Visiting Angels is a home care agency located in Charlottesville VA. We recently sat down with their top recruiter, Stephanie to learn about their caregiver jobs and get the skinny on what they offer. Below is a summary of our interview.
How many caregivers do you currently employ and what roles are you hiring for right now (i.e. caregiver jobs, CNA jobs, home health aide jobs)?
Visiting Angels – Charlottesville VA employs 100-250 employees and is currently hiring certified nursing assistants (CNAs) and home health aides (HHAs).
How many positions do you have open and what shifts are available?
Visiting Angels – Charlottesville VA is actively looking to hire great candidates. With 15-25 open positions, Immediate part-time day shift opportunities are available.
Tell us about some of the benefits offered to your team members.
Visiting Angels – Charlottesville VA offers an array of benefits including overnight and weekend differential pay, bonuses after 90 of employment, 401K, free Teledoc services, and AFLAC.
What is unique about working for your company? Describe a benefit or something about your culture that someone may not know from reading your job ads.
“You will work with one patient in their home, so the workload is much lighter than what you would have at a facility and you will be able to bond with your patient versus having to split your time between 10-12 different patients.“
What qualities do you look for in hiring a great employee?
“Empathy and kindness.”
Describe any training or career path opportunities you may offer, including if you’d like to recruit people without past experience that want to learn to care for others.
“We offer free PCA classes, CPR, quarterly in-service trainings, monthly staff appreciation day, employee of the month. We have a mentor program for new caregivers with no experience.“
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