Personal Care Assistant (PCA) Job Description
Our Mission is to provide and ensure a better quality health care service to our consumers and their families in the most dependable, caring and effective manner.
JobTitle: Personal Care Assistant (PCA)
Department: Programs
Effective Date: January 1, 2020
Employment Status: Part-Time/Full-Time
GENERAL SUMMARY: A Personal Care Assistant is employed by Comfortable Living Incorporated and enrolled by Department of Health and Human Services (DHS) to provide personal care assistance services to consumers in the community. The PCA conducts activities of daily living (ADLs), health-related procedures and tasks, and observes and redirects clients’ behaviors. The PCA is the frontline employee of the company.
QUALIFICATIONS: Personal Care Assistant (PCA) must have the ability to be flexible and demonstrate the ability to work independently. A PCA must have a minimum of a GED. Must at least be 18 or older (16 and 17-year-old PCAs must meet additional requirements), be legally able to work in the United States, pass a background study, communicate effectively both written and verbally, be able to provide covered PCA services according to the person’s PCA care plan, respond appropriately to the person’s needs, report changes in the person’s condition to the qualified professional (QP), maintain daily written records including, but not limited to time sheets, complete training and orientation on the needs of the recipient within the first seven days after services begin and be supervised by the consumer or the qualified professional.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Dressing – Application of clothing and special appliances or wraps.
- Grooming – Basic hair care, oral cares, shaving, basic nail care, applying cosmetics and deodorant, care of eyeglasses and hearing aids.
- Bathing – Basic personal hygiene and skin care.
- Eating – Completing the process of eating including an application of orthotics required for eating, hand washing, and transfers.
- Transfers – Assistance to transfer the person from one seating or reclining area to another.
- Mobility – Assistance with ambulation.
- Positioning – Assistance with positioning or turning a person for necessary care and comfort.
- Toileting-Helping person with bowel or bladder elimination and care. This includes transfers, mobility, positioning, feminine hygiene, use of toileting equipment or supplies, cleansing the perineal area, inspection of the skin and adjusting clothing.
Other Duties include;
- Accompany client to medical appointments
- Accompany client to participate in community activities
- Assist client with paying bills
- Help client communicate by telephone and other media
- Complete household tasks integral to the PCA services
- Plan and prepare meals
- Shop for food, clothing and other essential items
- Performs other duties as assigned