Personal Care Aide (PCA)

Responsibilities

• Assist residents in the dining room during mealtime by distributing meals.
• Assist with cleaning the dining room after meals when required.
• Distribute facility-provided snacks to residents during evening snack time.
• Assist residents with showering/bathing as needed.
• Assist residents with maintaining a healthy hygiene routine as needed.
• Launder residents' clothing, linens, and towels as needed.
• Assist residents that require limited mobility assistance as needed.
• Answer all call bells and check residents' whereabouts during rounds.
• Assist residents with operating the elevator lift.
• Perform housekeeping and light maintenance tasks as needed (laundering residents' clothing, linens, and towels; cleaning resident rooms; making residents’ beds; unclogging toilets; adjusting room temperature; salting areas outside of facility).
• Report all pertinent information to the PCA in charge.

Medication Assistance

• Count Controlled Substances with outgoing PCA and sign initials if count is correct. Report any missing Controlled Substances to Administration.
• Prepare medication, bring medication to dining room during meal time, and assist residents with medication.
• If a resident requires medication prior to breakfast, go to the resident's room and assist with medication.
• If a resident requires afternoon or after-dinner medication, assist the resident with medication from the med room.
• For injectable medication: resident comes to the med room; PCA hands over the injectable medication; resident self-administers in the presence of the PCA; resident safely disposes of remains into the sharps container. PCA must never come into contact with or dispose of injectable medication after it has been handed to the resident.
• Always watch residents ingest medication and properly document.
• Update medication administration record as needed after physician visits and ensure MAR matches doctor's orders.
• Ensure that residents receive all necessary documents prior to doctor appointments.
• Consult and correspond with doctor offices for any necessary clarifications.
• Contact pharmacy for residents' prescription refills as needed and ensure e-script copies are received.
• Record all pertinent information regarding residents in the 24-hour Log Book.