Personal Care Worker General Pool (Personal Care Worker no consumer needed)

Independence First; Milwaukee (WI); On-site; USD 16,531 - 24,796; Full time

Job summary

Independence First in Milwaukee, WI seeks a Personal Care Worker to provide direct care to consumers under supervision of the RN Care Coordinator. You will assist with bed mobility, toileting, bathing, eating, grooming, dressing, and light housekeeping, while maintaining dignity and privacy.

Strong communication, reliability, and ability to travel across Milwaukee County are valued as part of a compassionate, team-based approach to care.

Qualifications

• Hands-on training in personal care services required.
• Documentation of training or demonstrated skill is required.
• Previous experience may be accepted in lieu of formal training.

Responsibilities

• Assist consumers with bed mobility and transfers.
• Assist with toileting, continence care, bathing, grooming, dressing, and eating.
• Assist with mobility using gait belts, walkers, or canes.
• Provide light meal preparation and serving.
• Light cleaning in areas used during personal care.
• Change bed linens and launder consumer clothing.
• Complete in a thorough, accurate and timely way of time sheets and documentation.
• Maintain confidentiality of consumer information.

Skills

DME experience

Total care experience

Excellent communication

Weekend/evening availability

Problem solving

Phone with voicemail

Background check clear

Travel to Milwaukee area

Dependable

Tools

Hoyer lifts

Gait belts

Transfer boards

Job description

Position Summary

Personal Care Worker provides personal care services to consumer(s) of Independence First. Personal Care Worker is directly supervised by the Registered Nurse Care Coordinator.

Essential Functions of the Job

1. Assisting consumer with getting in and out of bed.
2. Assisting consumer with toileting/incontinent care
3. Assisting consumer with bathing or showering
4. Assistance with eating.
5. Assistance with grooming to include mouth, denture, hair, shaving and nail care.
6. Assistance with dressing and undressing.
7. Care of eyeglasses and hearing aids.
8. Assistance with mobility and ambulation including use of gait belt, walker or cane.
9. Simple transfers including bed to chair or wheel chair and reverse.
10. Skin care excluding wound care.
11. Meal preparation and serving.
12. Light cleaning in areas used during personal care activities.
13. Changing of consumer's bed, washing bed linens and consumer's personal clothing.

Additional Responsibilities

1. Completion in a thorough, accurate and timely manner of all time sheets and documentation of consumer's condition as necessary.
2. Keep consumer's information confidential.

The above listed essential functions and qualifications are not all-inclusive as changes and/or other responsibilities may be assigned as necessary.

Experience and Skills

The ideal Pool PCW will have total care experience and will be comfortable assisting consumers with diverse needs. All PCWs must have adequate training in the provision of personal care services and in each skill that the PCW is assigned. Documentation of training or demonstrated skill is required. Previous experience may be accepted in lieu of formal training.

• Hands-on experience with a variety of durable medical equipment, including but not limited to: Hoyer lifts, Gait belts, Transfer boards, etc.
• Previous experience with total care consumers
• Excellent communication skills and ability to relate well with others
• Set availability, weekend/evening availability preferred
• Good problem solving skills
• A working phone, with voicemail that you check and respond to regularly
• Be able to pass a Caregiver Background check and have no criminal convictions that are significantly related to the job
• Have ability to travel to areas of Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Waukesha, and Washington Counties
• Dependable and Reliable