Personal Care Attendant - PACE

Job Description

Tri Health is actively recruiting for a Personal Care Assistant to join the PACE of Cincinnati PACE Center located in Norwood Ohio. Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) is a Medicare and Medicaid program that helps people meet their health care needs in the community instead of going to a nursing home or other care facility.

The PACE Personal Care Assistant (PCA) is a member of the PACE Interdisciplinary Team (IDT). The PCA is responsible for providing personal care services in accordance with individual care plans for PACE participants. The PCA is responsible for providing personal care services and other PACE Center tasks as assigned by PACE Center management personnel.

• High School Diploma or GED (Preferred)
• Up to 1 year Experience working with a frail or elderly population (Preferred)
• Must have reliable transportation
• Basic Life Support (BLS) Upon Hire Required

• Provides personal care services in accordance with individual participant care plans – including peri-care, grooming, dressing, showering, bathing, toileting, feeding, and ambulation. Assists with food service delivery and monitoring during PACE Center meal service.
• Implements interventions as directed by IDT disciplines, including mechanical assistance for participant transfers.
• Accompanies participants to outside medical appointments as assigned by PACE Center management personnel.
• Monitors PACE participants for changes in their health or psychosocial status and promptly communicates pertinent changes in participant status to the IDT or PACE Center management personnel.
• Attends IDT and morning meetings as assigned by PACE Center management personnel.
• Completes PCA documentation in the PACE EHR in accordance with the federal PACE regulation and organizational policy. Supports the PACE QI program and participates in PACE QI activities as assigned by PACE Center management personnel.

• Bending - Frequently
• Climbing - Occasionally
• Concentrating - Consistently
• Continuous Learning - Consistently
• Hearing:
  Conversation - Consistently
• Hearing:
  Other Sounds - Consistently
• Interpersonal Communication - Consistently
• Kneeling - Occasionally
• Lifting