MaineHealth
Personal Support Specialist (PSS)-Senior Health Center
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Job Description
- Req#: 87060
- Position Summary This position is per diem with variable hours.
- The PSS (Personal Support Specialist) is responsible for providing excellent, resident-centered, personal care. This care includes assistance with showering/bathing, dressing, toileting and mobility. In addition, the PSS will help with meal service, laundry, housekeeping and other tasks as assigned. The successful candidate is a compassionate, patient caregiver with high energy and a strong desire to make a positive difference in the lives of our residents.
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- Required Minimum Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs)
- Education: High school diploma preferred; at least 18 years old.
- License/Certifications: PSS certification or willing to obtain within 90 days of hire
- Experience: Prior long-term care experience preferred.
- Exhibit mature responsible behavior.
- Understand and practice resident confidentiality.
- Able to read, write and speak English.
- Able to follow direction and accurately report to the Registered Nurse (or appropriate designee) any changes in resident condition.
- Must have compassion for and desire to work with the elderly.
- Must have an acceptable criminal background check.
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Mid Coast–Parkview Health offers all the services you expect from a high-quality community health organization. Mid Coast Hospital provides Surgical Services, Maternity Care, and Behavioral Health services, 24-hour Emergency care, Intensive Care, Medical/Surgical/Pediatrics, Laboratory, Diagnostic Imaging, Cardiac Catheterization, Interventional Radiology, rehabilitation and therapy, and an array of community health & wellness programs aimed at preventing and managing chronic diseases.
Conveniently located in beautiful downtown Brunswick, the Mid Coast Hospital Walk-In Clinic offers expert and urgent care for minor medical problems such as cuts, sprains, coughs, and infections, plus on-site diagnostic services, a co-located laboratory service center, and integration with primary care.
The Senior Health Center's Memory Impaired unit is looking for a per diem PSS to join our team!
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About the company
Maine Medical Center is a 637 licensed-bed teaching hospital for Tufts University School of Medicine, and previously Robert Larner College of Medicine, located at 22 Bramhall Street in Portland, Maine, United States, with a staff of over 6,000.
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