Personal Care Worker General Pool

Job Description

Position Summary: Personal Care Worker provides personal care services to consumers of Independence First. Personal Care Worker is directly supervised by the Registered Nurse Care Coordinator.

Essential Functions of the Job

• Assisting consumer with getting in and out of bed.
• Assisting consumer with toileting/incontinent care.
• Assisting consumer with bathing or showering.
• Assistance with eating.
• Assistance with grooming to include mouth, denture, hair, shaving and nail care.
• Assistance with dressing and undressing.
• Care of eyeglasses and hearing aids.
• Assistance with mobility and ambulation including use of gait belt, walker or cane.
• Skin care excluding wound care.
• Meal preparation and serving.
• Light cleaning in areas used during personal care activities.
• Changing of consumer's bed, washing bed linens and consumer's personal clothing.

Additional Responsibilities

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

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.

Application Instructions

Apply Online: ipc.us/t/0562521F86FD4FEE

About the Role

Name: INDEPENDENCE FIRST INC

Benefits

IndependenceFirst is a EOE/M/W/Vets/Disability Employer. Persons with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply.