Pca-personal Care Assistant - Alto, United States - A Pineywoods Home Services

Description

A Pineywoods is seeking a Personal Care Assistant
Are you searching for an opportunity to help bring the best care to patients in the home setting?

A Pineywoods Home Health is family owned and operated, serving East Texas for over 30 years.

Every employee of A Pineywoods Home Health & Services is a part of our team to deliver the best care to our patients.

We care and invest in each member of our team to ensure support in the work place and a positive work environment.

As a PCA you will perform care tasks and household work related to the care of the aged or infirmed individual (client).

Essential Tasks include:
Assists with or provides personal care duties as outlined in the Plan of Care or Individual Service

Plan and assigned by the Field Supervisor


Personal care duties include:

• Bathing in bed, tub or shower
• Care of hair — shampoo (usually once a week)
• Shaving (not allowed for a client with diabetes, hemophilia or on blood thinner)
• Care of teeth and mouth
• Care of nails (not allowed for a client with diabetes, hemophilia or on blood thinner)
• Toileting bed pan, bed side commode or toilet
• Dressing
• Assisting client with transfer (transfer device must be used if the clients cannot bear weight)
• Walking
• Assisting client with selfadministered medications (May not fill client's medication box)
• Assisting with medication includes: reminding, getting glass of water, bringing medication container to client, opening medicationplanner for client.
• Meal preparation for client
• Feeding client
• Cleaning sweeping, vacuuming, mopping, dusting, disinfecting
• Only clean rooms in the house the client actually uses
• Bedroom clean, change and make the client's bed, floors
• Bathroom clean and disinfect bathtub, shower, toilet, bedside commode, floors
• Kitchen washing client's dishes, clean refrigerators, ovens, cabinet tops, stove tops, sinks, kitchen table, floors
• Living rooms, dining room clean only if the client actually uses these rooms
• Laundering client's clothes in client's home or a washateria
• Shopping for client's groceries — once a week for a client with a 5 day a week schedule or less, twice a week for a client with a 7 day schedule.
• Shopping includes: preparing shopping list; going to store and purchasing or picking up items; putting food away; picking up medication
• Removing trash or garbage from the client's home
• Escort/ accompany client to medical appointments
• Exercising/ walking to the mailbox and back
• Performs light housekeeping duties as it relates to the client. Time spent performing these duties must not exceed 20% of the hours spend on the job for any one client.

Such duties include:

• Cleaning refrigerators/ ovens
• Removing trash or garbage from client's home
• Cleaning the rest of an untidy house (areas the client rarely uses)
• Reports any abnormal conditions to the R.N. or appropriate supervisor, including any unusual behavioral or medical changes in the client.
• Ensures that the rights of the client are maintained.
• Reports to work and works as scheduled and assigned by the client and field supervisor.
• Reports to the coordinator at the office in advance of changes to the schedule or absence from work.
• Other duties as assigned.

Educational Qualifications Required:

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Demonstrated ability to read, write and communicate effectively
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Ability to complete service delivery record (time sheet)
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Ability to follow specific direction related to personal care tasks and light housekeeping duties
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Availability of personal, reliable transportation.

Skills and Abilities:

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Able to work in various and stressful environments
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Able to relate well with clients and families
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Able to work as scheduled and report to work precisely at the scheduled time
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Able to lift a minimum of 25 pounds
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Able to push and pull up to 50 pounds
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Able to analyze and handle emergency situations
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Able to manage time wisely and complete tasks daily
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Able to understand and follow universal precautions
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Able to read, understand and comply with all company policies and procedures.

Job Type:

Part-time


Pay:
From $10.60 per hour


Medical specialties:

• Geriatrics
• Home Health

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Holidays
• Monday to Friday
• Weekends as needed

Education:

• High school or equivalent (preferred)

Experience:

• Caregiving: 1 year (preferred)

License/Certification:

• Driver's License (preferred)

Ability to Relocate:

• Alto, TX: Relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location:
In person