Personal Care Aide

Overview

The Personal Care Assistant is primarily responsible for observing patients and providing assistance in personal care.

Responsibilities

• Observes assigned patient(s); serves in the capacity of a sitter for assigned patient(s) during specific shift.
• Assists with basic personal care services as appropriate and as assigned.
• Assists assigned patient(s) in toileting.
• Observes for and reports safety hazards, and prepares incident reports.
• Participates in team conferences, in-service education programs, and staff meetings.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Training

• Successful completion of all State, Federal, ARH, or accreditation mandated training programs as they become available.

Experience

• Two (2) weeks to one (1) month of on-the-job training is required to attain proficiency in the performance of assigned duties and responsibilities.

Required Skills, Knowledge & Abilities

• Ability to successfully complete required regulatory, accreditation, and organizational training programs.

• Ability to learn and apply departmental policies, procedures, and job responsibilities within the required training period.

• Ability to maintain compliance with State, Federal, ARH, and accreditation standards.

• Ability to perform assigned duties accurately and efficiently after completion of training.