Personal Care Attendant
Yackandandah Health
01.2020 - Current
- Assisted clients with daily living needs to maintain self-esteem and general wellness.
- Provided assistance in daily living activities by dressing, grooming, bathing, and toileting patients.
- Provided safe mobility support to help patients move around personal and public spaces.
- Assisted patients with personal requirements for housekeeping and grooming assistance.
- Furthered skills by actively taking part in employee training and taking classes to improve skills.
- Documented vitals, behaviors, and medications in client medical records.
- Turned and positioned bedbound patients to prevent bedsores and maintain comfort levels.
- Used company software and databases to maintain records of services performed and patient conditions.
- Wiped down equipment with proper cleaning products after each patient transport to reduce instances of infection.
- Assisted with feeding and monitored intake to help patients achieve nutritional objectives.
- Recognized and reported abnormalities or changes in patients' health status to case manager.
- Supported daily hygiene needs of patients by assisting with bathing, dressing, dental care and personal grooming.
- Assisted patients with bathing, grooming, dressing, and oral hygiene care both in private residences and facilities.
- Monitored clients' overall health and well-being and noted significant changes.
- Guided patients to restroom to support bladder and bowel relief requirements.
- Recorded patients' pulse, blood pressure and respirations (TPRs) to assess and document important health information.
