How to hire a home health provider

How to hire a home health provider, step by step

Here's a step-by-step home health provider hiring guide:

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

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1. Identify your hiring needs

   Before you start hiring a home health provider, 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.

   Determine employee vs contractor status

   Is the person you're thinking of hiring a US citizen or green card holder?

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   A home health provider's background is also an important factor in determining whether they'll be a good fit for the position. For example, home health providers from different industries or fields will have radically different experiences and will bring different viewpoints to the role. You also need to consider the candidate's previous level of experience to make sure they'll be comfortable with the job's level of seniority.

   This list shows salaries for various types of home health providers.

   Type of Home Health Provider	Description	Hourly rate
   Home Health Provider	Home health aides help people with disabilities, chronic illness, or cognitive impairment with activities of daily living. They often help older adults who need assistance... Show more	$15-43
   Residential Aide	A residential aide is responsible for assisting residents and patients in a community facility, supporting them in their daily activities and personal routines. Residential aides monitor the patients' health conditions, coordinate with medical professionals, and ensure that they receive the proper medications... Show more	$9-15
   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

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2. Create an ideal candidate profile

   Common skills:

   • Home Health
   • Patients
   • Meal Preparation
   • Laundry Services
   • Companionship
   • Patient Care
   • Doctor Appointments
   • Vital Signs
   • RUN Errands
   • Physical Therapy
   • Bed Linens
   • Blood Pressure
   • ADL
   • Medical Appointments

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   Responsibilities:

   • Work on achieving goals with child base on yearly ISP reports.
   • Supply tube feedings for physically disable children, administer medication, provide physical therapy exercises, deliver personal care to patients
   • Complement mental health and CPR training.
   • Assist students on a behavioral plan with ADL 's
   • Home making, personal care, private duty, respite, companionship ,
   • Shop for groceries and prepare meals to a client s dietary specifications.

3. Make a budget

   Including a salary range in your home health provider job description is one of the best ways to attract top talent. A home health provider can vary based on:

   • Location. For example, home health providers' average salary in alabama is 51% less than in pennsylvania.
   • Seniority. Entry-level home health providers 63% less than senior-level home health providers.
   • Certifications. A home health provider with certifications usually earns a higher salary.
   • Company. Working for an established firm or a new start-up company can make a big difference in a home health provider's salary.

   Average home health provider salary

   $55,396yearly

   $26.63 hourly rate

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   Entry-level home health provider salary

   $33,000 yearly salary

   Updated December 24, 2025

4. Writing a home health provider job description

   A job description for a home health provider role includes a summary of the job's main responsibilities, required skills, and preferred background experience. Including a salary range can also go a long way in attracting more candidates to apply, and showing the first name of the hiring manager can also make applicants more comfortable. As an example, here's a home health provider job description:

   Home health provider job description example

   Our mission: to eliminate every barrier to mental health.
   
   Spring Health is the leading comprehensive mental health benefit for employers. We help employees understand their mental health issues and connect with best-in-class providers to get the right treatment at the right time.
   From early detection to full recovery, Spring Health is the only clinically validated solution in the market proven to be more effective than traditional mental healthcare. By combining the latest technology with vetted providers, we help engage 1 in 3 employees, reduce recovery times, and lower healthcare costs. We are an award-winning, passionate, and mission-driven team with the support of leaders in psychiatry. We have raised over $300 million to date from prominent investors including Kinnevik, Tiger Global, Northzone, RRE Ventures, Rethink Impact, Work-Bench, William K Warren Foundation, SemperVirens, Able Partners, True Capital Ventures, and a strategic investor Guardian Life Insurance. Thanks to their partnership, our current valuation has reached $2 billion.
   
   As an in-house provider for this large tech company, you will provide individual care delivery for employees onsite, as well as support organizational functions such as manager trainings, group listening sessions, and webinars.
   What you'll be doing:Provide employee mental health counseling sessions, including clinical risk assessments Support critical incident management Provide crisis management support for employees and HR as needed Develop expert-level understanding of partner benefit ecosystem and available support programs Complete required internal training and assignments and attend Spring Health Clinical Team meetings Follow Spring Health policies and maintain all confidentiality, compliance, and ethical standards Provide walkin support/prioritized availability for identified high need departments Fulfill team specific education/presentation/consultation requests in collaboration with Spring Health's Clinical Partnerships and Care Navigation teams
   What we expect from you:You have an unrestricted license to practice psychotherapy in WA (Psychologist, LCSW, LMFT, LPC, LMHC, etc.). We are not able to accept applications from anyone requiring licensed supervision.You have a minimum of 3 years of post-graduate experience with at least 1 year of post-licensed experience.You're comfortable with technology and are telehealth competent.You have training and experience in evidence-based modalities of care such as CBT, DBT, EMDR, ACT, CPT.You are comfortable with providing safety planning and intervention during situations where a client might present with higher risks.You are committed to quality clinical care and want to expand your capabilities and increase your effectiveness by being informed of client progress or challenges. You like working independently, but would also enjoy having the support of a team and opportunities for connections and collaboration with other providers and our master's level clinical care navigators.
   Why you'll like working at Spring HealthHigh caliber team: make an impact on something that truly helps people alongside an incredible team Big mission: we're revolutionizing the mental health industry Big market and big upside in sales: Our product has strong product-market fit in a huge market with strong demand The challenge: make a big impact by joining a fast-growing team in its early stages We care about diversity: diversity allows us to build an excellent patient experience. We are an equal opportunity employer and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status
   In addition to finding people who are truly excellent at what they do, we take our values at Spring Health seriously:
   Members Come First We are genuine member advocates.
   Move Fast to Change LivesWe build with urgency and intention.
   Take Ownership We extend trust and hold ourselves accountable.
   Embrace Diverse Teams & Perspectives We find strength in the diversity of cultural backgrounds, ideas, and experiences.
   Science Will WinWe will achieve impact by innovation and evidence based frameworks.
   Candor with Care We are open, honest and empathetic.
   Spring Health is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate in hiring or any employment decision based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, disability, genetic information, veteran status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or other applicable legally protected characteristic. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with applicable legal requirements. Spring Health is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.
   
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5. Post your job

   There are a few common ways to find home health providers for your business:

   • Promoting internally or recruiting from your existing workforce.
   • Ask for referrals from friends, family members, and current employees.
   • Attend job fairs at local colleges to meet candidates with the right educational background.
   • Use social media platforms like LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter to recruit passive job-seekers.

   To find home health provider candidates, you can consider the following options:

   • Post your job opening on Zippia or other job search websites.
   • Use niche websites that focus on engineering and technology jobs, such as healthcarejobsite, health jobs nationwide, hospitalcareers, medreps.com.
   • Post your job on free job posting websites.

6. Interview candidates

   To successfully recruit home health providers, 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.

   It's also good to ask about candidates' unique skills and talents to see if they match your ideal candidate profile. If you think a candidate is good enough for the next step, you can move on to 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 home health provider

   Once you've decided on a perfect home health provider 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 equally important to follow up with applicants who don't get the job with an email letting them know that the position has been 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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