Personal Care Aides And Home Health Aides - Medical / Health Jobs (Capital Region)

Personal Care Aides (PCA): These are NYS certified positions providing personal care, and housekeeping tasks for members of the community in their own homes. Some duties may include assisting with bathing, toileting, light housekeeping, cooking, cleaning, washing dishes, laundry, and running errands. PCAs are required to follow the patient’s plan of care, maintain simple records, report any problems, and discuss observations with a nursing supervisor.

Home Health Aides (HHA): These are NYS certified positions providing clients with services and support in areas such as personal hygiene, grooming, transfers and range-of-motion exercises. HHAs may prepare special modified diets, take vital signs, and change non-sterile dressings. They are required to follow the patient’s plan of care, maintain simple records, report any problems, and discuss observations with a nursing supervisor. Other duties may include light housekeeping chores, laundry, grocery shopping, and small errands.

Cases range from an hour or two to sometimes longer, so travel between cases is necessary. We compensate you for your travel time PLUS mileage.

Requirements for a position within our Home Care Agency are;

Your OWN vehicle
Valid Driver’s License
Ability to pass a background check

HHA or PCA certificate (if we do not have scheduled class available)
Or
Documentation for Equivalency as a PCA-
Experience (that can be verified and must include bathing and toileting) providing hands on care in a healthcare facility or in a home care setting (or)
a current Certified Nurses Aide certificate

We offer great benefits including Paid holidays, Generous Paid time off, Health Insurance and our very own on site fitness center! Benefits are available after 3 months of employment with an average of 20 hours or more work per week.

** Please note that we serve Albany, Schenectady, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Schoharie, Fulton, Montgomery, Washington, Warren and Greene counties and are only looking for applicants in these areas.**

For further information or to set up an interview,

Please call Sarah @ 867-8777 ext.4357