CNA / Home Health Aide-Springfield - Great Pay $21.50 - $24.00 PH / Great Schedule - Great Benefits!

Fallon Health is hiring in Springfield, MA for full-time CNA and Home Health Aide roles that sit at the heart of Summit Eldercare, the program known as a PACE option that helps older adults stay safely at home. Fallon Health is a Worcester-born organization with a long history of delivering equitable, high-quality care, and the Summit Eldercare program continues that mission by providing comprehensive support to participants in and around the community. If you’re drawn to hands-on care, strong teamwork, and meaningful daily impact, this could be a great fit.

In this role you’ll deliver personal care, light housekeeping, and assistance with daily activities in participants’ homes and at the PACE center, following each person’s plan of care. The work is done with close supervision from a registered nurse and requires you to observe changes in participants’ status and report them promptly to the interdisciplinary team. You’ll also follow CDC-guided infection control practices to keep environments clean and safe. Fallon Health values a team-oriented approach and the chance to support seniors with warmth and respect.

It’s a role for caregivers who enjoy one-to-one interactions, collaboration with a wider care team, and a schedule that keeps you close to the people you serve. You’ll thrive here if you value consistency, are comfortable working in both center and home settings, and want to contribute to a program that helps older adults live with independence and dignity.

A day in the life with Summit Eldercare

Under RN guidance, you assist with Activities of Daily Living for participants at the PACE center and in their homes, handling tasks such as transfers, bathing, dressing, toileting, and other routine cares as needed. You’ll help shape each participant’s plan by talking with the interdisciplinary team and ensuring care remains coordinated and appropriate. In addition to direct care, you’ll support activities staff in planning and delivering individual and group programs to motivate participation, and you may assist therapists with prescribed treatments and exercises, including positioning and ambulation.

Keeping a clean, safe environment is part of the job, whether you’re at the center or in a participant’s home, and you’ll help with meal preparation and feeding when needed. You’ll document accurately in the EMR and adhere to infection-control protocols, including regular cleaning and disinfection routines in line with current CDC guidelines. The role also involves contributing to the daily workflow across the site, helping to distribute tasks so that care needs are met in a timely way, and taking part in regular health aide team meetings to stay aligned with the broader plan of care.

Key prerequisites

Here's what Fallon Health is looking for in a candidate:

• A background working with frail or older adults, ideally for at least a year; if your experience is shorter, you’ll need to complete the Summit Eldercare training before working with participants independently.
• Completion of an approved Home Health Aide or Certified Nursing Assistant program is highly desirable, but equivalent work experience is considered in place of a certificate; reliable transportation is required.
• A current Summit Eldercare competency set for Health Aides must be completed annually, ensuring you stay up to date with the program’s standards.

Nice-to-haves

While not required, these capabilities could help you hit the ground running:

• Experience assisting with treatments ordered by therapists, including positioning, transfers, and exercises, in either center-based or community settings.
• Familiarity with documenting care activities in an EMR system and following program policies and procedures for care delivery.
• Comfort collaborating within an interdisciplinary team and contributing to both health and activity planning in a senior-care environment.

Pay, benefits and practical details

The pay for this position reflects Massachusetts wage transparency: $21.50 per hour on weekdays and $24.00 per hour on weekends. Fallon Health notes that final compensation will depend on each candidate’s experience, skills, and fit for the role’s responsibilities. This is a full-time, on-site role located in Springfield, MA, working within the Summit Eldercare program where you’ll balance center-based tasks with home-based care. Reliable transportation is a must for this job.

Advice for applicants

Highlight your direct experience with older adults on your resume first, especially if you’ve worked in home health care, assisted living, or PACE programs. When you list roles, foreground tasks that align with this posting, ADL assistance, transfers, bathing, meal support, and documentation in EMR systems, so the hiring team can see at a glance that you’ve handled similar duties.

Show evidence you’re prepared to prove the must-have skills. If you’re coming from a role without a formal certificate, point to the specific responsibilities you’ve held that mirror Summit Eldercare competencies, and note any time you completed annual competency refreshers or training related to elder care, infection control, or care planning.

Prepare for interviews by sharing concrete examples of how you’ve supported participants with daily care while maintaining infection-control standards and a safe home environment. Be ready to discuss how you’ve collaborated with other caregivers and therapists to execute a care plan, and how you’ve responded to changes in a participant’s condition with timely communication to the team.

Think of a smart question to ask about the role like: how does the Interdisciplinary Team coordinate care for participants on weekends, and what does a typical day look like in terms of balancing center-based activities with home visits?