Caregiver -PCA (Personal Care Attendent )

Make a difference on your own schedule and terms as a Personal Care Attendant in Tennessee.

Schedule

• PRN, part-time, and full-time hours available
• 30 hours per week
• Flexible shifts: Monday – Sunday
• Opportunity to pick up shifts in multiple locations

Qualifications

• Completion of the ninth (9th) grade; high school graduate preferred
• Able to read and write consistent with job requirements
• Emotional and cognitive maturity necessary for establishing and maintaining good working relationships with clients, their families, and agency personnel
• Neat, clean personal appearance
• Free from health problems that may be injurious to client, self, or coworkers; must present required health documents
• Annual TB skin test and proof submitted to Human Resources
• Reliable transportation
• Ability to demonstrate appropriate PCP knowledge and skills (passing score on skills validation test required), including:
  • Appropriate work experience and/or caregiving experience
  • Methodology for assisting clients to achieve maximum self-reliance
  • Principles of nutrition and meal preparation
  • Principles of the aging process and emotional issues related to illness and long-term home care
  • Procedures for maintaining a clean, healthful, and pleasant environment
  • Maintenance of ethics and confidentiality of client care
  • Roles of healthcare team members and inter-relationships in care
  • Providing information for supervisors and maintaining required records (plan of care, reports, timesheets, client condition changes, etc.)
• Basic non-skilled personal care and housekeeping tasks
• Interest and concern for people
• Good judgment and tact in dealing with people
• Proper hygiene and knowledge of basic safety and sanitation
• Standard precautions and basic infection prevention and control practices
• Awareness of available counseling for difficult cases and potentially dangerous situations

Responsibilities

• Follow the plan of care prepared by the supervisor to:
  • Help client maintain personal hygiene
  • Assist in maintaining a healthful, safe environment
  • Plan and prepare nutritious meals
  • Shop for groceries and supplies as instructed
  • Assist with non-skilled personal care (bathing, skin care, hair care, nail care, mouth care, shaving, dressing, feeding, ambulation, exercise, transfers, positioning, bladder and bowel care, medication reminding, respiratory care, accompanying, homemaking, protective oversight, and respite care)
  • Encourage client independence within allowed activities
  • Provide positive emotional support
  • Perform routine housekeeping tasks (light housekeeping, meal preparation, dishwashing, bed making, laundry, shopping, and teaching these tasks to the client as appropriate)
• Follow standard precautions for all client care
• Establish a trusting and confidential relationship with the client and their family
• Complete visit reports with time in/out, document services provided, obtain client signature, and submit to the agency per guidelines
• Report any client concerns or condition changes to the supervisor
• Carry out assignments as instructed by the plan of care and report if unable to do so
• Work with personnel of other agencies involved in the client’s care as directed
• Maintain confidentiality at all times
• Perform only functions specified in the plan of care; never provide skilled care
• Follow emergency procedures for incidents, accidents, injuries, or significant changes in client condition, and report immediately

Pay

Standard rate: $15.00 – $17.50 per hour