Personal Care Attendant (Tiffin, IA)

Right at Home Iowa City•Tiffin, IA

8d•Onsite

About The Position

The Personal Care Attendant (PCA) role is crucial to our business, focusing on building meaningful relationships with clients, bringing them joy, and being a highlight in their day. This position offers the opportunity to make a significant impact by caring for seniors and adults with disabilities. The company provides necessary personal protective equipment (PPE) and support for caring for this vulnerable population. The ideal candidate possesses a positive attitude, strong communication and interpersonal skills, integrity, and a professional demeanor. Responsibilities include assisting clients with daily living activities such as personal hygiene, ambulation, eating, dressing, light housekeeping, and meal preparation. Additionally, PCAs may assist with specific medical tasks as taught by a nurse, including ostomy appliance changes, dressing reinforcement, assisting with assistive devices, range of motion exercises, simple urine tests, measuring diets, measuring intake/output, taking vital signs, and applying external catheters or splints.

Requirements

High school degree and/or a G.E.D. certificate
Six months experience as a Home Health Aide (HHA) and/or Personal Care Assistant (PCA) in health care (in homes or facilities) and successful completion of a State approved Nurse Aide or Home Health Aide (HHA) and/or Personal Care Assistant (PCA) course
The Home Health Aide shall have successfully completed a Competency Evaluation that meets the State licensing law for home health agencies
Must have a sympathetic attitude toward the care of the sick, and ability to deal effectively with the demands of the job
Current CPR Certificate is recommended
Meets the requirements for employees providing direct patient care
Read, write, speak and understand English as needed for the job
Have a valid driver’s license and use of an insured automobile for work or access to adequate transportation

Nice To Haves

Honest, likable, energetic and approachable type, and are able to get along and verbally communicate easily with people at all levels.
Listen well, have great decision making skills and are passionate about your customer focus.
Never short of a smile and take real pride in your work by being resourceful, accountable, and adaptable and you cope well under pressure, take initiative and thrive on a challenge.
Integrity is one of your core values as you do not ethically cut corners.
Make a great first impression as you are professional and kind in your demeanor and approach.

Responsibilities

Assisting the patient with activities of daily living such as providing assistance with personal hygiene (toileting, bathing, care of mouth, skin and hair), ambulation, eating, dressing, shaving, light housekeeping, and other household chores.
Prepare a good meal and work your way around a kitchen.
Assisting with the change of ostomy appliances
Reinforcement of dressings (non-sterile)
Assisting with the use of devices for aid in daily living (cane, walker, wheelchair or lift device)
Assisting with prescribed range of motion exercises
Assisting with self-administered simple urine tests for sugar acetone or albumin (may not interpret results)
Measuring and preparing special diets
Measuring intake and output
Taking vital signs (temperature, pulse, respirations and blood pressure)
Application of an external (condom-type) catheter
Assisting with application of arm sling, arm splint or leg splint