Our Screening Practices
At BrightStar, we believe in giving peace of mind to our clients by offering the highest quality caregivers available. From home health aides to personal care attendants, nurses and more, each employee we provide must maintain the core values that our company upholds. These values include compassion, integrity, family, excellence, trustworthiness, accountability, and diversity.
Whether you’re looking for some form of elder care, childcare or quality medical staffing, we understand that finding a compassionate, dedicated and qualified care professional when you need one can be difficult. At BrightStar, we understand the challenges that you face. That’s why we are committed to rigorous recruitment and screening standards. We conduct the following screening processes and practices for every employee to ensure you are getting the utmost in quality, skill and professionalism every time:
- In-depth interview to determine skills and experience
- Criminal background check through the State Police according to state guidelines
- License/certificate verification in accordance with state law and requirements
- Continual license status monitoring throughout employee tenure
- Reference checks via phone or mail
- State health screenings as required by law
- No-cost Hepatitis B vaccination
- Bloodborne pathogens training as stated by OSHA guidelines
- Current CPR certification
- Drug Screening
Once screened and approved for hire, each BrightStar employee undergoes:
- In-office orientation prior to placement
- Employee performance reviews, with client input, at the following intervals
- One week after placement
- Once every quarter thereafter
- At the end of each assignment
BrightStar also encourages all of our employees to undergo continuing education.
Our recruiters seek out the best and brightest caregivers in every market we serve. We then complete stringent screening, background checks and face-to-face interviews with each care professional to ensure their qualifications and competencies are in line with each client’s unique needs to ensure compatibility. Guaranteed.


