What are the responsibilities and job description for the Personal Care Worker General Pool (Personal Care Worker no consumer needed) position at independencefirst?
Job Description:
Position Summary: Personal Care Worker provides personal care services to consumer(s) of Independence First. Personal Care Worker is directly supervised by the Registered Nurse Care Coordinator.
Essential Functions of the Job
- Assisting consumer with getting in and out of bed.
- Assisting consumer with toileting/incontinent care
- Assisting consumer with bathing or showering
- Assistance with eating.
- Assistance with grooming to include mouth, denture, hair, shaving and nail care.
- Assistance with dressing and undressing.
- Care of eyeglasses and hearing aids.
- Assistance with mobility and ambulation including use of gait belt, walker or cane.
- Simple transfers including bed to chair or wheel chair and reverse.
- Skin care excluding wound care.
- Meal preparation and serving.
- Light cleaning in areas used during personal care activities.
- Changing of consumer’s bed, washing bed linens and consumer’s personal clothing.
Additional Responsibilities
- Completion in a thorough, accurate and timely manner of all time sheets and documentation of consumer’s condition as necessary.
- Keep consumer’s information confidential.
The above listed essential functions and qualifications are not all-inclusive as changes and/or other responsibilities may be assigned as necessary.