Patient Care Assistant (PCA)

Job Description

Job Description

PCA Responsibilities: Provides various personal care and related paraprofessional services in accordance with an established plan of care. Provides for the personal needs and comfort of patients in their homes.

Performs personal care activities that assist the patient with activities of daily living

which include (but are not limited to):

Personal hygiene (assisting to bathroom or in using bedpan, bathing, care of

mouth, skin and hair)

Ambulation

Eating

Dressing

Shaving

Prepares meals and snacks according to instructions.

Performs patient-specific activities that are taught by a nurse. These could include (but are not limited to):

Assisting with the change of ostomy appliances

Reinforcement of dressings

Assisting with prescribed range of motion exercises

Measuring and preparing special diets

Taking vital signs

Application of an external catheter

Performs homemaking activities which include (but are not limited to): vacuuming, dusting, sweeping or mopping floors, doing dishes, changing bed linens, doing laundry and cleaning bathrooms.

PCA Requirements: High school graduate or G.E.D certificate preferred.

2 years experience as a Personal Care Assistant in healthcare (in homes or facilities).

Successful completion of a state-approved Nurse Aide or Personal Care Assistant course.

Current CPR certificate is required.

Ability to read, write, speak and understand English as needed for the job.

Possess a valid driver's license and have use of an insured automobile or access to adequate transportation for the job.

Meeting recurring training requirements

Polices: Services are provided under the supervision and direction of the clinical director or the appropriate qualified professional with at least one year of home health and administrative/supervisory experience

On-site professional supervisory visits are required for all patients receiving home health aide services.

When patients are receiving home health aide services as well as another skilled service, a registered nurse (or another professional therapist if the patient is not receiving nursing services) must make an on-site supervisory visit to the patient’s residence no less frequently than every two (2) weeks.

When HHA services are being provided in the absence of a skilled service, a registered nurse must make an on-site supervisory visit to the patient’s residence (while the home health aide is providing care) no less frequently than every sixty (60) calendar days.

Services must be provided in accordance with a written home health aide care plan.