Personal Care Assistant (PCA)

Bethany Village Horseheads, NY; Town of Horseheads (NY); On-site; USD 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Bethany Village Horseheads, NY is seeking a dedicated Personal Care Aide to join our Courtyards Assisted Living or Homecare team. Your role will be pivotal in supporting residents with a variety of personal care needs, daily living tasks, and companionship to ensure a comfortable and home-like environment.

The ideal candidate will have strong communication skills and a caring disposition. Prior experience with seniors, especially those with dementia, is preferred. Join us in this rewarding position where you can make a real difference.

Qualifications

• Must have completed an approved PCA training program.
• High School Diploma or GED preferred.
• Ability to read, speak and write English is required.
• Prior experience with dementia residents preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assist clients with personal care activities per care plan.
• Help with household tasks essential to client's health.
• Monitor residents and report adverse symptoms.
• Assist with medication management.

Skills

Communication

Patient care

Dependability

Client-focus

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Completion of approved PCA training program

Job description

Description

Join our Courtyards Assisted Living or Homecare team as a Personal Care Aide! This role is all about making a real difference, supporting residents with personal care, daily living tasks, and companionship in a home‑like setting. If you’re caring, dependable, and enjoy building relationships with seniors, this is a great opportunity to be part of a supportive team where your work truly matters.

Position Overview

The Personal Care Aide is a member of the Courtyards team who assists in meeting the personal care, social, and environmental needs of the Courtyard residents.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Appropriately assist clients with personal care activities in accordance with the personal services care plan including baths (tub, shower, bed bath), mouth‑care, denture‑care, skin‑care, foot‑care, ambulation, bathroom privileges (bedpan, commode, toilet), transferring, dressing & undressing activities, grooming activities, and positioning.
• Appropriately assist with household tasks directly essential to the client's health and in accordance with the plan of care, including planning and preparing nutritional meals, assisting in feeding client if appropriate, light housekeeping of client's immediate environment, change linen, make bed, laundry of client's clothing & bedding.
• Count, dispense, and assist residents with medications; complete necessary documentation. Immediately report any changes in resident’s condition, incidents, or accidents, to the Charge person.
• Accurately measure and record oral, rectal, auxiliary temperatures, pulse, respiration and blood pressure when ordered.
• Monitors residents, recognizing and reporting adverse symptoms and reactions and reports unusual changes in status to the supervisor.

Basic Duties & Responsibilities

• Assist with medications, may not administer, may remind client, read label for client, bring medications to client, position client. Client must be self‑directing.
• Assist with feeding as necessary.
• Light housekeeping in client’s immediate environment.
• All others as assigned by supervisor.

Requirements

Education Required

• Personal Care aides shall have completed an approved PCA training program.
• High School Diploma or GED preferred.
• Ability to read, speak and write English is required.

Experience Required

• Prior experience working with the dementia resident preferred, and a genuine interest in the geriatric resident is required.

Additional Qualifications

• Must be able to communicate with co‑workers, residents, and the families of the residents.
• Dependable, prompt, tactful, patient, a desire to work with geriatric residents.
• Client‑focused at all times, while acting as a pleasant professional is essential.