Personal Care Attendant I

Job Description

Job Description

The Position :  The Personal Care Attendant I provides assistance to CEI participants in the

participant’s home or day center. The Personal Care Attendant I demonstrates knowledge

and skills necessary to provide personal care and ADL / IADL care to frail elderly who need

help to continue living safely in the community. The Personal Care Attendant (PCA) I

provides care and services as determined by the participant’s care plan in accordance with

PACE Regulations.

General Duties and Responsibilities :

• Provides Activities of Daily Living (ADL)and Independent Activities of Daily Living

(IADL) to support participants such as : toileting, showers, bathing, dressing, grooming,

feeding / assisted dining, meal service, laundry, transfers and ambulation, range of

motion

gait belt and hoyers

commode

kitchen and activity areas, sanitizing showers / bathrooms and relevant DME

time

& Responsibilities

procedures for receiving and documenting complaints or requests

hours, and submit timely and accurate timesheets

members, participants and their families

Maintain professional affiliations and any required certifications

hazards, and reporting and / or reversing hazards

requirements

Department Specific Duties and Responsibilities :

Day Center :

center, checking food temperatures, reviewing diet orders

supply inventory and checking for food expiration dates

Home Care :

participant self-administration of insulin

providing shaving, oral and skin care, monitoring skin condition, positioning, and

turning of participant

organizing delivered meals and monitoring food expiration dates

recyclables

straightening / making beds and changing linens as needed

Qualifications :

A valid California driver’s license, current vehicle insurance, and access to a reliable

vehicle is required if working in the Home Care Department

team is required

Physical Demands :

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an

employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the

duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; talk and hear, as well as

demonstrate manual and finger dexterity and eye-hand coordination.

This position is very active and requires the employee to frequently stoop, kneel, crouch, and

reach with hands and arms. The employee is frequently required to walk and sit. The

employee must regularly lift, carry, and or move up to 50 pounds and push or pull objects

exceeding 150 pounds, using appropriate body mechanics.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral

vision, color vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

While carrying out the responsibilities of this role, the employee regularly encounters a

diverse range of health conditions, environmental elements, and other factors inherent to

providing care for vulnerable seniors both in healthcare settings and within their residences

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. Unlike other healthcare plans, CEI is not a "fee-for-service" plan. It is a “capitation” healthcare plan. CEI is paid a set amount for each person enrolled in our program, whether or not that individual seeks care. We are a growing company that offers stability and continues to thrive.