Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) - PRN
About The Position
The hospice aide (CNA) is a paraprofessional member of the interdisciplinary group who works under the supervision of a registered nurse. The aide performs services as necessary to meet patients’ personal needs and promote comfort, observes patients, and reports and documents observations and care performed. The position is described as full-time, 40 hours per week, and involves working in patients’ homes in various conditions. The schedule may be flexible and includes local travel and participation in holiday and weekend rotation as appropriate. The hospice aide must not perform activities considered nursing practice under the Nurse Practice Act, including administering medications, taking physician orders, or performing procedures requiring the training, knowledge, and skill of a licensed nurse.
Requirements
- High school graduate or equivalent.
- Meet the state’s training and certification requirements.
- Possess and maintain current CPR certification.
- Be a licensed driver with an automobile that is insured in accordance with organization requirements and in good working order.
- Able to show empathy for the needs of ill, injured, frail, and impaired people.
- Able to stand and walk for prolonged periods, lift up to 50 lbs., and move patients.
Responsibilities
- Perform assigned personal care and respond promptly to patient requests.
- Meet patients’ safety needs and use equipment safely and properly, including foot stools, side rails, and oxygen equipment.
- Perform assigned personal care tasks, including baths, back rubs, oral hygiene, shampoos, and changing bed linens.
- Assist patients with dressing and undressing as assigned.
- Assist with feeding patients as assigned.
- Assess patients’ conditions and report significant changes to the case manager.
- Follow the organization’s documentation and care procedures and standards of personal and professional conduct.
- Do not administer medications, take physician’s orders, or perform procedures requiring licensed-nurse training, knowledge, and skill, such as sterile techniques.
- Perform other CNA duties assigned by management to support department goals and initiatives.
Benefits
- Paid time off (PTO), sick time, and holiday pay.
- Gas card program and car maintenance stipend.
- Medical, dental, vision, and other benefits for full-time employees.
- 401(k).
- Employee assistance program.
- Tuition reimbursement for eligible employees.
- Internal company advancement.
- Free end-of-life training.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
High school or GED
