Personal Care Attendant

Unifi Healthcare; Edgewood (KY); On-site; USD 15,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible schedule

Health insurance

Paid time off

Job summary

Unifi Healthcare in Edgewood, KY seeks a Personal Care Attendant to assist patients with daily activities, provide mobility support, and offer companionship. The role emphasizes safety, hygiene, and respectful care within the patients’ living spaces.

Responsibilities include scheduling, record updates, meal prep, and errands. A high school diploma and compassionate, patient-centered approach are required, with HIPAA compliance and strong communication skills emphasized.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent is required.
• Familiarity with HIPAA rules and regulations.
• Ability to multitask, prioritize, and manage time efficiently.
• Excellent verbal and written communication; strong interpersonal relations.
• Compassionate and sensitive to patients’ needs and concerns.
• Experience in housekeeping or personal care is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Encourage patients to perform daily personal hygiene.
• Support patients with mobility, standing, and physical activities.
• Cueing/reminders for self-medication administration.
• Schedule patient appointments, cancellations, and update records.
• Accompany patients to appointments.
• Maintain cleanliness and sanitary needs of patients’ space and living areas.
• Ensure patients’ safety; remove any safety hazards.
• Meal preparation and planning.
• Laundry.
• Answer the telephone, assist with gathering personal mail and other correspondence.
• Shopping for groceries, running errands.
• Provide companionship and conversation.

Skills

Multitasking

Verbal communication

Written communication

Compassionate care

HIPAA awareness

Patience

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

As a Personal Care Attendant, you will play a key role in improving the quality of life for our patients. You will assist patients with daily activities and tasks, provide physical support, companionship, and help take care of the home.

Shifts:

• Full Time Days 8a-8p
• Full Time Nights 8o-8a
• Part Time: days and nights

Care Assistant Duties and Responsibilities

• Encourage patients to preform daily personal hygiene
• Support patients with mobility, standing, and physical activities
• Cueing/reminders for self-medication administration
• Schedule patient appointments, cancellations, and update records
• Accompany patients to appointments
• Maintain cleanliness and sanitary needs of patients’ space and living areas
• Ensure patients’ safety; remove any safety hazards
• Meal preparation and planning
• Laundry
• Answer the telephone, assist with gathering personal mail and other correspondence
• Shopping for groceries, running errands
• Provide companionship and conversation

Care Assistant Requirements and Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Performs all tasks in compliance with the company policies, rules, and procedures; understanding of HIPAA Rules and Regulations
• Ability to multitask, prioritize, and manage time efficiently
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; great interpersonal relations and confident demeanor
• Compassionate and sensitive to patients’ needs and concerns
• Demonstrating related housekeeping or personal care experience

Benefits:

• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Paid time off