Participant Care Attendant II

Overview

The Center for Elders’ Independence is a PACE (Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly) organization that uses an interdisciplinary team approach to care planning and care implementation for the purpose of providing high quality, affordable, integrated health care services to the elderly, including an Adult Day Health Center, and promoting autonomy, quality of life and the ability of individuals to live in their communities.

The Position: The Person al Care Attendant II provides assistance to CEI participants in the participant’s home or day center. The Person al Care Attendant II demonstrates knowledge and skills necessary to provide caregiving services, including personal care and ADL/IADL care to frail elderly people who need help to continue living safely in the community. The Person al Care Attendant (PCA) II provides care and services as determined by the participant’s care plan in accordance with PACE Regulations.

Salary: The salary range for the Home Care PCA II role at Center for Elders Independence is $22.50 - $33.76 per hr. Salaries are based on the market for the Home Care PCA II position, as well as experience, skills, abilities and work history.

Day Center

• Records services in required logs or electronic health record.
• Assists individual and group activities, as necessary.
• Accompanying participants to outside medical appointments.
• Responsible for ensuring that all wander risk participants are wearing code alert devices.
• Obtains and maintains food handler's certification.
• Assists with food service program, including serving snacks and meals at the day center, checking food temperatures, reviewing diet orders.
• Performs kitchen duties to include washing dishes, sanitizing work area, maintaining supply inventory, and checking for food expiration dates.

Home Care

• Records vital signs if requested.
• Provides medication prompting which may include supervision and double check of participant self-administration of insulin.
• Emptying and cleaning of foley catheters, ostomies and urostomies.
• Dressing and grooming the participant in preparation for day or night, including shaving, oral and skin care, monitoring skin condition, positioning, and turning of participant.
• Assists participants to complete home exercise program if required.
• Plans and prepares light meals, followed by clean-up, safely storing and organizing delivered meals and monitoring food expiration dates.
• Performs light housekeeping including dusting, vacuuming, taking out garbage and recyclables.
• Performs laundry services including washing and folding laundry, making beds and changing linens as needed.
• Follows the home care service plan to complete tasks.

General Duties and Caregiving Responsibilities

• Provides Activities of Daily Living (ADL) and Independent Activities of Daily Living (IADL) to support participants such as toileting, showering, bathing, dressing, grooming, feeding/assisted dining, meal service, laundry, transfers and ambulation, and range of motion.
• Completes safe transfers utilizing Durable Medical Equipment (DME) as required, including assists, gait belts, slide boards and Hoyer lifts.
• Cleaning the bathroom used by the participant may include emptying and cleaning commode.
• Provides appointment reminder communications to participants.
• Responsible for keeping home or day center clean and in an orderly condition, including kitchen and activity areas, sanitizing showers/bathrooms and relevant DM.
• Escorting participants to and from CEI vans, as needed.
• Documents participant services provided in electronic health record accurately and on time.
• Function as a participant advocate by reporting any violations of the Participant Bill of Rights & Responsibilities.
• Respond to participant complaints in a timely manner and understand the basic procedures for receiving and documenting complaints or requests.
• Promptly reports changes in participant’s condition to supervisor or designee.
• Demonstrate dependability by arriving consistently and on time to scheduled work hours and submit timely and accurate timesheets.
• Maintain a courteous, helpful, and professional attitude on the job.
• Display a willingness and ability to be…