Exceptional HHA/PCA - Dementia & Mobility Care | Queens
1 day ago
New York
Exceptional HHA/PCA – Dementia & Mobility Care | Queens\n WE ARE LOOKING FOR THE 1%\n \n We are looking for an exceptional, experienced Home Health Aide/PCA to become part of a small, consistent care team for a warm 74-year-old woman with dementia and significant mobility limitations in Queens. \n \n This is not a position for someone who simply wants to complete a list of assigned tasks and sit for the remainder of the shift. \n \n We are looking for someone who genuinely gives a damn about the person they are caring for- someone observant, warm, reliable, intelligent, proactive and able to use good judgment without needing to be micromanaged. \n SCHEDULE & COMPENSATION\n\n • Location: Queens, NY\n, • Schedule: Approximately 36–40 hours per week\n, • Shift length: 12-hour shifts\n, • Agency: Edison Home Health Care\n, • Compensation: Approximately $22/hour, subject to Edison Home Health Care eligibility and approved rate\n, • Benefits: Available through Edison based on eligibility\n, • Position: Long-term/permanent placement for the right caregiver\n, • Trial: 2–3 paid trial shifts through Edison Home Health Care\n\n \n Caregivers must meet Edison's employment, credentialing and eligibility requirements. Compensation and benefits are provided through Edison according to the caregiver's approved rate and employment arrangement. \n 2–3 DAY PAID TRIAL PERIOD\n Before being selected for the permanent care team, qualified candidates will complete a 2–3 day paid trial through Edison Home Health Care. \n The trial gives both the caregiver and family an opportunity to determine whether the placement is a good long-term fit. \n During the trial, we will be looking at more than whether basic tasks are completed. We will be evaluating: \n\n • Reliability and punctuality\n, • Fluent English and strong comprehension\n, • Safe hands-on mobility and transfer skills\n, • Dementia-care judgment and redirection\n, • Ability to follow the written care routine\n, • Ability to learn and retain the household care system\n, • Initiative and problem-solving\n, • Task sequencing and follow-through\n, • Observation and communication\n, • Warmth and genuine engagement with the patient\n, • Ability to work independently without constant direction\n, • Overall fit with the patient and permanent care team\n\n \n We do not expect a caregiver to memorize a new patient's entire routine immediately. We do expect caregivers to use the written guide, ask appropriate questions, learn from instruction and correction, retain information and become increasingly independent as they become familiar with the case. \n The goal of the trial is to see how the caregiver thinks, learns, responds and provides care in the actual home environment — not simply how well they interview. \n \n Successful completion of the trial does not automatically guarantee permanent placement. Caregivers who demonstrate the skills, judgment, reliability, warmth and overall fit needed for this case may be invited to join the permanent care team. \n ABOUT THE PATIENT\n \n The patient is conversational and can participate in many parts of her own care, but she has dementia, severe arthritis in both knees and significant mobility limitations following a recent hospitalization and rehabilitation stay. \n She requires hands-on assistance and supervision with: \n\n • Standing and transfers\n, • Walking safely with a walker\n, • Toileting and incontinence care\n, • Bathing and dressing\n, • Personal hygiene\n, • Medication reminders/support\n, • Mobility and PT exercises\n, • Meal setup\n, • Skin observation and care\n, • Maintaining a safe, clean and comfortable environment\n\n Maintaining the mobility and independence she still has is extremely important. The right caregiver will know the difference between helping someone and unnecessarily doing everything for them. \n THE PERSON WE ARE LOOKING FOR\n \n You must be able to speak, read, write and understand English fluently and easily. \n You should have strong experience caring for patients with dementia AND significant mobility limitations. \n Hospital, nursing-home, rehabilitation, CNA or similar hands-on patient-care experience is strongly preferred. \n But experience alone is not enough. We are looking for someone with excellent judgment, initiative, observation and follow-through. \n If you notice something that needs to be done, you handle it. \n If something is unsafe, you address it. \n If something changes with the patient, you report it. \n If you do not know something, you ask. \n If you are given instructions, you should be able to understand them, use the written care guide when needed and learn the routine over time. \n You should not need a family member standing over you throughout the shift telling you what to do next. \n DEMENTIA CARE REQUIRES JUDGMENT\n \n Experience with dementia means more than having previously worked in a home with someone who had dementia. \n We are looking for someone who has learned how to think around dementia. \n The right caregiver understands how to calmly redirect, explain, encourage, offer choices, recognize possible reasons behind resistance and try again when necessary. \n “She said no” is not automatically the end of an important care task. \n Good dementia care requires knowing when to encourage, when to redirect, when to give someone a moment, when to try another approach and when something needs to be reported. \n WARMTH MATTERS\n \n We are looking for someone who genuinely enjoys caring for people. \n The patient enjoys conversation, television, movies, music, singers, laughter and companionship. \n We want a caregiver who will talk with her, engage her and help make her days pleasant — not someone who completes the physical tasks and spends the remainder of the shift sitting separately on their phone. \n Quality of life matters just as much as completing the care tasks. \n We are looking for someone who treats the person receiving care as a person, not simply a list of tasks to complete. \n HOUSEHOLD RESPONSIBILITIES\n \n This position also includes normal patient-related household responsibilities such as: \n\n • Preparing and serving meals\n, • Laundry\n, • Maintaining the patient's bedroom and care areas\n, • Keeping the kitchen and bathroom sanitary\n, • Restocking care supplies\n, • Taking out trash and recycling\n, • Keeping walking paths and equipment safe and organized\n, • Noticing and reporting supplies that are running low\n\n Day caregivers must be comfortable preparing American-style meals when meal preparation is required. \n REQUIREMENTS\n \n\n • Current HHA/PCA credentials as required by Edison\n, • Strong dementia-care experience\n, • Strong mobility and transfer experience\n, • Incontinence and toileting experience\n, • Fluent spoken, written and reading English\n, • Excellent comprehension and communication skills\n, • Reliable and punctual\n, • Physically capable of safely assisting with mobility\n, • Strong judgment and independent problem-solving ability\n, • Observant and proactive\n, • Warm, patient and personable\n, • Comfortable following a detailed written care routine\n, • Able to accept instruction and incorporate feedback\n, • Able to work independently once trained on the routine\n, • References and background check\n, • Long-term availability\n\n \n Driver's license preferred. \n WHAT WE ARE BUILDING\n \n Our goal is to build a small, stable team of exceptional caregivers who know the patient well, communicate with one another and take genuine ownership of the quality and continuity of her care. \n We are not looking for perfection on the first day. We are looking for someone who pays attention, learns, retains information, uses good judgment and gets better as she learns the case. \n If you are the kind of caregiver who notices the little things, takes pride in doing things correctly, genuinely cares about the person in front of you and does excellent work even when nobody is watching, we would love to hear from you. \n