Assisting Hands - Boston Northwest is currently hiring reliable, dependable and caring Certified Home Health Aide (HHA)/Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA), with the highest standards of care to join our team!

We offer a Part- time to potential Full-time positions for our clients in our service areas which include: Lexington, Bedford, Arlington, Concord, Billerica, Chelmsford, Watertown, Winchester, Acton, Carlisle, Tewksbury, Waltham, Belmont, Lincoln, Lowell, Dracut, Medford, and Somerville clients.

We are looking for caregivers who can do MORNING HOURS. Are you flexible with your schedule? Please call us!

We are looking for only the best caregivers; our compensation matches our standards.

Come work with a team where you will be heard, respected and feel like part of a family.

We are also offering the option to get hired remotely. You can join orientation from the comfort of your home!

Education: High School Diploma/GED required

Qualifications: One (1) year experience in the home or long-term care setting is preferred.

Must be a certified CNA or Home Health Aide in the state of Massachusetts

Must be CPR certified

Not required but preferred- Drivers license

Reports to: Staffing Coordinator

Primary Duties:

Maintaining a clean, safe, and healthy environment within client’s residence. Duties may include light cleaning and straightening of the bathroom, straightening the sleeping and living areas, washing client's dishes or laundry, and other tasks to maintain cleanliness and safety for the client.

The performance of all personal care activities contained in a written Plan of Care which may include assisting the client with personal hygiene, ambulation and exercise, eating, dressing, shaving, physical transfer, and other duties as assigned.

Providing nutritional support as needed.

Reporting changes in the client’s condition.

Other activities that are determined necessary and trained on for a specific client and are restricted to the following:

Assisting with the use of devices for aid to daily living such as a wheelchair, walker, or hoyer lift;

Assisting with prescribed range of motion exercises;

Teaching household routine and skills to well members of the family;

Measuring intake and output of fluids;

Measuring and recording temperature, pulse, respiration or blood pressure;

Keeping records of personal health care activities;

Observing appearance and gross behavioral changes in the client and reporting to the agency supervisor.

Assisting the client with the self-administration of medication, limited to the following tasks:

Hours: Dependent on assignment; Shifts available 24 hours a day, 7 days per week and based on availability. Assisting Hands does not guarantee hours.

FLSA Status: Non-exempt, hourly

PAY range- pay rate is dependent on level of experience & certification ($14-17/hr)

To learn more about Assisting Hands and the available job opportunities please call Christa Pournaras, the HR Coordinator at 781-519-2819 or at cpournaras@assistinghands.com