PACE SUPPORTIVE HOUSING Aide

UCHC | Upham's Corner Health Center - Jamaica Plain, MA

- Entry Level

Jamaica Plain, MA

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About the position

The PACE Center Aide is responsible for engaging participants and assisting with their personal care needs across various PACE Program care settings, including restorative therapies, activities, and meal services. This position is primarily based in the PACE Center and requires a commitment to maintaining a collaborative, respectful, and safe environment for enrollees, visitors, and staff. The aide will demonstrate competency in performing assigned tasks and will work under the direction of the clinical interdisciplinary team to implement care plans and treatment strategies.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a collaborative, respectful, engaging, and safe environment for enrollees, visitors, and staff.
• Engage with participants from diverse backgrounds, anticipate their needs, and encourage independence.
• Assist participants with personal care, including ostomy care, skin care, incontinent care, simple dressings, wound care, vital signs, blood glucose tests, and weights.
• Carry out treatment plans under the direction of the clinical interdisciplinary team, including behavioral, clinical, and rehabilitation interventions.
• Assist with the implementation of care plans determined by the clinical team under the supervision of the PACE Center Manager.
• Maintain confidentiality of enrollee records and reports.
• Participate in working groups, including quality projects and policy maintenance as assigned by the Center Manager.
• Collaborate with the Center Manager to establish better accountability of services to enrollees and referral sources.
• Attend and participate in required trainings, staff meetings, and enrollee care meetings.
• Respond effectively to changes in workload, fulfilling episodic and emergent needs, including escorting participants to appointments.
• Perform custodial and operational tasks, including infection control practices and routine equipment maintenance.
• Complete basic administrative tasks as directed by the supervisor, including accessing the electronic health record.
• Adhere to PACE policies and procedures.

Requirements

• High School graduate or equivalent.
• Current certification as Home Health Aide, Nursing Assistant, or Medical Assistant from an approved program.
• Enjoys working with older adults.
• Flexibility, initiative, creativity, and good interpersonal skills.
• Physical capability to lift and provide maximum assistance with transfers.
• Physical capability to propel wheelchairs across all settings.
• Ability to speak Spanish, Portuguese Creole, or French Creole is a plus.
• Professional appearance and manner in the clinical area; recognizes own limits and seeks help from the PACE Center Manager as appropriate.
• Responds positively to constructive criticism; serves as a role model for students, staff members, and new trainees.
• Maintains certification and pursues professional growth through continuing education.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience working with the elderly in a health care setting for one or more years.