Patient Care Assistants

Description

This position provides one-on-one supervision for safety and assistance to the client in activities of daily
living to maintain the client in their home. The Personal Care Assistant provides services to agency clients
involving personal cares, transfer assist, cleaning & other housekeeping functions, errands, companionship
and performs other duties as directed by the agency director. The Personal Care Assistant will be assigned
in a manner that promotes quality, continuity, and safety of a patient.
 

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS/RESPONSIBILITIES
 

Administrative
1. Timely and accurate completion of visit/time record documentation and verification of service forms.
2. Adhere to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA) privacy policies and procedures.
Maintain confidentiality of all information pertaining to clients, families, and employees.
3. Maintain positive working relationships with clients, client families, King's Grace Homecare staff,
community providers and referral sources.
4. Always maintain a professional appearance.
5. Participate as appropriate in all in-service and education programs required by the agency.

Services and Procedures
1. Assist with Toileting functions
2. Transfers and ambulation
3. Assisting with bathing, grooming, and hair washing necessary for personal hygiene
4. Provide medication reminders.
5. Dressing or undressing of the client(s)
6. Assistance with eating, meal preparation and grocery shopping
7. Accompanying to medical appointments
8. Redirection, monitoring and observation that are integral part of a personal service plan in the above
items
9. Redirection and intervention for behavior, including observation and monitoring
10. Incidental household services that are an integral part of a personal service plan in the above items
11. Appropriate reporting of changes in client status.
Note: This job description reflects management’s assignment of duties and does not restrict nor limit the duties that may be assigned.

Qualifications

Education and Experience
1. Eighteen (18) years of age
2. Be able to provide covered PSA services according to the person’s PSA Service plan.
3. Meets the training requirements in accordance with state and federal laws.
4. Must be able to read and write in English.

Language, Mathematical & Reasoning Skills
1. Excellent customer service and listening skills
2. Excellent oral and written communication skills; able to effectively communicate with the client & PSA
Provider Agency
3. Ability to read and write clear English.
4. Ability to compute basic mathematics.
5. Demonstrate the ability to make appropriate professional judgments.
6. Ability to handle multiple tasks.
7. Able to and provide covered PSA services according to the client’s service plan, respond appropriately to
client’s needs and reports changes in the client’s condition.
8. Ability to read and follow written instructions and document care given.
9. Strong organizational and problem-solving skills.
10. Self-directing with the ability to work with little direct supervision.
11. Empathy for the needs of the ill, injured, frail and the impaired.
12. Demonstrates tact, patience, and good personal hygiene.

Physical and Environmental Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by employees to successfully perform
the essential job functions of this position. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, reasonable
accommodations will be considered.
1. Occasional use of hands, wrists and fingers and lifting or moving up to 75 lbs. may be required.
2. Movements such as stooping, crouching, bending, kneeling, climbing, and reaching are
occasionally required.
3. This position requires spending much of the workday standing and walking, with occasional
sitting.
4. Noise and/or level of distractions in the work environment is moderate.
5. Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision and
peripheral vision.
6. Access to a working telephone for regular communication with Agency Manager, client,
responsible party or Homecare / Staffing Coordinator.

The above statements are only meant to be a representative summary of the major duties and responsibilities performed by
incumbents of this job. The incumbents may be requested to perform job related tasks other than those stated in this
description.

Who We Are: EXAR Healthcare Staffing Agency has been providing customized solutions to organizations and job seekers. We are a rapidly growing Minority-Owned Business (MBE) that specializes in providing contract and temporary healthcare personnel to long-term care facilities and hospitals. If you have any questions regarding this job opening, please feel free to contact us at info@exarhcs.com or give us a call at 317-648-2828.

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