Caregiver/Home Health Aide

Are you a senior care worker, looking for immediate work in Western North Carolina? Do you have experience with caregiving, senior care, personal care aide, home health aide in the home, resident aide, direct support person, in a facility, YWCA/YMCA, volunteer at nursing homes, hospitals? BrightStar Care of the Western NC is hiring!

Job benefits:

• Competitive pay starting at $17.00 - $20.00+ per hour [+higher rates based on client needs]
• Flexible schedule to fit your lifestyle
• Mileage reimbursement
• Health, dental, vision insurance available
• Employee required training for state, federal, and joint commission provided free
• Employee discounts through ADP and LifeMart
• Weekly pay/direct deposit
• Supportive and rewarding work environment
• Growing company with opportunity for development

We strongly live our value of a work-life balance by providing our employees with the following:

• We offer all of our employees, flexible work schedules on a variety of home and facility assignments, procedures, and treatments
• Weekend and evening opportunities, in-home and facility-based

Senior care responsibilities:

• Assist with personal care such as bathing, dressing, ambulation, and transfers
• Accompany clients to the grocery store, doctor appointments and pharmacy visits
• Assisting client with active and passive mobility work defined by the plan of care, and documenting observed changes to the director of nursing

Employment requirements:

• At least 1-year experience as a caregiver
• High school diploma or GED
• Minimum one (1) year of documented caregiver, home care assistance experience is required
• Current certified CPR and current negative TB skin test or chest x-ray
• Licensed driver with insured and reliable automobile with proof of insurance
• Adhere to HIPAA and maintain client confidentiality
• Ability to read, write, speak and understand English and communicate effectively
• Must be able to stand, walk, squat, bend, kneel, reach, twist, push and pull. Varied assistance is required depending on the mobility of the client. Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds.

BrightStar Care of Asheville, NC is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against applicants due to race, ethnicity, gender, veteran status, or on the basis of disability or any other federal, state, or local protected class.