What are the responsibilities and job description for the PERSONAL CARE ATTENDANT (PCA) position at Creekside Health & Rehab?
PERSONAL CARE ATTENDANT (PCA)
7-3 and 3-11 shifts
Overview:
The Patient Care Attendant works under the direct supervision of the RN/LPN and will be
expected to assist residents with activities of daily living (ADLs), help with meal time/hydration,
keep resident rooms and center clean and organized and complete related tasks as assigned.
Responsibilities:
training.
Other Requirements:
Overview:
The Patient Care Attendant works under the direct supervision of the RN/LPN and will be
expected to assist residents with activities of daily living (ADLs), help with meal time/hydration,
keep resident rooms and center clean and organized and complete related tasks as assigned.
Responsibilities:
- Make an Occupied or Unoccupied Bed
- Pass Fresh Ice Water
- Pass Meal Trays/Open cartons & packets
- Check Resident Temperature
- Perform One (1) Person Transfers
- Reposition the Resident in Bed/Float Heels
- Transfer the Resident to a Wheelchair using a Gait Belt
- Use a Gait Belt to Assist with Ambulation
- Oral Care/Denture Care (alert residents)
- Provide a Bed Bath/Perineal/Catheter Care
- Change an Incontinent Brief
- Assist the Resident with Getting Dressed
- Assist with Hearing Aids
- Assist the Resident to Bathroom or to use a Urinal (1 Person Assist
- Training must consist of sixteen (16) hours of classroom teaching and eight (8) hours of
training.
- Two weeks On the Floor Training
- This position has no supervisory responsibilities.
- Work with residents that can sometimes be agitated, violent.
- Willing to work beyond normal working hours and during disastrous circumstances, if
- Must be in good physical health and be able to stand on feet for long period of time and
- The employee must frequently lift objects and patients weighing over 50 pounds.
- No travel is expected for this position.
- PCA may not apply or remove orthotics and prosthetics devices or braces.
- PCAs cannot feed a resident prior to completing the training for paid feeding assistants.
- PCA will not be assigned or provide care or services to a resident on isolation precautions.
- PCA may only assist and must be directed by a certified/licensed staff member, for
Other Requirements:
- Must be at least 18 years of age
- Understand, comply with and promote rules regarding residents’ rights.
- Maintain an orderly, confidential and safe work environment in addition to HIPAA
- Practice universal precautions at all times.
- Adhere to all company and departmental policies and procedures.
- Perform other duties as assigned.