What are the responsibilities and job description for the Personal Care Aide position at Home Recovery-HomeAid?
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Personal Care Aide (PCA)
Job Description: Delivers quality hands-on personal care
services to the Agency's clients as established by the Plan of Care (POC) to
enable clients to remain in their own homes.
Reports to: RN Supervisor and Staffing Coordinator
Class IV: Paraprofessional Field Staff
F.L.S.A Status: Non-Exempt
Essential Duties and
Responsibilities:
· Assists with or provides
personal care as assigned by the R.N. Supervisor. Personal care duties include assistance in
appropriate and safe techniques in personal hygiene and grooming:
a. Bathing in bed, tub, shower, or sponge bath.
b. Care of the hair—shampoo in sink, tub, or bath.
c. Shaving and ordinary nail care.
d. Care of the teeth and mouth.
e. Routine skin care, such as applying lotions,
excluding any type of products with an “active ingredient,” such as topical
medications, alcohol, or witch hazel.
f. Toileting—bedpan or urinal, commode, or toilet.
g. Dressing and undressing.
h. Safe transfer techniques, ambulation, and
positioning.
i.
Assisting with self-administered medications
· Takes and records vital
signs if identified on the POC.
· Prepares and serves
meals; assists with eating, not including tube feedings.
· Performs light
housekeeping duties relevant to the client:
a. Makes and changes bed.
b. Cleans bedroom, bathroom, and rooms used primarily
by the client.
c. Cleans personal laundry in the absence of available
and able family member.
d. Shops for the client in the absence of available
and able family member if identified on the POC.
e. Cleans kitchen and washes dishes after preparing
the client’s meal
· Reports any unusual
conditions and/or behavioral changes in the client to the RN Supervisor and/or
Staffing Coordinator. Calls Staffing
Coordinator immediately when any of the following conditions are identified:
a. Skin breakdown.
b. Falls.
c. Medication changes.
· Uses appropriate
procedures for infection control.
· Provides a safe
environment for clients; notifies supervisor (Staffing Coordinator and/or RN
Supervisor) of any concerns related to maintaining a safe environment for
clients.
· Recognizes emergencies
and has knowledge of emergency procedures.
· Completes Personal Care
Aide records completely, accurately, and timely; writes clearly and legibly.
· Assists in carrying out
the POC as directed by the RN Supervisor as follows:
a. Assists
with simple, non-sterile dressings.
b. Performs
Range of Motion exercises if ordered by a physician and identified in the Plan
of Care.
c. Measures
and records intake and output.
d. Uses
devices instructed to aid in normal living activities.
e. Teaches
self-care hygiene.
· Completes other duties as
assigned by designated supervisor.
Education and Experience:
· Be successfully enrolled
in a nursing education program preparing for registered nurse or practical
nurse licensure and have currently completed at least one nursing course that
includes clinical experience involving direct client care. OR
· Has satisfactorily passed
a competency evaluation program that meets the criteria of 42 CFR 484.36
(b). Home attendants of personal care
services need only be evaluated on the tasks in 42 CFR 484.36 (b), as those
tasks relate to the personal care services to be provided. OR
· Has satisfactorily
completed training using the “Personal Care Aide Training Curriculum”
· Has physical health and
stamina to perform required job tasks.
· Has physical health and
stamina to perform required job tasks.
· Has a minimum of two
acceptable references.
· Must be at least 18 years
old (regulatory requirement).
· Demonstrates ability to
read and write English, to communicate effectively, and to follow instructions.
Benefits
Benefits: Weekly Pay, PTO,
Health, Dental, Vision, Disability, 401k