Experience Required: 1 year
Schedule: Discuss schedule with client.
Caregiver Gender: Female
Pets: No pets
Pay: Based off DHS tiered rate spreadsheet.
Pay: $23.22 per hour IHS
Pay: $20.22 per hour HMK
Job ID: GS
Client Care Summary:
Female client who needs assistance with light ADLs, Community participation and Homemaking tasks.
Client is allergic to pet hair, therefore the caregiver cannot have pets or work with clients who may have pets. Client is approved for the following: PCA hours – 40.25 per week; IHS – 20.00 hours per week; Homemaking – 5.0 hours per week.
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.
