Personal Care Assistant

Overview

Personal Care Assistant – Help at Home
Full Time, Days

Visiting Nurse and Hospice for Vermont and New Hampshire (VNH) provides home health, hospice, and personal care services delivered by a dedicated team. When you join VNH, you become part of our mission to enrich the lives of the people we serve.

• Under the supervision of the Long-Term Care Services Manager, the PCA provides direct care to the client as outlined in the Plan of Care, which may include but is not limited to:
• Bathing
• Toileting
• Eating
• Dressing
• Transportation of clients in the employee's personal vehicle
• Prepare meals; grocery shopping, general cooking, and storing foods appropriately in containers, utilizing safe food handling standards
• Clean living areas including kitchen, bathroom, bedroom and sitting areas; includes the possible use of vacuum cleaners, brooms, general household cleaners, general household trash removal
• Complete errands for the client
• Medication cueing without administering
• Inform the Long-Term Care Services Manager of any changes in the client's condition or home environment
• Record activities and submit client-related and administrative paperwork on a timely basis (e.g., time sheets, errand sheets, or other documentation)

• High school graduate or equivalent required
• Experience with personal care of the disabled and/or elderly preferred
• Ability to use iPhone preferred
• Willingness to learn to use iPhone and apps required

• Minimum: $17.00
• Maximum: $26.35
• Most Starting at: $24.50

• Upper Valley area

We would love to meet you and tell you more about this engaging and fulfilling part of our healthcare delivery system. Our recruiters can explain the different roles, our service area, the unique aspects of home and hospice care, and the many benefits we can offer your career and personal life.

Visiting Nurse and Hospice for Vermont and New Hampshire (VNH) will never require candidates to provide personally identifying information such as social security number, date of birth, street address, or banking information in order to submit an application for employment. Identifying information will only be requested after an offer of employment has been extended and accepted, for the purposes of security screening and onboarding.

If you experience a request for your personal information prior to acceptance of an offer of employment, please contact VNH's Human Resources Department immediately at  or Email

HR.

As part of Dartmouth Health, Visiting Nurse and Hospice for VT & NH is an equal-opportunity employer.

• Area of Interest:
  Clinical Support;
• Employment Type:
  
  Full Time;
• Job

Dartmouth Health offers a total compensation package that includes medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long-term disability, paid time off, and retirement plans. Information on these benefits is available through Dartmouth Health Careers.

Dartmouth Health is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability. Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinics comply with applicable federal civil rights laws and do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex.