RAHSA invites you to explore rewarding employment opportunities working with older adults. Our members offer a variety of careers in the Greater Rochester area - at nursing homes, assisted living communities, adult homes, retirement communities, adult day programs and service organizations.
What is the principal qualification one must have to work for a RAHSA home? First and foremost, you must like older people and be attentive to their special needs. Working with the elderly is a unique opportunity. Patience, understanding, sympathy and a gentle touch are among the qualities that identify the staff who work in our homes.
The most employment opportunities are for persons who provide hands-on care of the residents who live in our nursing homes. Also known as skilled nursing facilities (SNF), nursing homes employ staff 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Positions such as the following offer numerous opportunities for employment:
- Professional nurses (RN and LPN)
- Certified nursing assistants (CNA)
- Nursing assistants
Nursing students are most welcome to join us while you are in school, and we will be glad to work with you in determining a schedule that meets your needs.
If you want to become a certified nursing assistant, many of us offer on- and off-site training.
Other employment opportunities are available, depending on each RAHSA member's particular need at a particular time, in the following areas (listed alphabetically):
- Adult day care programs (medical and social models)
- Business office
- Care management
- Clerical
- Food service (supervisory, dietitian, diet tech, cook, aide)
- Home health care (home health aides & personal assistants)
- Housekeeping
- Housing offices (independent, enriched and assisted housing)
- Human resources
- Laundry
- Maintenance (buildings and grounds)
- Medical records
- Occupational therapy
- Pastoral care
- Pharmacy
- Physical therapy
- Security
- Social work
- Speech therapy
- Staff education
- Therapeutic recreation
RAHSA homes offer very competitive salaries and benefits, along with flexible schedules and shifts. We are equal opportunity employers (EOE).
Getting started
RAHSA members all respond to employment inquiries in different ways, so the best procedure for you to follow is to call the general phone number at any of the homes that interest you. Ask for the Human Resources office. Here is how to reach us:
Rochester Area Association of Homes and Services for the Aging
"We are not here for ourselves alone-" - Dr- Martin Luther King, Jr.
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