Personal Care Assistant Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Must be eighteen (18) years of age or older.
• Must have a PCA certificate from a Home Health Aide training program consistent with State requirements.
• Must have the maturity necessary for establishing and maintaining a good work relationship with the client, the client's family, and agency personnel.
• Have a sincere interest in and a sympathetic attitude towards caring for the sick and disabled.
• Get along well with others.
• Be dependable and trustworthy.
• Maintain compliance with all agency policies and procedures.
• Enjoy working with others.
• Be a good listener.
• Have a feeling of empathy for the sick, disabled and elderly.
• Be sensitive to the feelings of others.
• Be neatly dressed and have good personal hygiene habits.
• Maintain good health habits with regular physical and dental exams.
• Wear an Always Compassionate identification badge while working.
• Able to lift, turn and transfer clients.
• Able to carry bundles up stairs weighing up to 10 pounds.
• Must be able to stoop and bend.
• Visual / hearing ability sufficient to comprehend written and verbal communication.
• Able to verbalize so that the average person can understand.
• Provide direct care according to the established client plan of care.
• Carry out a wide variety of tasks under the direction of the nursing supervisor.

Nice To Haves

• Evidence of ongoing in-service of six (6) hours of education to maintain the certificate.

Responsibilities

• Maintaining a healthy, safe environment.
• Providing simple nutritional and environmental support.
• Assisting with personal hygiene, toileting, dressing, walking, and feeding the client.
• Positioning the client when instructed to do so.
• Reminding the client to take medications that are pre-prepared by the family.
• Doing errands when authorized to do so.
• Documentation on the Aide Charting Sheet daily.
• Reporting any important information or changes in the client's condition to the agency and/or the nursing supervisor when necessary.
• The use of medical supplies and equipment when appropriate.
• Emotional support and the development of a trusting relationship between the aide and the client.
• Encouraging client independence.

Benefits

• Hourly rate: $18.10 - $21.00 PER HR