Personal Care Aid

Job Description

Serve Link Home Care, Inc.

Personal Care Aide PCA

Position Title:

Personal Care Aide

Exemption Status:

Non-Exempt

Department

In-Home Services

Reports to:

In-Home Manager

Job Summary:

Cares for elderly, convalescent, or disabled persons in patient’s home by performing the following duties.

Essential Functions:

• Changes bed linens, washes and irons client's laundry, and cleans client's quarters.
• Cleans kitchen and bath fixtures and appliances, dusts and sweeps floors.
• Purchases, prepares, and serves food for client, may require following special prescribed diets.
• Assists clients into and out of bed, wheelchair, to lavatory, and up and down stairs.
• Assists clients with dressing, bathing, toileting and grooming.
• Assists with mobility and transfer for partial weight bearing clients.
• Reads and writes essential correspondence for clients unable to do so for themselves.
• Entertains client, reads aloud, and plays cards or other games with client in cases involving respite care.
• Performs variety of miscellaneous duties as requested such as obtaining household supplies and running essential errands.
• Maintains records of services performed and of apparent condition of client.
• Attends regular in-service meetings on relevant care topics.

The following additional duties apply to Personal Care Aides providing advanced personal care only and are supervised by a Registered Nurse in addition to the In-Home Coordinator:

• Hygiene care for persons with ostomies and catheters.
• Administering bowel programs.
• Application of aseptic dressings.
• Assistance with non-injectable medicines.
• Passive range of motion.
• Assistance with use of transfer devices.

Additional Responsibilities:

Performs other related duties as assigned or requested.

Conforms to all applicable Serve Link Home Care, Inc. policies and procedures.

Participates actively in continuing education and in-services.

Maintains confidentiality of patient information and business trade practices.

Assumes accountability for reporting incidents and complaints according to Serve Link Home Care, Inc. policy.

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities:

• Language
  
  Skills:
• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
• Ability to write simple correspondence.
• Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.
• Mathematical
  
  Skills:
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Reasoning Ability:
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Age-Related

Competencies:

Demonstrates the basic knowledge and skills necessary to identify age specific patient needs appropriate for this position.

Information Management:

Treats all information and data within the scope of the position with appropriate confidentiality and security.

Risk Management:

Cooperates fully in all risk management activities and investigations.

Keeps abreast in changes in health care law.

Maintains Agency/program compliance with local, state and federal laws.

Additional Requirements:

Participates in on-call rotation.

Reliable transportation.

Minimum Position Qualifications:

• Education:

High school diploma or GED

• Experience:

NA

• Training:

Training provided for all workers (minimum of two hours for CNAs). Training may range from 2 hours to 28 hours depending on the experience of the worker and the level of need of care provided (ie. Advanced Personal Care requires additional training for all non-CNA staff).

• License / Certification:

Driver’s license and proof of current auto liabilit