Personal Care Attendant II

Personal Care Attendant II

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

The salary range for the Home Care PCA II role at Center for Elders Independence is $22.50 - $33.76 per hr.  Salaries are based on the market for the Home Care PCA II position, as well as experience, skills, abilities and work history.

Department Duties and Responsibilities:

Day Center:

• Records services in required logs or electronic health record.
• Assists individual and group activities, as necessary.
• Accompanying participants to outside medical appointments
• Responsible for ensuring that all wander risk participants are wearing code alert devices.
• 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: 

• Records vital signs if requested.
• Provides medication prompting 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.
• Assists participants to complete home exercise program if required.
• Plans and prepares light meals, followed by clean-up, safely storing and organizing delivered meals and monitoring food expiration dates.
• Performs light housekeeping including dusting, vacuuming, taking out garbage and recyclables.
• Performs laundry services including washing and folding laundry, straightening/making beds and changing linens as needed.
• Follows the home care service plan to complete tasks.

General Duties and Caregiving 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, and range of motion.
• Completes safe transfers utilizing Durable Medical Equipment (DME) as required, including assists, gait belts, slide boards and Hoyer lifts.
• Cleaning the bathroom used by the participant may include emptying and cleaning commode.
• Provides appointment reminder communications to participants.
• Responsible for keeping home or day center clean and in an orderly condition, including kitchen and activity areas, sanitizing showers/ bathrooms and relevant DM.
• Escorting participants to and from CEI vans, as needed.
• Documents participant services provided in electronic health record accurately and on time.
• Function 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.

Qualifications:

• A valid California Certified Nursing Assistant license or Certified Home Health Aide required.
• 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 people is preferred.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and as part of a multidisciplinary team is required.
• Bilingual is preferred but not required.

Additional Job Requirements

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 continually 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, or 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.

The above job description is intended to communicate the general function of the above-mentioned position and by no means should it be considered an exhaustive or complete outline of the specific tasks and functions that will be required. CEI reserves the right to change job descriptions, site assignments, and or work hours as required by the needs of the program. All employees are expected to perform their duties within their ability as required by the job and/or as requested by management. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.