Job Title: Personal Support Specialist
Status: PT/FT
Customary Work Days: Monday through Friday, days
Customary Work Hours: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM; with the ability to work flexible hours if needed to successfully meet the demands of our business and consumers’ needs.
Job Summary
The Personal Support Specialist (PSS) provides non-medical direct services to assist consumers/patients with personal care needs allowing them to maintain their dignity and independence in the comfort of their own home.
Essential Responsibilities and Duties
Duties vary depending on individual clients’ needs but typical duties may include:
• Follow care plan to provide personal daily care such bathing, dressing, grooming and toileting
• Mobility assistance & transferring, such as assistance with walking or transfer from bed to wheelchair
• Perform light housekeeping, such as …
• Laundry and change of bed linens
• Prepare & serve meals
• Ensure safety needs of patients/ consumers by using equipment safely and property
• Observe and report changes in the condition and/ or needs of the consumer to management/ supervisor
• Prepare and submit documentation as required by agency and regulatory requirements in a timely fashion
• Maintain client, staff and business confidentiality at all times
• Incidental transportation of consumers to and from appointments when needed
• May picking up groceries or other items requested by consumer
Qualifications and Skills
• High School Diploma or equivalent
• Authorized to work in the US
• Must have or be able obtain Personal Support Specialist training and pass the PSS certification exam within 120 days of hire
• Compassionate personality
• Must have, at a minimum, conversational English skills
• Ability to work independently and exceptional reliability
• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds
• Satisfactory criminal background checks
• Valid driver’s license is preferred, automobile registration & insurance – otherwise, reliable transportation mandatory
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