CNA/PCA

Job Overview

As a CNA/PCA, you’ll provide respectful, hands-on care that helps clients and residents maintain comfort, dignity, and independence. You may support people in home care, home and community care, group homes, assisted living, nursing homes, or long-term care settings. Your impact: By following care plans and observing changes in condition, you help clients and residents receive timely support and feel safe in their daily routines.

Duties

• Assist with activities of daily living (ADLs), including bathing, dressing, grooming, toileting, and mobility.
• Monitor and document patient observations and vital signs; communicate changes to the care team.
• Support medication administration when authorized, and follow privacy requirements under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and residents’ rights.
• Prepare meals, cook as needed, clean living areas, and provide personal transportation assistance when assigned.
• Use safe manual handling, patient transfer methods, and equipment such as a Hoyer lift; provide direct support and patient personal care assistance.

Requirements

• Patient care, caregiving, client communication, and patient monitoring skills; experience in senior care, geriatrics, nursing, or home health is helpful.
• Relevant experience in Alzheimer’s, dementia, or memory care; hospice care; or group home, assisted living, nursing home, long-term care, home care, or home and community care settings is valued.
• Experience supporting individuals with autism, developmental or intellectual disabilities, neurodevelopmental disorders, or other disabilities is welcome.
• Knowledge of care plans, first aid, and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is preferred; first aid and CPR credentials may be required for the role.
• Able to follow safe patient transfer and heavy-lifting practices; provide medication administration only within authorized duties.

Pay: $15.00 - $17.00 per hour

Expected hours: 12.0 – 15.0 per week

Benefits

* Flexible schedule

Work Location: In person