PCA / Caregiver

Care To Be Home; Spring Valley (NV); On-site; USD 22,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

Care To Be Home is seeking a Personal Care Assistant to help clients with activities of daily living in Las Vegas and Henderson. The role includes personal hygiene, mobility support, reminders for medications, light housekeeping, and companionship.

Qualified candidates will have PCA experience, CPR/First Aid, a valid driver’s license, reliable transportation, and the ability to work part-time or full-time with shifts ranging 2–8 hours. Training and licensing requirements vary by state.

Qualifications

• Must have proven PCA experience.
• CPR/First Aid certification preferred.
• PCA Certification required or in process.

Responsibilities

• Ensure clients receive their medications on time
• Support clients who can’t move on their own
• Help clients dress, bathe, eat, etc.
• Assist clients with physical therapy exercises
• Cook meals according to restrictions
• Help with shopping
• Do light housekeeping
• Provide emotional support
• Inform physicians or supervisors of unusual events
• Act quickly in emergencies

Skills

PCA experience

Housekeeping

Reliable

Good communication

Compassionate

PCA Certification

CPR/First Aid

Driver's license

Transportation

TB/QuantiFERON

Background test

Job description

Work with a locally owned, independent, non-franchise Homecare agency. The Personal Care Assistant assists with activities of daily living and certain “hands-on” care such as personal hygiene care, toileting and elimination of waste, assistance with reminders to take medications, transfers, and ambulation. The Personal Care Assistant also provides certain companion tasks such as: accompanying the client to appointments, tasks related to the maintenance of a healthy and stable living environment for the client, personal laundry, light housekeeping, and other similar activities of daily living. The provision of “hands-on” care as described above is contingent upon licensing requirements within the state of practice.

Caregivers/PCA's with current requirements and certifications (listed below) preferred, but are willing to train/certify reliable hard working individuals. Reliable Transportation is required.

Responsibilities

• Ensure clients receive their medication on time
• Support clients who can’t move on their own
• Help clients dress, bathe, eat, etc.
• Assist clients with physical therapy exercises
• Cook meals according to the customer’s restrictions
• Help customers with their shopping
• Do necessary housekeeping to maintain a clean environment
• Provide emotional support
• Inform physicians or supervisors about uncommon events
• Act quickly and responsibly in cases of emergency

Skills/Requirements

• Proven experience as a personal care assistant
• Able to do housework and cooking
• Well-organized and reliable
• Excellent communication and people skills
• A positive and compassionate attitude
• Strong ethics
• PCA Certification
• CPR/First Aid certified
• Valid driver’s license
• Dependable transportation
• 2Step TB test or QuantiFERON Test
• Fingerprints/Background Test done by the State

Work Location

• Multiple locations throughout the Las Vegas and Henderson

Job Types

Part-time, Full-time

Pay

$16.00 - $19.00 per hour, $20 fill-in rate

Schedule

• Shifts range from 2-8 hours