Westminster-Canterbury on Chesapeake Bay & Senior Options, LLC·Virginia Beach, Virginia
The Personal Care Aide will provide essential personal care services including bathing, grooming, assistance with daily living activities, light housekeeping, and meal preparation for clients. Duties also involve medication reminders and accompanying clients to appointments.
Founded in 1982, Westminster-Canterbury on Chesapeake Bay is a not-for-profit, faith-based Life Plan Community. Located along the southern shore of Chesapeake Bay, our scenic, resort-style campus is home to a vibrant community of residents and staff who share a passion for service, joy, and well-being.
Our mission? Enriching lives through the power of purpose, belonging, and wellness.
Apply today and help us bring wellness, joy, and energy to the heart of our community!
Westminster Canterbury at Home (WCAH) is one of the most well-respected home health and home care agencies in the greater Tidewater Region, including Virginia Beach, Chesapeake, Norfolk and Portsmouth. We provide the quality services that people need when they wish to stay confidently and comfortably in their own homes.
As a subsidiary of Westminster-Canterbury on Chesapeake Bay, Virginia Beach’s premier beachfront continuing care retirement community, Westminster Canterbury At Home has a particular appreciation for the difference that location can make in the retirement experience. What it really comes down to is where an individual feels most comfortable. For some, that place is home—and we’re more than happy to meet you there.
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As a Personal Care Aide (PCA), you will provide routine, scheduled personal care services to clients on the Westminster-Canterbury campus as well as to others in the greater community. Provide bathing, grooming and assistance with activities of daily living, light housekeeping, shopping, meal preparation, medication reminders, and accompanying clients to appointments.
What You’ll Do In This Role
Provide routine, scheduled personal care to the client, including bathing (tub, shower, sponge, or bed bath), oral hygiene, hair care, shampooing, shaving, skin care, nail care, foot care, and dressing.
Assist clients with mobility, including walking, transferring, turning, and positioning including the use of transfer devices such as the Hoyer lift and transfer board. Assist clients with prescribed exercises to which the client and the aide have been trained.
Assist with toileting needs, including assistance with bedpan, urinal, bedside commode, toilet use and incontinence care.
Plan, shop, prepare, or assist with nutritious meals and prescribed diets; includes cleanup of kitchen area.
Assist clients to self-administer-medications. Verbally prompt or assist clients to respond to electronic medication reminder systems.
Provide homemaking services, such as bed making, light housework, laundering, and errand running with client/family's agreement or accompanying client to medical appointments as specified on Care Plan.
Ability to drive to clients homes throughout the community (mileage reimbursement provided)
Observe, report, and document client status and the care or service furnished.
Perform other activities as assigned including but not limited to reading and recording, temperature, pulse, and respiration, Foley catheter care, basic infection control procedures; and emergency procedures and grooming
All other duties as assigned.
$16.40/hour
At-Will Employment Statement Employment with our organization is “at-will,” meaning that either the employee or the employer may terminate the employment relationship at any time, with or without notice, and for any reason not prohibited by law.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement We are an equal opportunity employer and are committed to creating an inclusive and diverse workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by applicable laws.
Applicants must be at least 18 years old, possess a valid driver's license, and be willing to drive to private homes in the Virginia Beach area. Required experience includes one year of supervised nursing assistant experience along with one year of nursing school, a PCA Certificate, CNA School Diploma, CNA License, or Nursing License (LPN or RN).
Market context
In Virginia, nursing-related roles are typically supported by steady demand across hospitals, clinics, and long-term care settings. These positions are competitive because employers often look for both patient-care experience and current credentials, and this role requires a high school diploma, BLS certification, and one of several entry pathways such as CNA, EMT-B, Medical Assistant graduate status, or nursing program progress. Review the AI-summarized requirements and benefits here to save time, then confirm your certification status and clinical hours before applying.
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