FHW Personal Care Assistant

About us:

Fallon Health Weinberg is a partnership between Fallon Health of Massachusetts and Weinberg Campus of Erie County, New York. Fallon Health Weinberg offers a Program of All Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) to serve the health needs of dual-eligible residents of the Western New York counties of Erie and Niagara.

Fallon Health is a company that cares. We prioritize our members--always-making sure they get the care they need and deserve. Founded in 1977 in Worcester, Massachusetts, we deliver equitable, high-quality coordinated care and are continually rated among the nation's top health plans for member experience, service, and clinical quality. Weinberg Campus has been providing needed services to the elderly for more than 100 years, through both community-based programs and nursing facility care. It is a renowned geriatric education and training institution offering the widest range of housing and care options available on one campus.

At Fallon Health Weinberg, we believe our individual differences, life experiences, knowledge, self-expression and unique capabilities allow us to better serve our members. We embrace and encourage differences in age, race, ethnicity, gender identity and expression, physical and mental ability, sexual orientation, socio-economic status and other characteristics that make people unique.

Brief Summary of Purpose:

Work is performed under the general supervision of the PACE Center Manager and RN Clinic Staff. The employee also interacts with and takes direction from the PACE Lead PCA, interacts with others in the PACE Center. The employee has access to confidential information as necessary to perform job duties. Therefore, the employee is expected to respect the right to privacy and security of PHI (Protected Health Information) and EPHI (Electronic Protected Health Information). Positive and effective interpersonal/communication skills are required and are a high priority in this position.

Major Tasks, Duties and Responsibilities:

Note: "Essential functions" are primarily job duties that the employee must be able to perform unassisted or with some reasonable accommodation made by the company

Essential Functions:

Assists participants with their participation in activity programs at the PACE Center
• Sets up PACE center for snacks and lunches
• Set-up and clean-up program areas on a daily basis
• Ensure participants are able to participate in group activities and have the ability to interact with participants on an individual basis.
• Demonstrate the ability to communicate to the Center Manager any problems or needs in the program
• Assist with progress reports and routine assessments and other pertinent records as requested
• Abide by the rules and regulations of the PACE program
• Promptly report any accidents, incidents, unsafe and hazardous conditions and equipment and ensure that established safety rules and regulations are followed at all times
• Provides assistance at meal and snack times to participants including feeding as needed
• Provides personal care to participants at the PACE Center (bathing, toileting, incontinent care, feeding, transfers, lifting and ambulation)
• Provides laundering participants' clothes and linens after bathing or personal hygiene care at the PACE center.
• Assists with ambulation, transfer and range of motion needs of participants as determined by PACE Physical and or Occupational Therapists.
• Notes changes in participants' physical or emotional health and communicates this information to PACE HCC, RNs, or designee.
• Assist in the coordination of care delivery
• Obtains participant weights as requested
• Performs procedures / treatments under the supervision of Clinical RN.
• Completes documentation requirements in the PACE Center daily.
• Carries out the plan of care as directed.
• Participates in daily PCA meetings on personal care services provided and the self-care abilities of the participants and social interaction levels of participants and changes to plans of care
• Provides escort services for Participants to and from home and medical appointments
• Attends all mandatory in-services and PACE training as required
• Annually, successfully completes a competency skills test for the position

Educational Requirements :

• High school diploma or GED

Experience:

• Some experience as an activity worker, homemaker, personal care aide, home health aide, or nursing assistant preferred.
• Minimum of one year of experience working with a frail or elderly population preferred.
• Discretion, tact, patience, and good judgment required.
• Empathetic and compassionate attitude in caring for elderly required.
• Only act within the scope of his or her authority to practice. Meet a standardized set of competencies for the specific position description established by Fallon Health Weinberg PACE Program and approved by CMS before working independently.

Immunizations:

• Be medically cleared for communicable diseases and have all immunizations up-to-date before engaging in direct participant contact.

Fallon Health provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.