Personal Care Assistant

Geisinger; Wilkes-Barre (Luzerne County); Vor Ort; USD 30.000 - 36.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Geisinger LIFE Geisinger seeks a home care aide to work in participants’ homes, supporting care plans to maximize independence. You will provide direct participant care, including personal care, nutrition and hydration, obtain vital signs, assist with ambulation and transfers, and ROM, and help with medication prompting.

You will also perform light housekeeping, laundry, and supply delivery, participate in team meetings, complete documentation, and maintain safety and respectful communication

Qualifikationen

• Provide direct participant care including personal care, nutrition and hydration, obtain vital signs, assist with ambulation and transfers, and active and passive range of motion, and assist with prompting for medication compliance.

Aufgaben

• Light housekeeping and assist with laundry; use supplies accurately and economically; deliver medication and supplies as needed.
• May require on-call coverage for after-hours care for emergencies in home.
• Maintain safety with gait belt, transfers, and body mechanics; ensure participant safety and dignity.
• Complete accurate documentation for services provided; communicate effectively with participant and team.
• Attend interdisciplinary team meetings and complete required trainings.

Kenntnisse

Caregiving

Vital signs

Mobility assistance

Communication

Jobbeschreibung

• Works independently in a safe and courteous manner, under a care plan developed by the home care coordinator and participant, to provide care needed while allowing the maximum level of independence in the home.
• Provides direct participant care including but not limited to: Personal care, nutrition and hydration, obtain vital signs, assist with ambulation and transfers of participant and active and passive range of motion, assist with prompting for medication compliance and care of participant incontinence.
• Participates with indirect participant care responsibilities including but not limited to: Light housekeeping, assist with laundry, use supplies accurately and economically, and delivery of medication and supplies as needed.
• May require on-call coverage for afterhours care for emergencies in home.
• Remains attentive to participant and personal care assistant safety responsibilities including: Appropriately utilizing good body mechanics and use of gait belt, back brace for transfers and ambulation of participants.
• Collects data for mandatory requirements and various quality improvement projects and is actively involved in action plans and implementation to improve quality for the LIFE Geisinger program.
• Completes accurate and thorough documentation for services provided according to program policy.
• Maintains effective communication skills with the older adult and with co-workers.
• Explains actions to participant before starting task.
• Understands and demonstrates that all care is done with full regard to participants rights.
• Provides orientation and redirection to participant.
• Promotes independence in participant by offering choices and fostering self-help skills.
• Communicates respect and caring verbally and non-verbally with participant and other staff.
• Works cooperatively with other members of the interdisciplinary team to provide quality of care to LIFE Geisinger participants.
• Attends assigned interdisciplinary team and scheduled monthly meetings and completes all required educational trainings.

Work is typically performed in a clinical environment. Accountable for satisfying all job specific obligations and complying with all organization policies and procedures. The specific statements in this profile are not intended to be all-inclusive. They represent typical elements considered necessary to successfully perform the job. Additional competencies and skills outlined in any department-specific orientation will be considered essential to the performance of the job related to that position.