Home Health Aide -VA

Home Health Caregiver Opportunity

Are you looking for a loving and supportive work environment where your care makes a real difference? Do you want to be part of a dynamic team that values your dedication and skills in home health care?

Join Pasco Southwest Home Health, a trusted and compassionate agency committed to life-changing home health services in the Cortez, Grand Junction, and Southern Colorado areas. As a highly skilled Home Health Caregiver, you will provide essential personal care that helps clients maintain their independence and dignity in the comfort of their own homes. This part-time, on-site role offers a fun and rewarding opportunity to grow your caregiving skills while making a positive impact every day.

Position Description, Qualifications and Compensation:

• Full Time Caregiver working with a collaborative and supportive team in the homecare, home health, and hospice fields.
• Applicants should have excellent customer service and communication skills, be comfortable working independently and collaborating with a team and be organized in their approach to completing works tasks accurately and on time.
• Previous experience working in a home health setting is preferred but not required.
• We believe it's an honor to care for those in need as they rehabilitate or near the end of life and we strive to care for them as if they were our own family members.
• The support we provide as a homecare caregiver is critical to our success as a company clinically, culturally and financially.
• This position includes competitive compensation discussed upon interview, comprehensive benefits and retirement plans available to full-time employees.
• Please note that compensation may vary depending upon education and experience.

Come join our PASCO/SW team and help us achieve our mission to provide life-changing service. At the same time, we're confident you'll love it here and find more satisfaction in your work than ever before. We look forward to meeting you!

Minimum Qualifications:

• Completion of appropriate training program.
• Successful completion of skills competency evaluation.

Experience:

• Six months or more of aide experience in a home care setting is preferred.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Knowledge of principles and procedures of personal care and safety practices in the home care setting.
• Understanding of family interactions and aging process.
• Beginning knowledge of nutrition and food service.
• Ability to observe, report and record client's care and condition accurately.
• Ability to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationship with clients and families, staff members and the general public.

Requirements Special:

• Must travel to assigned client's individual homes to provide care.
• Valid, current Colorado driver's license and access to a reliable automobile or access to public or other reliable transportation.

JOB REQUIREMENTS (Education, Experience, Knowledge, Skills & Abilities):

• Ability to read and follow written instructions and document care given.
• Self-directing with the ability to work with little direct supervision.
• Empathy for the needs of the ill, injured, frail and the impaired.
• Demonstrates tact, patience, and good personal hygiene.
• Keep the IHSS RN/IHSS Team Lead informed of progress considerations and any pertinent information regarding the client's care.
• Licensed driver with automobile that is insured in accordance with Organization requirements and is in good working order.

Starting rate $ 20.00- $22.00