PCA
Company: Appalachian Agency For Senior Citizens Inc
Location: Grundy
Posted on: February 17, 2026
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Job Description:
Job Description Job Description AASC is seeking competent and
talented Personal Care Aides (PCA's) to join our amazing team as we
deliver quality home care to clients in our Southwest Virginia
service area. Our employees enjoy the following benefits:
Competitive pay with shift differential for holidays or weekends
Dayshift schedule On-the-job training Travel pay Generous benefit
package Employee referral bonus PERSONAL CARE AIDE GRADE: 5 REPORTS
TO: RN PCA Supervisor/Home Care Coordinator POSITION REQUIREMENTS:
Must be at least 18 years of age, able to read, write, and
understand English for task performance, and be physically capable
of performing required tasks. Must have a valid Social Security
number, driver’s license, and own transportation. Must be medically
cleared of communicable disease, pass a drug screen, and pass a
criminal background check. Must possess a 40-Hour Personal Care
Aide certificate from an approved program, or be a Certified
Nursing Assistant licensed with the Virginia Board of Nursing and
be in good standing. Prefer a minimum of 1 year of experience in
providing personal care assistance to patients. SUMMARY: Medicaid
Personal Care Services are long-term maintenance, supportive
services to enable individuals to remain in the home, as opposed to
institutional or nursing home placement. Provides services such as
assisting with Activities of Daily Living, Instrumental Activities
of Daily Living, and reporting changes in the client's conditions
and needs. Use of therapeutic interpersonal skills is required.
Personal care service provides assistance with personal hygiene,
while supporting the client’s physical, emotional, and nutritional
needs, along with environmental maintenance necessary for clients
to remain in their home. Problems encountered range from routine to
complex in nature; significant public contact is required, and the
position requires independent decision-making and action. DUTIES
AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Assist with dressing, undressing, and bathing
of the client, including routine skin care to include maintenance
and care of external condom catheters. Assist with grooming of
hair, cleaning of nails, and shaving with an electric razor.
Assists with the care of teeth, mouth, and dentures. Provide
incontinence care and toileting assistance: can include emptying of
external indwelling catheters, i.e., Foley or suprapubic catheters,
urostomy, or colostomy 5. Assists the individual to ambulate,
turn/change positions, or transfer; often involves lifting greater
than 20-40 lbs. or more at a time and unassisted. 6. Prepare meals
and assist the individual with eating or feeding, following special
diets or swallow restrictions, 7. Assists the individual with
self-administered medications; may remind the individual of
medications at prescribed times; doesn’t include pouring of,
determining dosage of, instilling, injecting, or applying
medications in any form. 8. Provides supervision for those
individuals who require the physical presence of an aide to insure
their safety during times when no other support system is
available. 9. Provides routine wound care that does not include
sterile technique, may wash with soap and water, and apply a
non-sterile bandage. 10. Obtain and report vital signs:
temperature, pulse, respiration, blood pressure, oxygen saturation,
and weight. 11. Recognize and report significant changes in the
client. 12. Light housekeeping of the individual's main living
areas (bed, living, kitchen, and bathrooms), to sweep, mop, dust,
and change bed linens. 13. Lists supplies needed for purchase, to
grocery shop, and assists with mail if no caregiver KNOWLEDGE,
SKILLS, AND ABILITIES: Must be physically able to perform duties,
often lifting 20-40 lbs. or more unassisted, frequent bending,
stooping, reaching, stair climbing, or positioning of clients.
Ability to understand and carry out exact oral or written
instructions without close or constant supervision. Possess and
maintain an electronic device capable of sending and receiving
email, to record worked time, for the production of the aide
record, and to access off-site training. 4. Possess good
interpersonal skills to remain professional, ethical, and courteous
to effectively deal with clients and maintain strict
confidentiality. 5. Maintain an unrestricted driver's license. 6.
Provide own, reliable personal transportation in work capacity. 7.
Ability to complete all assigned
trainings/evaluations/competencies/license as required by the
agency, and for no less than (12) hours annually. 8. Must be
telephone accessible and willing to work flexible hours throughout
the service area. 9. Maintain a bank account for direct deposit of
wages earned.
Keywords: Appalachian Agency For Senior Citizens Inc, Hickory , PCA, Social Services , Grundy, North Carolina
