Personal Care Assistant in White River Junction, Vermont at Visiting Nurse and Hospice for VT and NH

Personal Care Assistant – Help at Home

Full Time, Nights

Why work as a Personal Care Assistant at the 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
• Extensive health, dental, and lifestyle benefits that come with being part of the renowned Dartmouth Health system

Locations:

• Grafton County, NH

Visiting Nurse and Hospice for VT & NH covers 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 the 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 Assistants at VNH are integral members of a multi-disciplinary health care team that provides skilled nursing and rehabilitative care to patients, allowing them to receive the medical care required in the comfort of their own home.

This unique position is client specific. The Personal Care Assistant hired into this role will assist a client three nights per week with personal care needs and support them in living independently as they pursue their educational goals. This 36 hour per week position will provide care every Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday night between the hours of 9 pm and 9 am.

The Personal Care Assistant will:

• Provides compassionate non-medical hands-on care for clients who require assistance with personal care, light homemaking tasks, medication reminders, cueing and errands so that clients can remain safely in their respective homes
• Preparing meals; grocery shopping, storage, general cooking, storing in containers, utilizing safe food handling standards.
• Cleaning living areas including kitchen, bathroom, bedroom and sitting areas; includes the possible use of vacuum cleaners, brooms, general household cleaners, general household trash removal.

Minimum Qualifications

• High school graduate or equivalent.
• Experience with personal care of the disabled and/or elderly preferred.
• Ability to use iPhone preferred. Must be willing to learn to use iPhone and apps required by VNH and the states of Vermont and New Hampshire.

We would appreciate the opportunity to meet you and explain 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.

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