Personal Care Assistance - LTC

Dartmouth Health; White River Junction (VT); On-site; USD 10,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Dartmouth Health seeks a dedicated Personal Care Assistant to join their healthcare delivery team in White River Junction. The role involves providing essential non-medical services to clients, ensuring their comfort and hygiene, while promoting community engagement. Ideal candidates will possess a high school diploma and experience in caring for the elderly or disabled, alongside a willingness to learn new technologies.

Benefits

Employee Referral Bonuses

Online LinkedIn Learning

Part of the renowned Dartmouth Health system

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Provide direct care to the client as outlined in the Plan of Care.
• Assist clients with activities of daily living such as bathing, toileting, and dressing.
• Prepare meals and complete errands for the client.

Skills

Ability to use iPhone

Experience with personal care of disabled or elderly

Education

High school graduate or equivalent

Job description

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Personal Care Assistant – Long Term Care

PRN, Days

Why work as a Personal Care Assistant at Visiting Nurse and Hospice for Vermont and New Hampshire?

• You really get to know your clients and become an integral part of their care team.
• You are part of a cohesive patient-care team.
• You get to be an important part of the community where you live.
• You have a work/life balance that can match the flexibility you need.
  
  

Benefits include

• Employee Referral Bonuses
• Online LinkedIn Learning
• Be a part of the renowned Dartmouth Health system
  
  

Locations

• Lebanon, NH area
• White River Junction, VT area
• Bradford, VT area
• Upper Valley area
  
  

Visiting Nurse and Hospice for VT & NHcovers more than 70 towns, delivering superior nursing, rehabilitation, hospice, and personal care services with proven effectiveness, integrity, and compassion. Our only goal is to help the people in our communities. When you join Visiting Nurse and Hospice for VT & NH, you'll become part of a dedicated team delivering outstanding home health and hospice services that enrich the lives of the people we serve.

Personal Care Assistantsat VNHprovide non-medical services, hands-on client contact, including, but not limited to, homemaking, helping with activities of daily living such as meal plan preparation, grooming, toileting, eating, dressing, and reminding the client to take medications in order to support clients to remain safely in their home.

The Personal Care Assistant will

• 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 not limited to:
• Bathing
• Toileting
• Eating
• Dressing
• Prepare meals; grocery shop, perform general cooking, and store foods appropriately in containers, utilizing safe food handling standards.
• Clean living areas, including the kitchen, bathroom, bedroom and sitting areas, including the possible use of vacuum cleaners, brooms, general household cleaners, general household trash removal.
• Complete errands for the client
• Medication cueingwithoutadministering
• 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, i.e. time sheets, errand sheets, or other documentation.
  
  

Minimum Requirements

• 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.
  
  

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 888.300.8853 [e-mail].

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

• Area of Interest:Clinical Support;
• Employment Type:Per Diem;
• Job ID:1471
  
  

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, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of 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. We do not exclude or treat people differently because of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider

• Industries

  Hospitals and Health Care

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