About this role
Job Address:
7450 Keller Rd Cincinnati, OH 45243
Kenwood Healthare Center a member of the CommuniCare Family of Companies is currently recruiting for Personal Care Assistants to join our team of caregivers.
PURPOSE/BELIEF STATEMENT:
The personal care attendant gives care and comfort to patients by attending to their personal needs, ensuring their safety, mobility and general wellbeing. A personal care assistant provides care for those who are unable to assist themselves with ordinary tasks such as grooming, dressing or eating. Expectations for this course are for applicants to complete and pass the Nurse Aide course PAID for by CommuniCare.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities of a Personal Care Attendant
- Performs personal hygiene tasks such as bathing, brushing teeth and washing hair
- Dresses and undresses residents.
- Performs tasks that will ensure the comfort of patients.
- Aids with grooming tasks such as brushing hair and clipping nails
- Helps patients walk, sit, stand or lie down
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Is compassionate and cares about the dignity of each patient
- Communicates well with others
- Possesses patience and understanding when dealing with difficult residents
- Is able to kneel, bend, stoop and lift
- Has good listening skills
Education and Experience
Must be 18 years old and complete a FREE 8 hour course. PAID TRAINING!
Benefits
As a CommuniCare employee you will enjoy competitive wages and PTO plans. We offer full time employees a menu of benefit options from life and disability plans to medical, dental, and vision coverage from quality benefit carriers. We also offer 401(k) with employer match and Flexible Spending Accounts.
About Us
A family-owned company, we have grown to become one of the nation’s largest providers of post-acute care, which includes skilled nursing rehabilitation centers, long-term care centers, assisted living communities, independent rehabilitation centers and long-term acute care hospitals (LTACH). Since 1984, we have provided superior, comprehensive management services for the development and management of adult living communities. We have a single job description at CommuniCare, "to reach out with our hearts and touch the heart’s of others." Through this effort we create "Caring Communities" where staff, residents, clients and family members care for and about one another.
Due to the vulnerability of the patients we care for and the fact that most cases of COVID-19 are brought into the facility from unvaccinated staff, it is important for our staff to be willing to obtain the COVID vaccine.
Other facts
About CommuniCare Health Services
Since 1984, CommuniCare has been committed to delivering exceptional person-centered care as a national leader in post-acute care for those that are chronically ill or have complex conditions.
Our more than 150 skilled nursing, assisted living, independent living, behavioral health and long-term care facilities deliver sophisticated and transformative care to nearly 15,000 residents and patients at any given time. CommuniCare employs more than 16,000 employees across five states (Ohio, Indiana, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia).
As a family owned and operated company, family and heart are woven into every aspect of our continuum of care. Our mission, to serve with pride, is evident in the quality of care residents, families and community partners have come to expect and trust. Dedicated to improving the lives of seniors, we put extraordinary service above all else. We continue to raise the bar and innovate wherever possible to deliver a higher quality of life for those far beyond our facilities. Because of this, our facilities are a better place for residents to live, patients to stay, employees to work and families to heal.
What you'll do
- The Personal Care Assistant provides care and comfort to patients by attending to their personal needs, ensuring their safety, mobility, and general wellbeing. Essential duties include performing personal hygiene tasks, aiding with grooming, and assisting patients with mobility.
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