How to hire a geriatric aide

How to hire a geriatric aide, step by step

Here's a step-by-step geriatric aide hiring guide:

• Step 1: Identify your hiring needs
• Step 2: Create an ideal candidate profile
• Step 3: Make a budget
• Step 4: Write a geriatric aide job description
• Step 5: Post your job
• Step 6: Interview candidates
• Step 7: Send a job offer and onboard your new geriatric aide
• Step 8: Go through the hiring process checklist

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1. Identify your hiring needs

   Before you start hiring a geriatric aide, identify what type of worker you actually need. Certain positions might call for a full-time employee, while others can be done by a part-time worker or contractor.

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   You should also consider the ideal background you'd like them a geriatric aide to have before you start to hire. For example, what industry or field would you like them to have experience in, what level of seniority or education does the job require, and how much it'll cost to hire a geriatric aide that fits the bill.

   This list presents geriatric aide salaries for various positions.

   Type of Geriatric Aide	Description	Hourly rate
   Geriatric Aide	Personal care aides help clients with self-care and everyday tasks. They also provide social supports and assistance that enable clients to participate in their communities.	$10-18
   Companion	A companion is responsible for assisting sick and recovered patients, as well as the elderly. Companions perform housekeeping duties, ensuring that a facility is well-maintained and safe for the use of the patients... Show more	$10-18
   Direct Care Staffer	A Direct Care Staffer specializes in providing personal care and supervision to the disabled or elderly. Among the responsibilities include administering medication, managing schedules, assisting in hygienic tasks, preparing meals, and doing light to moderate household chores... Show more	$9-22

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2. Create an ideal candidate profile

   Common skills:

   • ADL
   • Patient Care
   • Vital Signs
   • Body Mechanics
   • Individual Treatment Plan
   • Companionship
   • Nursing Home
   • Meal Preparation
   • Physical Therapy

   Responsibilities:

   • Sit with residents and assist with food trays.
   • Provide companionship on a daily basis by lending an ear or a shoulder to lean on.
   • Conduct individual exercise instruction as prescribed by supervising therapist, significantly resulting in improving the overall well being of many patients.
   • Conduct qualifying assessments for prospective GED exam candidates.

3. Make a budget

   Including a salary range in your geriatric aide job description is a great way to entice the best and brightest candidates. A geriatric aide salary can vary based on several factors:

   • Location. For example, geriatric aides' average salary in florida is 47% less than in alaska.
   • Seniority. Entry-level geriatric aides earn 44% less than senior-level geriatric aides.
   • Certifications. A geriatric aide with a few certifications under their belt will likely demand a higher salary.
   • Company. Working for a prestigious company or an exciting start-up can make a huge difference in a geriatric aide's salary.

   Average geriatric aide salary

   $14.39hourly

   $29,936 yearly

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   Entry-level geriatric aide salary

   $22,000 yearly salary

   Updated December 27, 2025

4. Writing a geriatric aide job description

   A good geriatric aide job description should include a few things:

   • Summary of the role
   • List of responsibilities
   • Required skills and experience

   Including a salary range and the first name of the hiring manager is also appreciated by candidates. Here's an example of a geriatric aide job description:

   Geriatric aide job description example

   • You have completed an accredited program for Nurse Practitioner (NP) or Physician Assistant (PA-C)
   • You hold an unrestricted NP or PA state license, including board certification, or the ability to become board certified within 2 years.
   • You have strong comprehension of clinical standards of care and are focused on quality of life for your patients
   • You may also have experience or be certified in one or more of the following areas:

   o Nephrology (CNN or CNN-NP)

   o Wound Care

   o Diabetes Educator

   o Hypertension

   o Palliative Care

   What you need to know:

   As an Advanced Practice Provider with our company, you influence and ensure the best clinical care for your patients. You leverage an integrated technology platform and are complimented by an entire interdisciplinary team including registered nurses, nurse care managers, health coaches, dieticians, pharmacists, psychiatrists, social workers, and even cardiologists and podiatrists – all within the the company.

   Primary functions for this role will include:

   • Comprehensive management of patient conditions, including assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and consultation, on a longitudinal basis
     
   • Transitions of care support via collaborative pathways with post-acute care facilities
     
   • Working under agreed-upon clinical workflows and protocols
     
   • Partner with the company and our client partners' care teams to identify and eliminate social determinants of healthcare for your patients, including functional capacity, home environment, health literacy, housing instability, food insecurity, and caregiver support.

   Job Positions

   Nurse Practitioner: Other

   Benefits

   • Sign on bonus
   • Full benefits
   • 401k

   Company

   Our client is a Hospital & Healthcare Company who partners with nephrologists to transform kidney care and improve patient outcomes. They believe that patients living with kidney disease deserve the best care and they are passionate about making an impact.

   When nephrologists are empowered, they are enabled to transform kidney care for their patients and partner with their patients on earlier identification of alternative modalities, slowing of disease progression, improved clinical outcomes, and increased quality of life.

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5. Post your job

   To find the right geriatric aide for your business, consider trying out a few different recruiting strategies:

   • Consider internal talent. One of the most important sources of talent for any company is its existing workforce.
   • Ask for referrals. Reach out to friends, family members, and current employees and ask if they know or have worked with geriatric aides they would recommend.
   • Recruit at local colleges. Attend job fairs at local colleges to recruit geriatric aides who meet your education requirements.
   • Social media platforms. LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter now have more than 3.5 billion users, and you can use social media to reach potential job candidates.

   Post your job online:

   • Post your geriatric aide job on Zippia to find and recruit geriatric aide candidates who meet your exact specifications.
   • Use field-specific websites.
   • Post a job on free websites.

6. Interview candidates

   To successfully recruit geriatric aides, your first interview needs to engage with candidates to learn about their interest in the role and experience in the field. You can go into more detail about the company, the role, and the responsibilities during follow-up interviews.

   You should also ask about candidates' unique skills and talents to see if they match the ideal candidate profile you developed earlier. Candidates good enough for the next step can complete the technical interview.

   The right interview questions can help you assess a candidate's hard skills, behavioral intelligence, and soft skills.

7. Send a job offer and onboard your new geriatric aide

   Once you've decided on a perfect geriatric aide candidate, it's time to write an offer letter. In addition to salary, it should include benefits and perks available to the employee. Qualified candidates may be considered for other positions, so make sure your offer is competitive. Candidates may wish to negotiate. Once you've settled on the details, formalize your agreement with a contract.

   It's also important to follow up with applicants who do not get the job with an email letting them know that the position is filled.

   To prepare for the new employee's start date, you can create an onboarding schedule and complete any necessary paperwork, such as employee action forms and onboarding documents like I-9 forms, benefits enrollment, and federal and state tax forms. Human Resources should also ensure that a new employee file is created.

8. Go through the hiring process checklist

   • Determine employee type (full-time, part-time, contractor, etc.)
   • Submit a job requisition form to the HR department
   • Define job responsibilities and requirements
   • Establish budget and timeline
   • Determine hiring decision makers for the role
   • Write job description
   • Post job on job boards, company website, etc.
   • Promote the job internally
   • Process applications through applicant tracking system
   • Review resumes and cover letters
   • Shortlist candidates for screening
   • Hold phone/virtual interview screening with first round of candidates
   • Conduct in-person interviews with top candidates from first round
   • Score candidates based on weighted criteria (e.g., experience, education, background, cultural fit, skill set, etc.)
   • Conduct background checks on top candidates
   • Check references of top candidates
   • Consult with HR and hiring decision makers on job offer specifics
   • Extend offer to top candidate(s)
   • Receive formal job offer acceptance and signed employment contract
   • Inform other candidates that the position has been filled
   • Set and communicate onboarding schedule to new hire(s)
   • Complete new hire paperwork (i9, benefits enrollment, tax forms, etc.)

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