Job Description

Northwestern Healthcare Center, a member of the CommuniCare Family of Companies, is currently recruiting Personal Care Attendants to join our Nursing Team!

We will pay you to take the TNA (temporary nurse aide license) 8 hour class, and then offer additional training to get ready for the state test to become an STNA, all at our cost!

Launch your career in healthcare as part of a team dedicated to caring for others with the dignity and respect that they deserve. Your compassion and dedication will make a difference in their lives each and every day!

WHAT WE OFFER

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.

Do you have what it takes to become a Personal Care Attendant at Northwestern Healthcare Center?

Qualifications & Experience Requirements

• High school graduate or G. E. D. equivalent
• Prior experience in a healthcare environment is desirable
• Prior work/life experiences involving independent decision making

As a Personal Care Attendant, you will:

• Participate in and receive resident reports at start/end of shift.
• Monitor resident requests and needs in a dignified and respectful manner.
• Maintain a clean and pleasant environment for residents.
• Assist in preparing residents for various activities within and outside the center.
• Perform basic nursing care procedures for residents as required.
• Create a clean, comfortable, and safe environment for residents and assure that their needs are met.
• Ensure that resident’s food service needs are met in a timely and compassionate manner.
• Maintain and work within established departmental, center, and corporate policies and procedures, objectives, quality improvement program, and safety, environmental, and infection control standards.
• Attend and participate in scheduled training, educational classes, and orientation programs to enhance quality of care.
• Perform other related activities as assigned or requested.

THE COMMUNICARE COMMITMENT
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 hearts of others." Through this effort we create "Caring Communities" where staff, residents, clients, and family members care for and about one another.