Personal Care Attendant

Overview

At Habitat Health, we envision a world where older adults experience an independent and joyful aging journey in the comfort of their homes, enabled by access to comprehensive health care. Habitat Health provides personalized, coordinated clinical and social care as well as health plan coverage through the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (“PACE”) in collaboration with our leading healthcare partners, including Kaiser Permanente.

Habitat Health offers a fully integrated experience that brings more good days and a sense of belonging to participants and their caregivers. We build engaged, fulfilled care teams to deliver personalized care in our centers and in the home, and we support our partners with scalable solutions to meet the health care needs and costs of aging populations. Habitat Health is growing, and we’re looking for new team members who wish to join our mission of redefining aging in place.

This is an opportunity for a mission-driven team player who is passionate about attending to the daily living and safety needs of an assigned group of participants in our PACE center and occasionally in the home. By performing various participant care activities and related non-professional services, you will ensure our participants’ physical, social, and recreational needs are met so that they have the best experience possible when they are in our Habitat Health Center.

• Contribute to a center experience that participants want to spend time in, a team culture that cares and creates joy, and an environment where all participants and team members belong.
• Continue to raise the bar. Constructively seek and share feedback and help us implement changes in order to improve clinical outcomes and experience for participants.
• Exhibit and honor Habitat’s values.
• Meet participant’s personal hygiene such as bathing and other basic needs in a timely and caring manner.
• Assist participants with activities of daily living, such as feeding, ambulation, toileting, and other activities.
• Respond to and fulfill participant requests or obtain appropriate assistance.
• Perform and assist with assigned tasks in support of participant care.
• Prepare and plate food for meal service, following instructions on participants’ dietary cards for specific diets, preferences, and special needs.
• Ensure that the participant is comfortable, has necessary supplies within reach, and physical privacy is maintained.
• Follow established standard operating procedures. Knowledge and performance of procedures would be acquired through continuing appropriate nursing education programs or supervised clinical experience.
• Collect data and record activity and participant care information on appropriate forms. Ensure that information is accurate, timely, and recorded according to established guidelines.
• Provide participant instruction related to safety factors conducive to their care plan and recovery; demonstrate appropriate health, safety, and aseptic practices.
• Clean and straighten immediate participant surroundings ensuring that the participant is comfortable, necessary supplies are available and within reach, and physical privacy is maintained.
• Assist in maintaining an orderly, clean participant care unit by straightening supply and linen storage, nursing station and equipment area.
• On occasion, provide homemaking services in the home including preparing and serving meals and snacks according to specified nutritional needs and dietary restrictions as outlined on the plan of care. Perform light housekeeping tasks as outlined on plan of care including vacuuming, mopping, dusting, taking out trash, washing dishes and doing laundry.
• Accompany participants for outside appointments as needed.
• Observe participants for emotional, behavioral, and physical changes in condition such as any changes in mood, skin integrity, bowel and bladder status, food/fluid intake, speech, ambulation, and transfer ability. Promptly report participant change of condition to nursing or group home staff.
• Perform related duties as assigned.

• Completion of accredited vocational nursing…