CNA/PCA CAREGIVER

Job Overview

As a CNA/PCA Caregiver, you’ll provide attentive, respectful support to people in home, community, and residential care settings. You’ll help clients and residents with daily routines, personal care, meals, mobility, and companionship while following care plans and protecting each person’s rights and privacy. Your impact: Careful observation and dependable support help clients maintain comfort, dignity, and as much independence as possible.

Duties

• Assist with activities of daily living (ADLs), personal care, patient transfers, and safe manual handling; use a Hoyer lift when trained and directed.
• Observe and monitor clients, report changes, and record vital signs and care provided according to care plans.
• Support medication administration only as authorized and within applicable requirements; follow Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) privacy practices.
• Prepare meals, cook, clean, and provide personal transportation assistance as assigned.
• Communicate respectfully with clients, families, and care teams; provide direct support, including dementia, Alzheimer’s, memory, hospice, and intellectual disability care.

Qualifications

• Patient care, caregiving, client communication, and patient observation skills; experience assisting with ADLs, patient monitoring, vital signs, and patient personal care assistance.
• Relevant experience in home care, home health, home and community care, group homes, assisted living, nursing homes, long-term care, senior care, or geriatrics is valued.
• Experience supporting individuals with autism, developmental disabilities, neurodevelopmental disorders, or other disabilities is welcome.
• Knowledge of resident rights, care plans, medication administration, cleaning, cooking, meal preparation, and patient transfer methods is helpful.
• First aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) skills are preferred. Ability to perform required heavy lifting and follow safe handling practices is essential.

Pay: From $18.00 per hour

Expected hours: 20.0 per week

Work Location: In person