Personal Care Aide

Job Summary

Cares for elderly, disabled, convalescent or handicapped at individual's home or day-time residence.

General Accountabilities

• Assists with daily activities at individual's home
• Performs tasks including but not limited to making beds, doing laundry, preparing meals, washing dishes, ironing, cleaning, bathing, dressing, etc
• Purchases and prepares meals and groceries for individual
• Helps patient up and down stairs, in and out of bed, etc
• Medication reminders if the client is prescribed medication from a doctor
• Accompanies ambulatory patients outside of home
• Entertains patients by reading, talking, listening to individual, upon request
• May have to visit several households to provide similar daily care
• Report the status / health of individual being cared for to your supervisor
• *The company reserves the right to add or change duties at any time

Job Qualifications

• Be at least 18 years old
• Have a valid driver's license
• Proof of car insurance
• Be able to read, write and effectively communicate with client and supervisor
• Not have any prior convictions or have pled no contest to crimes related to theft, abuse, neglect, or exploitation of a child or a vulnerable adult

-Not have any prior convictions or have pled no contest to crimes related to drugs within 10 years

• Be capable of following a care plan with minimal supervision

Skills

• Time management
• Dependable
• Good bedside manner
• Excellent verbal and written communication
• Active listening
• Service orientation
• Monitoring
• Critical Thinking