Personal Care Assistant - Gaston County

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS • Assist ambulatory client with mobility and toileting • Provide care for normal unbroken skin • Assist with personal hygiene by setting up the supplies needed for the client to complete hair and scalp grooming and fingernails • Can assist with bathing, assist in and out of shower, tub and basin • Shave client • Make unoccupied bed • Assist limited function client with dressing • Assist with meal preparation and cutting up food for client • Assist with toileting • Assist with feeding • Assist with dressing • Assist in and encourage physical activities and/or prescribed exercises • Assist with following budget prepared by case manager • Assist to find/use community services • Perform reading and writing tasks • Provide companionship/emotional support • Demonstrate and assist with basic housekeeping tasks (sweeping, vacuuming, dusting, mopping, dishes, etc.) • Assist in organizing household routine • Assist in purchasing clothing or other household items • Assist with planning and preparing proper meals • Care for clothing (ironing, laundering, and simple mending) • Observe, record and report self-administered medications • Observe, report and document beneficiary status and the plan of care rendered • Recognize and report indicators of abuse, neglect, illness etc. to proper professional • Respond to emergency needs as they occur per company policy • Ability to work weekends Skills listed below must have competency demonstrated and verified by RN before performing • Apply Ace bandages, TED’s, binders • Apply/remove prosthetic devices for stable clients • Assist client with self-monitoring of temperature, pulse, blood pressure and weight JOB SPECIFICATIONS • This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. The employee will be expected to perform other reasonable related duties as assigned by Governing Body. • Must be at least 18 years of age with a valid driver’s license. High school diploma or general education degree (GED) or equivalent preferred. • Have an empathetic attitude toward the care of the sick and elderly. • Ability to carry out directions, read & write, exchange accurate information with clients and staff. • No experience necessary; however, employee must complete and pass the CRSS Home Health, Inc. Personal Care Aide Skill Competency, as appropriate. This training and competency can include but is not limited to understanding of the needs of the populations served, basic meal preparation, provision of transportation services, housekeeping, home safety, handling emergencies in the home and infection control. WORKING ENVIRONMENT Works at client homes, including temporary client's residence such as skilled nursing facilities, and travels to/from client homes. The work requires light physical exertion on a regular and recurring basis such as: driving, assisting patient in transfer activities, and light housekeeping. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, use hands to finger, to handle or feel, and each with hands and arms. The employee frequently is required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk or hear, and taste or smell. The employee is occasionally required to sit. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. Nothing in this job description restricts management’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time. This job description is subject to change at any time.