PCA/NA Personal Care or Nursing Assistant

Overview

Amivie Care Services is looking for compassionate, dependable, and dedicated Personal Care Aides (PCAs) to join our growing home care team!

As a PCA, you will provide essential non-medical personal care and assistance to clients in their homes. Our goal is to help individuals maintain their independence, dignity, and quality of life while remaining comfortable and safe in their own homes.

We are seeking caregivers who genuinely enjoy helping others and take pride in making a positive difference in their communities.

 For more information, please stop by our office at 7814 Carousel Lane, Suite 202, Henrico, VA 23294. Or  please give us a call 804-819-1755.

 

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Responsibilities

• Able to work in a stressful environment. 
• Able to assess and communicate with ill patients, co-workers, and general public.
• Is neat in appearance and practice, with good personal hygiene. 
• Communication skills; observation, reporting, and documentation of a client's status and the care or service furnished. 
• Basic infection control procedures and instruction on universal precautions basic elements of body functions and changes in body function that must be reported to the supervisor.
• Maintenance of a clean, healthy, and safe environment recognizing emergencies and knowledge of emergency procedures. 
• The physical, emotional, and developmental needs of and ways to work with the populations served by the agency including, the need for respect for the client and his or her privacy and property.
• Appropriate and safe techniques in personal hygiene and grooming that include:
• bed bath 
• sponge, tub, or shower bath
• shampoo, sink, tub, or bed
• nail and hair care
• oral hygiene
• toileting and eliminating
• safe transfer techniques and ambulation 
• normal positioning
• adequate nutrition and fluid intake
• assisting with self-administration of medications 
• housekeeping, meal preparation, serving meals 
• patient rights
• any other task that the agency may choose to have the home health aide perform 
• Ensure quality and safe delivery of home health care services. 
• Participates in development and implementation of client plans of care per home health care agency policy and procedure, as appropriate.
• Participates in client case conferences according to home health care agency policy and procedure, as appropriate.
• The provided home health aide services reflect client plans of care. 
• Information regarding client plans of care is submitted to the Horne Health Care Registered Nurse in a timely manner. 
• Is on time for client assignments as scheduled and/or provides at least 24 hours advance notice of cancellation. Notifies the Scheduling Coordinator by telephone (no voice messages) if cannot report on-time for assignment. 

 

Qualifications

PCA’s shall meet one of the following qualifications: 

• Have satisfactorily completed a nurse aide education program approved by the Virginia Board of Nursing; 
• Have certification as a nurse aide issued by the Virginia Board of Nursing; 
• Have satisfactorily passed a competency evaluation program that meets the criteria of 42CfR 484.36(b). Home attendants of personal care services need only be evaluated on the tasks in 42CFR 484.36(b) as those tasks relate to the personal care services to be provided; 
• Have satisfactorily completed training using the "Personal Care Aide Training Curriculum", dated 2003, of the Department of Medical Assistance Services. However, this training is permissible for home attendants of personal care services only. 

 

Additional Qualifications:

• Demonstrated ability to read, write, speak English, and carry out directions
• Evidence of maturity and ability to deal effectively with job demands
• Good verbal and written communications skills required
• .Attends twelve (12) hours of Aide oriented in services per year. 
•  Participates in professional meetings when directed 
• Shall have a criminal history check completed within thirty (30) days of employment which does not show any conviction for barrier crimes listed in §32.1-162.9:1 of the Code of Virginia Is able to work closely supervised to ensure competence in providing patient care. 

 

Physical Requirements:

• Visual/hearing ability sufficient to comprehend written/verbal communication. 
• Ability to perform tasks involving physical activity, which may include heavy lifting and extensive bending and standing
• Ability to deal effectively with stress. 
• Able to bend and stand an average of 6 hours per day.