Personal Care Aide (PCA)

$22,880 - $22,880/Yr

Edwards Home Care Services Inc. - Goldsboro, NC

Full-time - Entry Level

Goldsboro, NC

About the position

The Personal Care Aide (PCA) position in Goldsboro, NC, is a full-time role focused on providing essential support to clients in their daily living activities. The PCA will assist with personal care tasks, promote a safe environment, and ensure the well-being of clients by monitoring their health and reporting any changes. This role requires compassion, attention to detail, and the ability to work independently while following care plans.

Responsibilities

• Reads and records temperature, pulse, and respirations.
• Assists, performs, and trains patient/client and family in activities of daily living such as bathing, grooming, nail and skin care, oral hygiene, toileting, and adequate nutritional intake.
• Promotes a safe environment and maintains unobstructed pathways while providing care.
• Assists with ambulation, transfers, and/or range of motion exercises.
• Assists with incidental/instrumental activities of daily living such as shopping, meal preparation, socialization activities, homemaking, and maintaining a clean and safe physical environment.
• Assists in medication reminding and administering medications ordinarily self-administered.
• Utilizes infection prevention and control measures such as universal precautions, hand washing, and personal protective equipment.
• Follows the assignment sheet/service plan performing only tasks that are assigned.
• Recognizes, reports, and records/documents changes in patient/client condition and safety to supervisor.
• Documents observations, activities, and services provided in an accurate, complete, and timely manner.
• Organizes self to carry out visits/shifts and tasks.
• Completes other assignments as requested and assigned.
• Honors patient rights.

Requirements

• 1 year of caregiving experience (preferred).
• Valid CPR Certification (preferred).

Benefits

• Referral program