooperation and professional conduct with residents, families, fellow associates, physicians, pharmacies and other vendors or persons.
• Contribute to team effort by being flexible in work assignments; by furnishing support; by taking initiative; and by understanding how this position affects and compliments all other Community positions.
• Able to maintain work pace appropriate to given work load. Perform activities on schedule while maintaining regular attendance and punctuality within specified tolerance.
• Provide assistance or reminders with activities of daily living, including grooming, oral hygiene, bath/shower, hair cleaning and brushing, and transferring to and from activities and meals, as needed.
• Provide assistance with resident's personal environment (e.g. clothing, linen, and personal belongings).
• Lift and/or transfer residents as needed.
• Assist in meal preparation/presentation, serving to resident, and other dining related responsibilities; record and report changes in resident's eating habits to the supervisor.
• Make resident rounds every two hours as required in residents' service plans or as circumstances dictate.
• Record and report changes in resident's condition to the supervisor including but not limited to changes in resident's ability to perform activities of daily living, skin changes, bruising, etc.
• Use approved charting criteria and procedures to record pertinent information in resident charts.
• Immediately report all incidents or accident involving residents to the Resident Care Director/Supervisor and record all necessary information on the Resident Incident and Accident Reporting Form.
• Maintain a clean, safe and orderly environment by performing general scheduled housekeeping for resident involving cleaning laundry, bedrooms, dining area, living space, bathrooms, kitchen, etc.