Personal Care Attendant - PCA

Full Time
Merritt Island, FL 32953
Posted
Job description
Job Overview:
Island Health and Rehabilitation
125 Alma Boulevard
Merritt Island, Florida 32953-4345
Phone: (321) 453-0202

Interested in getting your CNA license? We pay for your license and we train you! Come get certified and start working right away
while you are training to become state certified by taking the CNA exam.
We help you prepare for the skills and written portions of the exam and
you get the hands on experience you need to pass by working with a CNA as you get that experience.

Looking to serve others? Interested in earning extra cash and helping those most in need? We are hiring those eager to offer a helpful hand.
Personal Care Attendants (PCAs - Non Certified) will work with Certified Nurse Assistants (CNAs) under supervision of the Nurse Manager
to provide routine direct nursing care to assigned residents/patients, following successful completion of a paid online 16-hour training course.
During this on-the-job training period, we will work with the Personal Care Attendant to further improve and expand his/her patient care skills.
Goal to PASS State CNA exam - written and skills! Get CNA Certified with us!

Primary Responsibilities
  • Provide direct care in accordance with treatment plans as directed by the Nurse Manager.
  • Treat all residents and patients fairly, with kindness, dignity and respect.
  • Answer resident call lights to address specific needs.
  • Assist with general activities of daily living and accompany residents to various activities and functions.
  • Aide in development of resident treatment plans and complete required care documentation accurately and in a timely manner.
  • Demonstrate proper infection control practices/policies.
  • Perform housekeeping tasks to maintain a clean and safe environment for residents.
  • Facilitate social visits to room-bound residents via FaceTime, Phone or Skype.
  • Assist ONLY in two person transfers or lifting with certified or licensed personnel.
  • Report any injuries of an unknown source, including skin
  • Deliver all medications found in the resident’s room/possession to the Clinical
  • Report any hazardous conditions and equipment to the Nurse Manager immediately.
  • Demonstrate a passion for caring with co-workers, residents, families, and visitors.
  • Competencies
    Competencies

    PCA

    CNA

    Completed

    1.Hand Hygiene

    X

    X

    2. Indirect Care

    X

    3. Ambulate resident using a transfer/gait belt

    X

    X

    4. Assist resident to use a bedpan

    X

    5. Change bed linen while resident in bed

    X

    X

    5. Change resident position to supported side-lying position

    X

    X

    6. Dress a resident who has a weak arm

    X

    X

    7. Empty contents of urinary drainage bag and measure/
    Record output on an Intake/Output form

    X

    8. Feed resident who is sitting in a chair

    X

    9. Measure and record a resident’s radial pulse

    X

    10. Measure and record a resident’s respirations

    X

    11. Provide catheter care to female resident who has an
    Indwelling urinary catheter

    X

    X

    12. Provide foot care to a resident who is sitting in a chair

    X

    13. Provide mouth care to a resident who has dentures

    X

    X

    14. Provide mouth care to a resident who has teeth

    X

    X

    15. Provide perineal care to a female resident who is
    Incontinent of urine

    X

    X

    16. Provide resident hand and nail care

    X

    X

    17. Provide resident partial bed bath and back rub

    X

    X

    18. Provide resident with passive range of motion(ROM)
    Exercises to one elbow and wrist

    X

    19. Provide resident with passive range of motion (ROM)
    Exercises to one shoulder

    X

    20. Provide resident with passive range of motion (ROM) exercises to one
    Hip, knee and ankle

    X

    21. Transfer resident from bed into wheelchair using pivot technique and
    A transfer/gait belt

    X

    X

    22. Donning/Doffing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

    X

    23. Assist Resident to Toilet

    X

    24. Responding to call light

    X

    25. Dementia Care

    X

    26. Devices/Use/Storage

    X

    27. Emergency Procedures

    X

    28. Full Bath

    X

    29. Infection Control

    X

    30. Incontinence/Perineal Care for Male

    X

    31. Mental Health/Challenging Behaviors

    X

    32. Obtaining a Temperature Oral/Tympanic/Axillary

    X

    33. Oxygen

    X

    34. Resident Rights/HIPAA/Abuse & Neglect

    X

    35. Skin Care/Pressure Prevention

    X

    36. Tray Pass /Water Pass/Food Storage

    X

    37. Making an Unoccupied Bed/Handling of Linens

    X

    EEO/MFDV
Must be at least eighteen (18) years of age.

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