Personal Support Worker

**Job Req ID**:827**Department**:Community Alzheimer ProgramsPersonal Support Worker (Community Alzheimer Program)

**Job Number**:827**Job Type**: Part-Time Unscheduled
- **Location**: 247 Franklin St N - Sunnyside Home, 150 Main St - 150 Main, 250 Laurelwood Dr - Sunnyside-Comm Alzheimers Prog
- **Number of Positions**:1
- **Department**: Community Alzheimer Programs
- **Division**: Community Services
- **Hours of Work**: 38.75
- **Union**: Unifor 1106
- **Grade**: Unifor 1106 Grade 004
- **Salary Range**: $26.87 - $28.21 per hour- **Our Story**:

- Committed to fostering opportunities for current and future generations, the Region of Waterloo is an inclusive, thriving and sustainable region of connected rural and urban communities with global reach. Our mission is to serve, engage and inspire, by delivering quality services to a diverse population of 630,000+, while creating a healthy, collaborative environment of learning, respect and innovation.- This is a place where employees are valued and recognized for their talents and contributions to our success. Our employees take pride in making a difference in people's lives through the work that we do. We are looking for people like you to help make it happen.The Role
Provides care and assists in the activities of daily living, and recreation and social programs to program participants, under direction. Documents care and assistance given. Performs clerical, portering, and housekeeping duties as required.
- Duties/Responsibilities
- Assists residents to maintain personal hygiene (e.g., bathing, nail grooming, teeth cleaning, mouth care), and with dressing/undressing. Labels resident clothing and care items. Assists residents in and out of beds, wheelchairs, geriatric chairs, on/off toilets, bedpans, and commodes using resident-appropriate lifting techniques and mechanical protocols.
- Carries out routine bowel and bladder programs. Distributes and cleans bedpans and urinals, as required.
- Makes/changes resident beds when required. Rinses and sorts soiled clothing and linens for laundering.
- Applies topical lotions, oils, and ointments under direction of RPN, RN, or delegate. Collects specimens for testing as directed.
- Responds promptly to resident call lights.
- Documents care provided and activities of daily living per policy. Attends resident care conferences as needed. Participates in shift reports. Observes and immediately reports changes in resident physical and emotional condition and assists to maintain condition and care records. Files monthly records to resident files, as required. Completes daily flow sheets and bowel records.
- Assists residents to prepare for appointments and activities, and assists with activities, as required. Encourages participation in recreation and restorative care programs. Provides input to recreation therapist regarding social programs for residents based on interests. Assists resident care staff with resident exercises and walking. Accompanies/transports residents to in-house appointments (e.g., hairdresser, barber, optometrist, programs), and occasionally accompanies residents using taxi or med-lift transportation.
- Serves and assists during meals, feeds residents as directed, cleans residents as needed, and clears tables. Documents food intake per procedures and reports unusual occurrences to RPN, RN.
- Tidies resident rooms, bedside tables, lockers, closets, kitchenettes, utility rooms, refrigerators, communication centres. Cleans spills, wheelchairs, gerichairs, commode chairs, and walkers. Maintains and stores equipment in good working condition, and submits work orders for repairs. Reports hazards that could impact staff and resident safety.
- Assists with admissions, discharge, and transfers per instruction from Team Lead, RN, RPN, including unpacking/packing possessions and making residents feel welcomed. Answers visitor questions promptly and courteously, and re-directs to caregiver if required. Answers telephones, takes messages, and refers callers after office-hours.
- Assists to locate residents per code yellow procedures.
- Tends to deceased residents when directed (e.g., bathing, dressing, belongings, assisting with other preparations).
- Keeps knowledge current through in-service training and communications. Demonstrates/explains work procedures to help train new staff and volunteers as directed.
- In Community Alzheimer Program, engages participants in recreational and social programs as directed/instructed by Recreation Therapist. Assists on outings and occasionally accompanies clients in van. Works with RPN and RN to provide personal care.
- Performs related duties as assigned.
- Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Knowledge, skill, and judgment acquired through certification from an approved Personal Support Worker program, including an understanding of the geriatric population.
- Must have a tuberculosis (TB) test and annual influenza immunization.
- Knowledge of and ability to comply with polic