Personal Care Assistant (PCA)

BAYADA Home Health Care; Waterbury (VT); On-site; USD 10,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Personal Care Assistant, where you’ll make a significant impact in the lives of clients by providing compassionate care and support in their homes. This role offers flexibility and the chance to develop meaningful relationships while assisting with daily activities such as bathing, meal preparation, and medication reminders. With a commitment to excellence, you’ll be part of a dedicated team that values your contributions and provides ongoing training and career advancement opportunities. If you’re passionate about caregiving and want to help others live their best lives, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Weekly pay

Flexible work/life balance schedules

Short commute times

One-on-one patient care

PTO and benefit offerings

Career advancement support

Ongoing training and scholarships

Qualifications

• A passion for caregiving and a commitment to quality care.
• Ability to follow care plans and assist with daily living activities.

Responsibilities

• Provide personal care services and household support to clients.
• Assist with daily living activities like bathing, grooming, and meal prep.

Skills

Empathy

Patience

Kindness

Respect

Ability to travel

Education

Previous home health care experience

Job description

Discover Rewarding Work as a Personal Care Assistant (PCA)!

Are you looking for a meaningful career, where you can make a difference in the lives of others—and yours as well?

At BAYADA, we seek people who share our passion for caring and are committed to helping people live their best lives at home. As a member of our personal care and companionship team, you will do meaningful work, and be valued, respected, and heard. While you support clients one-on-one with activities of daily living, we’ll support you with training, flexibility, and a team dedicated to creating a great employee experience. We are actively recruiting in Waterbury for Personal Care Assistants to reliably serve our clients.

Pay Rate: $21/hr., plus mileage reimbursement $0.55/per mile

What you’ll do:

• Following a written plan of care by a registered nurse, you’ll provide personal care services, household support, and companion care services to help adults stay safe and independent at home.

As a BAYADA Personal Care Assistant, you’ll have the opportunity to develop close relationships with your clients while you help them with:

• Activities of daily living: bathing, grooming, toileting, nail care, etc.
• Household support: light housekeeping, laundry, bed making, etc.
• Meal preparation and feeding
• Range of motion/exercises
• Assisting with ambulation (Transfers/use of mechanical lifting devices)
• Medication reminders

What makes you a great candidate:

• Previous home health care or patient care is welcomed, but not required. We can train you.
• A passion for caregiving and a desire to help others.
• A commitment to being present and providing quality care.
• Empathy, patience, kindness, and respect.
• Ability to travel to clients’ homes as assigned.
• The commitment to deliver patient care as you would want those you love to be treated, with compassion, excellence, and reliability – The BAYADA Way.

Why you’ll love what you do at BAYADA:

• Weekly pay
• Flexible work/life balance schedules: full-time or part-time.
• Short commute times – we try to match you to opportunities near you
• One-on-one patient care
• PTO and benefit offerings as eligible
• Career advancement support including ongoing training and scholarships
• The highest safety standards

As an accredited, regulated, certified, and licensed home health care provider, BAYADA complies with all state/local mandates.

BAYADA is celebrating 50 years of compassion, excellence, and reliability. Learn more about our 50th anniversary celebration and how you can join in here.

BAYADA Home Health Care, Inc., and its associated entities and joint venture partners, are Equal Opportunity Employers. All employment decisions are made on a non-discriminatory basis without regard to sex, race, color, age, disability, pregnancy or maternity, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, military status, or any other similarly protected status in accordance with federal, state and local laws. Hence, we strongly encourage applications from people with these identities or who are members of other marginalized communities.