Location: New Hope, MN
Experience Required: 1 year
Schedule: Discuss with client
Caregiver Gender: Female
Pets: None
Pay: Based off DHS tiered rate spreadsheet
Job ID: DF

Client Care Summary
Female client will need assistance with behavior management: observation and redirection of behaviors. Our client is approved for 8.75 hours per week of PCA support.

PCA/CFSS Caregiver Job Description
A Personal Care Assistant (PCA) provides compassionate, hands-on support to individuals who need assistance with daily activities while promoting their independence, dignity, comfort, and safety.

Requirements
• Must be at least 18 years of age.
• Must have valid identification.
• Must have valid car insurance.
• Must have reliable transportation.
• Successfully complete the PCA/CFSS Certification.
• Pass a Department of Human Service background check.
• Provide tasks as required in the individual’s CFSS Care Plan.
• Okay with repeated bending, stooping, etc. as necessary to meet the needs of individual clients.

Qualifications
• Sincere.
• Trustworthy.
• Positive attitude.
• Good team player.
• Ability to deal with stress.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Hard working and self-directed.
• Approachable and a strong sense of teamwork.
• 1-year of successful experience working with elderly and disabled individuals.
• Must have patience, problem solving skills, organizational skills and the ability to prioritize client cares/tasks.

Preferred Skills
• Bilingual.

Responsibilities
• Bowel and bladder care.
• Bathing, grooming, hair washing, dressing, skin care.
• Transfers, positioning, turning, mobility, ambulation.
• Range of motion and strengthening exercises to maintain the optimal level of functioning.
• Respiratory assistance, tracheotomy suctioning using a clean procedure (determined by RN) and only after training by an RN. Application and maintenance of prosthetics and orthotics.
• Assistance with food, nutrition, and diet activities, as deemed necessary by Assessment.
• Assistance with medication (NOT DISPENSING FROM THE BOTTLE).
• Cleaning medical equipment, cleaning in relationship to cares provided, assisting with instrumental activities of daily living as listed on the Assessment/Service Plan.
• Redirection, monitoring, assisting, and observing/prompting that are integral to the cares listed above for client completion and PCA insuring completed.
• Redirection and intervention for behaviors, including observation and monitoring.
• Interventions for seizure disorders as instructed by the Qualified Professional and Responsible Party, where applicable.
• Accompany the client to their medical appointments.

The PCA may NOT do the following
• May not dispense medication (dose measuring).
• May not perform any sterile procedures including sterile dressing changes.
• May not inject any fluids.
• May not perform any cares not listed in the Care Plan or Assessment or for which the PCA has not been trained.
• May not claim any time that was not actually spent performing the cares as per the Care Plan.
• May not bring their children and/or pets to work.
• May not care for anyone other than the client while claiming time for working with the client. A PCA may NOT be responsible for or baby-sit for ANYONE while working as a PCA for the client.
• Prevent fraud, waste and abuse of services, by submitted valid time reports.

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