Personal Care Assistant

Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association; Winterville (NC); On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association seeks a Personal Care Assistant to support clients with daily living tasks and health-related activities in a team-based home care setting.

You will follow detailed care plans, provide basic personal care, assist with meals, mobility, and hygiene, and use EVV for timekeeping. The role emphasizes safety, confidentiality, and respectful, client-centered care, reporting to the Home Care Manager.

Qualifications

• High school diploma preferred; ability to read and write required.
• Minimum 6 months caregiving experience, validated through references.
• Must be 18 years or older.

Responsibilities

• Follow client care plans and complete daily tasks via EVV or electronic timesheets.
• Provide basic personal care including bathing, grooming, ambulation, meals, feeding, and transfers with walkers or wheelchairs.
• Maintain safety and infection control; notify supervisors of hazards or changes in client condition.
• Encourage client self-help and respect privacy and confidentiality.
• Assist with laundry, cleaning, and groceries only if specified in care plans.
• Administer medications only through self-administration support, never direct administration.
• Report abuse, neglect, or unsafe conditions immediately.

Skills

Caregiving experience

Strong communication

Follow care plans

Observation skills

Education

High school diploma

Job description

Position: Personal Care Assistant

Responsibilities Include

• Following client care plans and completing daily tasks via EVV or electronic timesheets.
• Providing basic personal care such as bathing, grooming, ambulation, meal preparation (including special diets), feeding assistance, oral hygiene, and aiding with transfers using equipment like walkers and wheelchairs.
• Maintaining safety, infection control, and a clean environment; notifying supervisors of hazards or changes in client condition.
• Encouraging client self-help and respecting privacy and confidentiality.
• Assisting with secondary tasks like laundry, cleaning, and grocery shopping, only if specified in care plans.
• Administering medications only through self-administration support, never direct administration.
• Reporting abuse, neglect, or unsafe conditions immediately.

Responsibilities Include

• Following client care plans and completing daily tasks via EVV or electronic timesheets.
• Providing basic personal care such as bathing, grooming, ambulation, meal preparation (including special diets), feeding assistance, oral hygiene, and aiding with transfers using equipment like walkers and wheelchairs.
• Maintaining safety, infection control, and a clean environment; notifying supervisors of hazards or changes in client condition.
• Encouraging client self-help and respecting privacy and confidentiality.
• Assisting with secondary tasks like laundry, cleaning, and grocery shopping, only if specified in care plans.
• Administering medications only through self-administration support, never direct administration.
• Reporting abuse, neglect, or unsafe conditions immediately.

Qualifications

• High school diploma preferred; ability to read and write required.
• Minimum 6 months caregiving experience, validated through references.
• Must be 18 years or older.

Skills & Requirements

• Ability to follow detailed care plans and safety protocols.
• Strong communication, observation, and interpersonal skills.
• Adherence to infection control, universal precautions, and confidentiality policies.

This role reports to the Home Care Manager and is responsible for delivering quality, client-centered care within scope and practice guidelines.