HHA PCA NOW HIRING
2 months ago
Yonkers
Job Description The Personal Care Aide is responsible for providing patient assistance with nutritional and environmental support and personal hygiene, feeding and dressing and/or, as an extension of a self-directed patient, selected health related tasks in his/her home or facility under the supervision of a registered nurse. Responsibilities: • Carries out the Agency's mission, philosophy, goals and objectives within guidelines of Agency policy and position function., • Interprets and implements the Agency's philosophy to staff and members of the community., • Participates in the development and implementation of a realistic goal-oriented plan of care., • Provides personal care and rehabilitative services and assists in activities of daily living as directed by the nurse or therapist., • Follows care plan instructions as directed by the nurse., • Provides Environmental Support:, • Make/ change bed linen, occupied or unoccupied., • Light housekeeping: Patient areas to include kitchen, bath, bedroom, etc.; dust, mop, sweep, vacuum, clean kitchen sink, counter, stove top, table, refrigerator, clean bathroom sink, tub, shower, toilet., • Clean up after meal preparation and provision of care., • Personal laundry: clothing and bed linen, wash, iron, and mend, prepare for laundry service., • Maintain safe environment and clean patient equipment., • Provides Nutritional Support:, • Develops menu., • Prepares grocery list, shop., • Prepares meals/ snacks., • Assists with feeding., • Measures and records intake of food and fluids., • Personal Care Functions- assists with or performs and records:, • Skin care., • Grooming: hair shampoo, beard, nails, shave, oral hygiene, denture care; assist with dressing, apply elastic stocking, clean glasses., • Toileting: bedpan, urinal, commode or toilet, adult diapers., • Wound dressing: change clean dressing (band-aid, gauze pad and tape);, • Assist nurse with changing sterile dressing, • Performs and records simple measures:, • Blood pressure on arm, • Vital signs: temperature, pulse, respiration, • Collect specimens: stool, urine, sputum (without suctioning), • Measure intake and output, • Test for urine sugar and acetone, • Weigh patient, • Carries out maintenance exercise program., • Assists with use of medical supplies and equipment; assist nurse with changing sterile dressing., • Walking: assist with our without assistive equipment, walk inside or outside of home, use of safety belt., • Provides Related Supportive Tasks:, • Accompanies out of doors and to medical appointments., • Assists with socialization and recreation activities., • Assists with completion of personal business activities such as telephoning, correspondence, paying bills., • Observes, records, and reports patients condition., • Other Activities:, • Participates in selected case conferences., • Maintains daily patient record and timesheet., • Promptly informs nurse of changes, needs or problems with patients condition and/ or environment., • Performs related activities as directed by the nurse., • Adhere to care plan instructions. Qualifications: • Written evidence of having successfully completed a New York State Department of Health approved: Basic Training Program in home health aide services; Or, Equivalency Examination or Competency Only Program in home health aide services; Or, Written evidence of having successfully completed a New York State Department of Social Services approved Training or Competency Program in personal care services; • Compliance with Inservice Education requirements;, • Minimum of 18 years of age.