Personal Care Attendant

Pediatric Personal Care Attendant (PCA) Crrently Parttime hours; must be able to work afternoons / evenings on Thursdays & Fridays and days plus most Saturdays and some rare Sundays (shift differential paid for all weekend shifts).

Ridgeline Redding is looking for an energetic person with a big heart to become a personal care attendant (PCA) CNAs are welcome to join our team. Our ideal candidate is compassionate attentive motivated and reliable. This is a part time position that could develop into full time. Serious inquires only please. All training is paid and done on site. **MUST be available to work Thursday and Friday PM shift and every Saturday with VeryVery occasioal Sundays**. (Opportunities to pick up more hours as available.)

Job Summary: Ridgeline Pediatric Day Health and Respite Services is searching for a qualified loving person for our 3 Redding facilities. We are looking for the right person to add to our small caring teams. If you love children and want to help those with special health care needs then this is the place for you!

Responsibilities include:

• Assisting clients with ADLs.
• Obtaining vital signs.
• Providing enrichment activities.
• Working alongside nurses to perform tasks as delegated within scope of practice.
• This job would be working with both the pediatric population and adults with specialized healthcare needs.
• Facility cleaning/sanitization per policies.
• Ability to maintain and follow all COVID protocols.
• Turn and position the client in a wheel chair or bed.
• Assist with transfers and ambulation.
• Feed or assist the client with oral and tube feedings prepare meals.
• Keep the client care area clean free of hazards wash laundry sweep & mop and change linens.
• Assist clients in the participation of independent and group activities.

Qualifications/Requirements

• High School Diploma or equivalent
• Completed and Clean Background Check
• CPR certification and current first aid or within 2 weeks of hire.
• Professional in appearance and work ethic.
• At least 2 verifiable references
• Fully Covid Vaccinated preferred
• Ability to lift carry bend walk and reach with no restrictions to perform client care and/or transfer of clients up to 50 lbs.
• Ability to communicate effectively with other staff clients caregivers and the general public.
• Have reliable transportation with the ability to do split shifts between two locations.
• Must be flexible in your availability
• Able to work afternoon/evenings.
• Able to Work Saturdays .

The Personal Care Attendant receives all training on site to become competent in providing direct client care under the direction of a skilled nurse. A PCA is very similar to a CNA but is custom trained by our staff to fulfill the needs of children with specialized health care needs. We encourage all CNAs to apply! This is a unique opportunity in Redding California and an amazing career helping children!

Company Overview: Ridgeline Pediatric is a specialized care facility for medically fragile children ages 065. Ridgeline was established in 2005 in Grass Valley CA; we also have facilities in Yuba City Olivehurst Auburn 3 in Redding & our newest in RedBluff.

Facility Hours: Facility typical operating hours are MW 7:30 AM 6PM then we convert to our Respite hours where we are open 24 hours from Thursday to Saturday depending on the building .Closed on most Sundays and most major holidays unless fulfilling a special request. Afternoon/Evening schedules can be anywhere from noon to 8 or 1930 (68 hour shifts)

Reports To: Nursing Supervisor or Registered Nurse

Compensation

Hourly $18$20 per hour DOE

Paid Training

For Full Time: Benefits after 30 days! Medical Dental Vision Longterm disability and life insurance. Company covers 80% of Medical/Dental/Vision premiums for you and your dependents and 100% of the employee disability and life insurance premiums.

Company matching 401k. Eligible after 6 months. Company matches up to 4% of your salary.

Two weeks paid vacation your first year. Up to 5 weeks paid vacation based on longevity with the company.

Please visit for details on our facility.

If interested please email with your resume and cover letter.