PERSONAL CARE AIDE

 

 

GRADE:  1                                                                                                                                       REPORTS TO:  RN Supervisor

 

POSITION REQUIREMENTS:  Must be a Certified Nursing Assistant and possess a certificate for nursing assistant from an approved program.  Prefer experience in providing personal care assistance to patients.

 

SUMMARY:  Medicaid Personal Care Services are long-term maintenance or support services which are necessary in order to enable individuals to remain in the home as opposed to nursing home placement.  Provides services designed to prevent or reduce inappropriate institutional care by providing eligible individuals with basic health related services such as assisting with ambulating/exercise, assisting with normally self-administered medications, reporting changes in client's conditions and needs and/or providing household services essential to good health in the home. 

 

Use of therapeutic interpersonal skills in all contacts in the work setting is required.  Duties may include, but are not limited to:  providing nursing care for, and assistance to patients while meeting their personal  hygiene needs such as bathing, feeding, lifting, turning, and positioning; assisting  the physician and professional nurse in patient examinations; assisting with provisions for emotional and physical comfort and direction according to individual patient care plans, including patient teaching and encompassing cultural and emotional needs; and, other personal care duties as assigned.  Specifically, personal care services means providing assistance with personal hygiene, nutritional support and environmental maintenance necessary for clients to remain in their home.  Problems encountered range from routine to complex in nature; significant public contact is required and position requires independent decision-making and action.

 

 

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