Personal Care Assistant, Full-time

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health • Hartford, VT

5d • Remote

About The Position

Personal Care Assistants at Dartmouth Health Home Care (DHHC) provide non-medical services and hands-on client contact. This includes homemaking, assisting with activities of daily living such as meal preparation, grooming, toileting, eating, dressing, reminding clients to take medications, and transportation. The goal is to support client independence and safety, enabling them to remain in their homes. The role offers the opportunity to become an integral part of a client's care team and a cohesive patient-care team, with a work-life balance that provides flexibility. Dartmouth Health Home Care covers more than 70 towns in the Upper Valley area, delivering superior nursing, rehabilitation, hospice, and personal care services with integrity and compassion.

Requirements

• High school graduate or equivalent
• Must be willing to learn to use iPhone and apps required by VNH and the states of Vermont and New Hampshire.
• Driver’s license, minimum requirements on car insurance, and a clean driving record

Nice To Haves

• Experience with personal care of the disabled and/or elderly preferred.
• Ability to use iPhone preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provides 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, reminding clients to take medications, and transportation in order to support client independence and safety so they may remain in their home.
• 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, Transportation of clients in employee’s personal vehicle.
• Prepare meals; grocery shop, perform general cooking, and store foods appropriately in containers, utilizing safe food handling standards.
• Clean living areas including kitchen, bathroom, bedroom and sitting areas; includes the possible use of vacuum cleaners, brooms, general household cleaners, general household trash removal.
• Complete errands for the client.
• Medication cueing without administering.
• 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.

Benefits

• Employee Referral Bonuses
• Online LinkedIn Learning
• Extensive health, dental, and lifestyle benefits that come with being part of the renowned Dartmouth Health system

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED