Personal Care Attendant (Oxford, IA)

Right at Home Iowa City•Oxford, IA

8d•Onsite

About The Position

The Personal Care Attendant (PCA) is responsible for providing direct care to clients, assisting them with activities of daily living, and ensuring their well-being. The role involves building meaningful relationships with clients, offering support, and being a positive presence in their lives. Training will be provided for specific job duties, but certain character traits are essential for success in this role, including honesty, approachability, good communication, decision-making skills, customer focus, resourcefulness, accountability, adaptability, and integrity. The PCA will assist with personal hygiene, ambulation, eating, dressing, light housekeeping, meal preparation, and other assigned activities as taught by a nurse.

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
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

Current CPR Certificate is recommended

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.
Perform other assigned activities which are taught by a nurse, for a specific patient, which includes but is not limited to: 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.