Personal Care Aide

AmeriCare Plus•Lanexa, VA

4d•$14 - $14•Onsite

About The Position

AmeriCare Plus is hiring Personal Care Aides to provide one-on-one personal care in clients’ homes. The role includes personal care and limited home-maintenance services under each client’s plan of care. Aides must follow applicable Medicaid and Virginia Department of Health regulations and company policies, complete client records, report clinical concerns, remain reachable by agency personnel, and attend required in-service training. Aides report to an Agency Manager, Agency Manager In-Training, Agency Coordinator, Staffing Coordinator, or designee. Personal Care Aides do not supervise other employees. Covered personal care services include bathing and grooming, dressing, toileting assistance, transfers and ambulation, eating or feeding assistance, assistance with self-administered medication, and supervision when specified in the plan of care. Home-maintenance services for the client include meal preparation, washing dishes and cleaning the kitchen, changing the client’s linens, cleaning the client’s bedroom, bathroom, and primarily used rooms, listing needed supplies, and shopping for supplies when included in the plan of care. Accompanying clients using Medicaid or family transport requires LPN/RN pre-approval and inclusion in the plan of care. Agency personnel may not transport clients in a vehicle unless directed by an authorized agency representative. Certain additional services require a physician’s order, inclusion in the plan of care, and LPN/RN instruction: bladder-retraining activity instruction, range-of-motion exercises to maintain current range as trained by a physical therapist or LPN/RN, and routine wound care limited to applying dry dressings.

Requirements

Must be certified as a CNA, NA, or PCA; PCA training is offered to interested candidates. Companion Aide is an exception only for Private Pay.
Must be at least 18 years old.
Must provide documentation of a positive work history, evidenced by at least two work references on file.
Must have a valid driver’s license.
Criminal history check must meet state and company standards; the posting states no more than two company or state barrier crimes.
Must be able to speak, read, and write English.
Must meet at least one listed qualification: completion of a nursing education program preparing for RN or practical nurse licensure; completion of a Virginia Board of Nursing-approved nurse aide education program; Virginia Board of Nursing nurse aide certification; current enrollment in an RN or practical nurse education program with at least one completed clinical direct-care nursing course; satisfactory completion of a competency evaluation meeting 42 CFR 484.36(b) criteria for relevant personal care tasks; or completion of the 2003 Department of Medical Assistance Services Personal Care Aide Training Curriculum (permitted for personal care services only).

Responsibilities

Follow the Medicaid manual, Virginia Department of Health regulations, and AmeriCare Plus policies and procedures.
Work with the corporate office to meet budget expectations.
Complete aide records for each assigned client.
Read and understand each client’s plan of care.
Report clinical concerns to the RN Supervisor.
Be available to agency personnel by telephone 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Attend at least 12 hours of in-service training per year when requested by an authorized agency representative.
Provide covered activities of daily living, including bathing and grooming, dressing, toileting assistance, transferring and ambulation, eating or feeding assistance, assistance with self-administered medication, and supervision when specified in the plan of care.
Perform client-specific home-maintenance activities, including meal preparation, kitchen cleanup, changing the client’s linens, cleaning rooms primarily used by the client, listing needed supplies, and shopping for supplies when included in the plan of care.
Accompany clients using Medicaid or family transport only with LPN/RN pre-approval and inclusion in the plan of care; do not transport clients in a vehicle unless directed by an authorized agency representative.
Perform specified bladder-retraining instruction, range-of-motion exercises, or routine dry-dressing wound care only when ordered by a physician, included in the plan of care, and instructed by an LPN/RN.
Conduct oneself professionally and treat clients, coworkers, visitors, and supervisors with courtesy, honesty, and respect.