Compassionate Private Duty Home Health Aide

Personal Touch Home Care; Newport News (VA); On-site; USD 18,000 - 23,000; Full time

Job summary

Personal-Touch Home Care & Hospice is hiring Personal Care Aides for Private Duty care in a facility or home health setting across Northside and Southside service locations. Roles include assisting with activities of daily living, mobility support, light housekeeping, and basic care under supervising nurses.

Requires PCA training, English proficiency, and reliable transportation. All shifts, weekends included.

Qualifications

• Approved training program in home health services.
• Ability to read, write and communicate in English.
• Empathy for ill, frail, and impaired patients.
• Ability to work with minimal direct supervision.
• Must have reliable transportation and a smartphone.
• PCA license/certification required.

Responsibilities

• Provide personal care: baths, grooming, oral hygiene, dressing, and toileting.
• Prepare and serve simple diets.
• Assist patient in moving and walking.
• Report changes to supervising nurse and keep records.
• Perform light housekeeping and incidental tasks as needed.
• Document patient care activities daily and attend meetings as required.
• Note: PCA's are not permitted to administer medications.

Skills

Empathy

Clear communication

English literacy

Initiative

Reliability

Transportation

Smartphone

Education

PCA certification

Job description

Personal-Touch Home Care & Hospice is hiring Personal Care Aides for Private Duty care in a facility or home health setting across Northside and Southside service locations. Roles include assisting with activities of daily living, mobility support, light housekeeping, and basic care under supervising nurses.

Requires PCA training, English proficiency, and reliable transportation. All shifts, weekends included.