Personal Support Worker

7 months ago

Lindsay, Canada City of Kawartha Lakes Full time

JOB SUMMARY:
The Personal Support Worker provides for the individual needs of the residents according to established resident care plan, all components of activities of daily living and supporting participation in recreational and therapeutic activities.

As a valued member of the team, the Personal Support Worker demonstrates a commitment to resident safety by providing quality care in accordance with the organization’s vision and mission.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. Ensures and promotes the provision of resident-focused care to meet the needs of residents as follows:
a) Promotes the philosophy and practices of resident centeredness in all residents’ encounters and decisions.

b) Promotes the Residents’ Bill of Rights.

c) Supports and helps provide a Resident Advocacy Program

d) Maintains a wellness and rehabilitative perspective.

e) Facilitates relationships between and among residents, relatives, team member and community.

f) Supports opportunities for resident/ family participation in decisions that affect the resident’s rights and lifestyle.

2. Provides supervision and/or assistance to the residents in the activities of daily living including eating, dressing, transferring, toileting, hygiene, grooming and bathing as per the residents’ individual plan of care to meet their needs and expectations as follows:
a) Improves the function in the specific personal care area

b) Provides rehabilitative care processes

c) Maintains the highest level of functioning

d) Promotes independence and individual preferences

e) Observes and reports any changes in the resident

f) Records on flow sheets and other documentation as required

3. Provides care and services to the residents with respect to their senses and communication by encouraging residents to wear individual sensory aids such as glasses, hearing aides, etc.

4. Provides cognitive, social, emotional and spiritual support as follows:
a) Seeks direction/assistance implementing orientation plan for an impaired resident

b) Encourages resident in decision making

d) Implements care plan to prevent/manage responsive behaviours and other challenging behaviours

e) Observes and respects resident’s rights, dignity and privacy

5. Provides oral and dental care as follows:
a) Provides individual mouth and dental care to residents as indicated in the care plan

b) Provides labeled dentures to each resident if applicable at morning care and removes at bedtime and stores appropriately

c) Observes for mouth, tongue or dental problems, in particular breath odour

6. Provides for and implements preventive and safety measures and reports unsafe conditions such as the removal of “sharps” from resident’s room, foot rests, and side rails, as per care plan and notifies the housekeeping department of broken glass, china, and remove spills on floors.

7. Provides for and assists in achieving the residents’ nutritional needs as follows:
a) Prepares and assists residents to and from dining room as requested or required.

b) Assists residents in choosing their food preferences

c) Assists and supervises residents with eating at scheduled meals, teas and snacks

d) Assists and instructs residents in the use of self-care feeding devices

e) Reports and records significant observations (e.g. food and fluid intake, hydration)

8. Determines change in skin integrity and implementation of skin care to prevent skin breakdown as ordered by the registered team member.

9. Provides for and assists with resident’s elimination needs as determined in the individual care plan as follows:
a) Administers and removes bed pans and urinals

b) Assists residents to and from commode chairs or toilets as per policy

c) Follows bowel and bladder training program and incontinent care

10. Provides routine personal care and bathing as scheduled by inspecting each resident’s feet and nails and reports concerns to the registered team member

11. Provides comfort, rest and sleep to residents in their physical environment, positioning, and health treatment and care routines as per care plan.

12. Provides support services to meet the needs of the residents as follows:
a) Porters residents to various appointments

b) Uses sanitation and infection control procedures

c) Cleans hydrotherapy units, tubs, shower chairs and lift chairs with a germicidal cleaner as per policy and procedure

d) Promptly identifies and addresses incidents of offensive odour

e) Follows directions of registered team member in an emergency situation

13. Assists in financial management by adhering to the home’s policy and procedures as directed by DOC regarding finances

14. Participates in material management of the home as follows:
a) Uses supplies for resident care appropriately as directed by Registered team member

b) Reports any equipment malfunctions to Registered team member

c) Assists with inventory control

d) Provides input into selection of equipment or supplies as requested

15. Participates in hu

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