Personal Care Assistants

Personal Care Assistants provide routine personal care services to people in a range of health care facilities or in a person's home.

What the job involves

• Assists with personal care needs such as showering, dressing, eating, mobility, communication

• Participates in care planning

• Follows therapy plans i.e. interventions to assist those with dementia and behavioural problems

• Observes/reports changes in patients' condition

• Reports complaints about care

• Assists with rehabilitation exercises, basic treatment and delivery of medications