Personal Care Attendant I

Job Description

Job Description

Personal Care Attendant I

The Center for Elders' Independence is a PACE (Program of All-Inclusive Care for the elderly) organization that uses an interdisciplinary team approach to care planning and care implementation for the purpose of providing high quality, affordable, integrated health care services to the elderly, including an Adult Day Health Center, and promoting autonomy, quality of life and the ability of individuals to live in their communities.

The Position: The Personal Care Attendant I provides assistance to CEI participants in the participant's home or day center. The Personal Care Attendant I demonstrates knowledge and skills necessary to provide personal care and ADL/IADL care to frail elderly who need help to continue living safely in the community. The Personal Care Attendant (PCA) I provides care and services as determined by the participant's care plan in accordance with PACE Regulations.

The hourly pay range for the Personal Care Attendant I position at Center for Elders' Independence is $25.00 to $35.00. Placement within the range is determined based on job-related factors such as relevant experience, skills, abilities, internal equity, and market data, consistent with CEI's annual compensation review and established compensation practices.

General Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Provides Activities of Daily Living (ADL)and Independent Activities of Daily Living 
  (IADL) to support participants such as: toileting, showering, bathing, dressing, grooming, feeding/assisted dining, meal service, laundry, transfers and ambulation, range of motion
• Completes safe transfers utilizing Durable Medical Equipment (DME) as required- lifts, gait belt and hoyers
• Cleaning the bathroom used by the participant may include emptying and cleaning commode
• Provides appointment reminder communications to participants 
• Responsible for keeping center or home in a clean and orderly condition, includingkitchen and activity areas, sanitizing showers/ bathrooms and relevant DME
• Escorting participants to CEI vans, if needed
• Documents participant services provided in electronic health record accurately and on time 
• Act as a participant advocate by reporting any violations of the Participant Bill of Rights & Responsibilities
• Respond to participant complaints in a timely manner, and understand the basic procedures for receiving and documenting complaints or requests
• Promptly reports changes in participant's condition to supervisor or designee
• Demonstrate dependability by arriving consistently and on time to scheduled work hours, and submit timely and accurate timesheets
• Maintain a courteous, helpful, and professional attitude on the job 
• Display a willingness and ability to be responsive to all customer groups- including team members, participants and their families 
• Comply with all agency training requirements 
• Maintain professional affiliations and any required certifications 
• Provide a safe environment for participants and self by displaying awareness of safety hazards, and reporting and/or reversing hazards
• Participate in Quality Improvement program as required
• Follow all OSHA safety guidelines and CEI Policies and Procedures 
• Maintain the confidentiality of all participant information according to HIPAA requirements
• Perform other duties as required or requested in a positive and helpful manner

Department Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

Day Center: 

• Records services in required logs or electronic health record
• Assists with individual and group activities as necessary 
• Accompanying participants to outside medical appointments
• Responsible for ensuring that all wander risk participants are wearing code alert device
• Obtains and maintains food handler's certification 
• Assists with food service program, including serving snacks and meals at the day center, checking food temperatures, reviewing diet orders
• Performs kitchen duties to include washing dishes, sanitizing work area, maintaining supply inventory and checking for food expiration dates
  
  

Home Care: 

• Completing vital signs monitoring
• Providing medication prompts which may include supervision and double check of participant self-administration of insulin
• Emptying and cleaning of foley catheters, ostomies and urostomies
• Dressing and grooming the participant in preparation for day or night may include: providing shaving, oral and skin care, monitoring skin condition, positioning, and turning of participant
• Assisting participants to complete home exercise program as required
• Planning and preparing light meals, followed by clean-up, properly storing and organizing delivered meals and monitoring food expiration dates
• Performing light housekeeping to include dusting, vacuuming, taking out garbage and recyclables
• Performing laundry services to include washing and folding laundry, straightening/making beds and changing linens as needed
• Following the home care service plan to complete tasks
  
  

Qualifications: 

• High School Diploma or equivalent is preferred
• A valid California driver's license, current vehicle insurance, and access to a reliable vehicle is required if working in the Home Care Department
• Current Basic Life Support CPR card and First Aid Card is required
• Proficient with oral and written English is required
• Basic proficiency in computer skills required 
• Minimum 1 (one) year of experience working with frail, low income elderly is preferred
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and as part of a multidisciplinary team is required
• Bilingual is preferred but not required 
  
  

Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; talk and hear, as well as demonstrate manual and finger dexterity and eye-hand coordination.

This position is very active and requires the employee to frequently stoop, kneel, crouch, and reach with hands and arms. Employees are frequently required to walk and sit. The employee must regularly lift, carry, and move up to 50 pounds and push or pull objects exceeding 150 pounds, using appropriate body mechanics.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, color vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment
While carrying out the responsibilities of this role, the employee regularly encounters a diverse range of health conditions, environmental elements, and other factors inherent to providing care for vulnerable seniors both in healthcare settings and within their residences.

Placement within the compensation range listed here is determined by job-related qualifications, experience, internal equity, and market factors, consistent with CEI compensation practices.

Salary Range

$25—$35 USD