Personal care worker

Are you a compassionate person that finds value in helping others?

Angels at home is looking for caregivers that enjoy flexible schedules and are easy to adapt to client's needs.

QUALIFICATIONS

A personal care worker shall have all the following qualifications:

1. Shall be trained in the provision of personal care services, and in each skill that the personal care worker is assigned.

2. Shall provide documentation of required training to the personal care provider for the providers records.

3. Shall be a person who is not a legally responsible relative of the client.

4. Shall have the skills, education, experience, and ability to fulfill the employees job requirements.

5. Shall have atleast 6 months of experience as a caregiver, will to train the right candidate.

DUTIES

Provide service to individuals in their own homes and communities, who need assistance caring for themselves as a result of old age, sickness, disability, and/or other inflictions. Personal Care may include assistance with the activities of daily living, housecleaning, laundry, meal preparation, transportation, companionship, and respite.

The personal care worker shall perform all the following duties:

1. Perform tasks assigned by the RN supervisor.

2. Report in writing to the RN supervisor on each assignment.

3. Promptly report any significant changes observed or reported in the client's condition to the RN supervisor.

4. Confer as required with the RN supervisor regarding the client's progress.

5. Practice infection control measures as recommended by the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention CDC.

Responsible for ensuring service is delivered in a caring and respectful manner, in accordance with relevant Agency policies and industry standards.

The personal care worker shall be assigned by the supervising RN to specific recipients to do specific tasks for those recipients for which the personal care worker has been trained. The PCW training for those specific tasks shall be assured by the supervising RN. The PCW is limited to performing only those tasks and services as assigned for each recipient and for which he or she has been specifically trained.

Covered personal care services include:

-Assistance with bathing

-Assistance with getting in and out of bed

-Teeth, mouth, denture, and hair care

-Assistance with mobility and ambulation including use of walker, cane or crutches

-Changes the recipient’s bed and laundering the bed linens and the recipients personal clothing

-Skin care, excluding wound care

-Care of eyeglasses and hearing aids

-Assistance with dressing and undressing

-Toileting, including use and care of bedpan, urinal, commode, or toilet

-Light cleaning in essential areas of the home used during personal care service activities

-Meal preparation, food purchasing, and meal serving

-Simple transfers, including bed to chair or wheelchair and reverse

-Accompanying the recipient to obtain medical diagnosis and treatment