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Personal Care Assistant 

Description

Are you compassionate and dedicated? Does making a difference in someone's life inspire you? At Right at Home of Wake County, that is what our caregivers experience each and every day they provide care.  Our Mission:  To improve the quality of care for those we serve.  If your life mission is similar and you feel great personal satisfaction when caring for individuals in need, you need not look any further. 

Our Personal Care Assistants provide various personal care and related paraprofessional services in accordance with an established plan of care. Provides for the personal needs and comfort of patients in their homes.

Essential Functions

  • Performs personal care activities that assist the patient with activities of daily living which include (but are not limited to):
    • Personal hygiene (assisting to bathroom or in using bedpan, bathing, care of mouth, skin and hair)
    • Ambulation
    • Eating
    • Dressing
    • Shaving
  • Prepares meals and snacks according to instructions.
  • Performs patient-specific activities that are taught by a nurse. These could include (but are not limited to):
    • Assisting with the change of ostomy appliances
    • Reinforcement of dressings
    • Assisting with prescribed range of motion exercises
    • Measuring and preparing special diets
    • Taking vital signs
    • Application of an external catheter
  • Performs homemaking activities which include (but are not limited to): vacuuming, dusting, sweeping or mopping floors, doing dishes, changing bed linens, doing laundry and cleaning bathrooms. 
  • High school graduate or G.E.D. certificate preferred. 
  • Six months experience as a Home Health Aide or CNA in healthcare (in homes or facilities).
  • Successfully completed a Competency Evaluation that meets the State Licensing Law for home health agencies.
  • Current CPR Certificate.
  • Ability to read, write, speak and understand English as needed for the job. 
  • Possess a valid driver’s license and have use of an insured automobile or access to adequate transportation for the job.
  • This position requires 75 hours of technical training including:
    • Checking vitals
    • Accu-check blood glucose levels
    • Urine sugar and acetone level
 
Position Requirements

QUALIFICATIONS

  • High school graduate preferred.ÂÂ
  • Minimum six months experience as a Home Health Aide or CNA in healthcare (in homes or facilities).
  • Successfully completed a Competency Evaluation that meets the State Licensing Law for home health agencies.
  • Current CPR Certificate.
  • Current TB
  • Ability to read, write, speak and understand English as needed for the job.ÂÂ
  • Possess a valid driver's license and have use of an insured automobile or access to adequate transportation for the job.
  • This position requires 75 hours of technical training including:
    • Checking vitals
    • Accu-check blood glucose levels
    • Urine sugar and acetone level
 
Full-Time/Part-Time Full-Time and/or Part-Time  
Location zLouisiana - Metairie - 70002  

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