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Employment Type:

Full time

Shift:

Day Shift

Description:

Home Health Aide II

Eddy Senior Care – Schenectady Area

Work schedule: Full Time Days

Position Highlights:

Quality of Life: Where career opportunities and quality of life converge

Advancement: Strong orientation program, generous tuition allowance and career development

Opportunity for career ladder which recognizes, and rewards dedicated, professional staff for their service

What you will do:

This position requires interactions with frail, elderly or disabled people in their homes. The individual must possess strong interpersonal skills in order to meet the physical and psychological needs of the participant and family. We provide personal care and/or homemaker services. We are looking for a dependable, gentle, respectful individual who loves the elderly.

Come join our team!

Responsibilities:

+ The Certified Home Health Aide is a paraprofessional health care worker prepared to function in a supportive relationship to professional nursing and other health care disciplines.

+ The Home Health Aide provides, under appropriate professional direction and supervision, health care services and other supportive services in the home as defined in the patient’s Plan of Care

What you will need:

+ High School diploma or GED preferred.

+ Completion of Home Health Aide Training Program, Home Health Aide Equivalency Program, CNA Transition Program, or Personal Care Aide Upgrade Program approved by the New York State Department of Health.

+ Driver's License

+ One or more years of experience is preferred, as either a Home Health Aide in a Certified or Licensed Home Health Agency or as a Certified Nursing Assistant in a hospital or nursing home.

About Eddy Senior Care:

Eddy Senior Care is located at 1938 Curry Rd in Rotterdam. Eddy Senior Care is the Capital Region's only Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE). PACE is a special model of care proven effective at helping older adults with long-term health care needs live safely at home.

Pay Range: $18.10 - $22.15

Pay is based on experience, skills, and education. Exempt positions under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) will be paid within the base salary equivalent of the stated hourly rates. The pay range may also vary within the stated range based on location.

Our Commitment

Rooted in our Mission and Core Values, we honor the dignity of every person and recognize the unique perspectives, experiences, and talents each colleague brings. By finding common ground and embracing our differences, we grow stronger together and deliver more compassionate, person-centered care. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Trinity Health is a family of 115,000 colleagues and nearly 26,000 physicians and clinicians across 25 states. Because we serve diverse populations, our colleagues are trained to recognize the cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and to apply that knowledge to produce positive health outcomes. We also recognize that each of us has a different way of thinking and perceiving our world and that these differences often lead to innovative solutions.

Our dedication to diversity includes a unified workforce (through training and education, recruitment, retention, and development), commitment and accountability, communication, community partnerships, and supplier diversity.

EOE including disability/veteran