X - As-Needed / Temp - Personal Care Attendant

Duties & Responsibilities

• Participates in a mission-driven culture of high-quality performance, with a member focus on customer service, consistency, dignity and accountability.
• Assists the team in carrying out department responsibilities and collaborates with others to support short- and long-term goals/priorities for the department.
• Provides personal care and escort assistance in accordance with individual treatment plans including peri-care, grooming, dressing, showering, bathing, toileting, feeding and ambulation.
• Reports visible changes in the participant's condition to the Day Center Supervisor and PCA Lead.
• Communicates participant health and safety concerns under the guidance and supervision of the Day Center Supervisor and PCA Lead.
• Demonstrates safe practices utilizing proper body mechanics and compliance with universal precautions.
• Conducts daily physical activities, ergonomically, while assisting frail elders to avoid injury.
• Implements interventions to training, as directed by rehabilitation and nursing staff, including use of mechanical assistance for participant transfers, mobility and patient care.
• Assists with food service delivery and monitoring during mealtimes.
• Documents services rendered daily.

Minimum Qualifications

• A high school diploma or equivalent.
• 1 year of experience with the frail or elderly population required; an equivalent combination of education and experience may also be qualifying.
• 6 months of clinical experience as a Personal Care Aide, CNA, LVN or MA required.
• CPR and First-Aid Certification required or must be obtained within six (6) months of date of hire.
• Complete and pass the PACE approved curriculum for Personal Care Aides upon hire.
• Complete and pass the ServSafe Food Handler Certificate upon hire.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bilingual in English and in one of CalOptima Health's defined threshold languages (Arabic, Chinese, Farsi, Korean, Russian, Spanish, Vietnamese).

Physical Requirements

• Ability to visually read information from computer screens, forms and other printed materials and information.
• Ability to speak (enunciate) clearly in conversation and general communication.
• Hearing ability for verbal communication/conversation/responses via telephone, telephone systems, and face-to-face interactions.
• Manual dexterity for typing, writing, standing and reaching, flexibility, body movement for bending, crouching, walking, kneeling and prolonged sitting.
• Lifting and moving objects, patients and/or equipment more than 50 pounds.

Work Environment

• If located at the 500, 505 Building or a remote work location: Work is typically indoors and sedentary and is subject to schedule changes and/or variable work hours, with travel as needed.
• If located at PACE: Work is typically indoors in a clinical setting serving the frail and elderly. There may be harmful or hazardous environmental conditions present for this job. The noise level in this work environment is usually moderate to loud.
• If located in the community: Work is typically indoors and sedentary and is subject to schedule changes and/or variable work hours, with travel as needed. Employee will occasionally work outdoors in varied temperatures. There may be harmful or hazardous environmental conditions present for this job. The noise level in this work environment is usually moderate to loud.

Equal Opportunity Employer

CalOptima Health is an equal opportunity employer and makes all employment decisions on the basis of merit. CalOptima Health wants to have qualified employees in every job position. CalOptima Health prohibits unlawful discrimination against any employee, or applicant for employment, based on race, religion/religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, mental or physical disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, sex stereotype, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transitioning status, age, sexual orientation, immigration status, military status as a disabled veteran, or veteran of the Vietnam era, or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state, or local laws.