Home Health Aide
About The Position
Purpose Care is hiring Home Health Aides, STNAs, PCAs, and CNA caregivers to support clients in the Columbus, Ohio area and surrounding counties. The role provides home-based personal care and assistance to clients, helping them stay healthy and safe at home and live full lives in their communities. Duties include providing personal care such as baths, showers, bed baths, sponge baths, oral hygiene, shampooing, changing bed linens, assisting with dressing and grooming, helping with toileting, and keeping the client's living area clean and orderly. The aide also handles laundry, cleaning, and meal preparation. The position requires recent experience with a home health agency or nursing facility, successful completion of written competency and skills assessments, and the ability to independently lift 25 pounds. The company describes the work as a rewarding opportunity to make a difference and offers schedule flexibility, training and professional development, and support programs.
Requirements
- Worked with a home health agency or nursing facility within the past year.
- At least one full year of recent experience.
- Must pass a criminal background check.
- Must be at least 18 years old.
- Must complete a written competency evaluation.
- Must complete a skills assessment.
- Able to independently lift 25 pounds.
- Empathy for the needs of ill, injured, frail, and impaired people.
- Demonstrate patience and good personal hygiene.
- Must be comfortable performing personal care and grooming, meal preparation, and light housekeeping.
Responsibilities
- Provide personal care, including baths, showers, bed baths, and sponge baths.
- Provide oral hygiene and shampooing.
- Change bed linens.
- Assist clients with dressing, undressing, and grooming.
- Assist clients with toileting activities.
- Keep the client's living area clean and orderly.
- Do the client's laundry and cleaning.
- Prepare meals.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation of $16–$17 per hour.
- Travel time pay of $11 per hour.
- Schedule flexibility.
- $500 referral program.
- Ongoing growth, training, and professional development.
- Mentor, on-call, and referral programs.
- Opportunity to apply for positions at other PurposeCare locations.
- A rewarding career making a difference and changing lives and communities.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
