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Baystate Health Hospice Home Care Aide in Springfield, Massachusetts
Baystate Home Health and Hospice services are offering a $2,000 Sign-On Bonus for a certified Home Health Aide to join the growing team!
HOSPICE/HOME HEALTH DEPARTMENT DESCRIPTION:
Baystate Home Health and Hospice interdisciplinary care teams consist of experienced nurses, therapists, social workers, home health aides, spiritual and bereavement counselors, and volunteers. Care teams work together with both the patient and family, to ensure quality end of life care. All care is expressly tailored to meet each patients’ needs.
POSITION BENEFITS:
Increased Mileage Reimbursement
Comprehensive benefits package with low cost medical/dental
Health insurance benefits kick in the 1st of the month after start date!
Competitive rates with a 20% weekend differential
Sign on bonus of $2,000 paid within 6 months
Direct Deposit
Work close to home
Paid Time Off: Holiday, Sick, Vacation, Personal
HHA REQUIREMENTS:
Home Health Aide Certification
Valid Driver's License
POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES:
1) The Home Health Aide provides emotional and physical support to terminally ill individuals and their caregivers.
2) The Home Health Aide assists with all personal care duties in a caring and professional manner, encouraging patient independence within the patient's functional limitations.
3) The Home Health Aide assists the caregiver in teaching self care to the patient to maintain and promote the independence of individuals in a safe and healthy environment.
4) The Home Health Aide performs duties indicated in the patient care plan as outlined by clinical staff and demonstrates good judgment and skill and takes appropriate initiative to insure that patient care is of optimum quality.
You Belong At Baystate
At Baystate Health we know that treating one another with dignity and equity is what elevates respect for our patients and staff. It makes us not just an organization, but also a community where you belong. It is how we advance the care and enhance the lives of all people.
DIVERSE TEAMS. DIVERSE PATIENTS. DIVERSE LOCATIONS.
Education:
GED or HiSET (Required)
Certifications:
Driver License - Other
Equal Employment Opportunity Employer
Baystate Health is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, ancestry, age, genetic information, disability, or protected veteran status.
Ab out Baystate Health
Baystate Health (BH) is one of New England’s leading and largest integrated health care organizations, serving a population of nearly one million people throughout western New England. With roots dating back to the founding of Springfield City Hospital in 1873, Baystate Health has been providing high-quality and compassionate health care in western Massachusetts for more than 145 years. With more than 12,000 employees, a medical staff of nearly 3,100 physicians, and a net patient service revenue of more than $1.4 billion, the ever-growing health system includes five Massachusetts hospitals and the Baystate Mary Lane Outpatient Center in Ware:
Baystate Medical Center in Springfield
Baystate Children’s Hospital (located at Baystate Medical Center)
Baystate Franklin Medical Center in Greenfield
Baystate Wing Hospital in Palmer
Baystate Noble Hospital in Westfield