What are the responsibilities and job description for the Personal Care Aide (PCA) position at Edwards Home Care Services Inc.?
Essential Functions:
- Reads and records temperature, pulse, and respirations.
- Assists, performs and trains patient/client and family in activities of daily living such as bathing, grooming, nail and skin care, oral hygiene, toileting and elimination and adequate nutritional intake.
- Promotes safe environment and maintain unobstructed pathways while providing care.
- Assists with ambulation, transfers and/or range of motion exercises.
- Assists with incidental/instrumental activities of daily living such as shopping, meal preparation, socialization activities, homemaking and maintaining a clean and safe physical environment.
- Assists in medication reminding
- Assists in administering medications ordinarily self-administered.
- Utilizes infection prevention and control measures such as universal precautions, hand washing, and personal protective equipment.
- Follows the assignment sheet/service plan performing only tasks that are assigned.
- Recognizes, reports, and records/documents changes in patient/client condition and safety to supervisor.
- Document observations, activities and service provided in an accurate, complete and timely manner.
- Organizes self to carry out visits/shifts and tasks.
- Completes other assignments as requested and assigned. * Honors patient rights.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: Up to $11.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Referral program
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday
- Weekends as needed
Work Location: In person
Salary : $11