Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) - Southwest Michigan Talent Pool
About The Position
Optimal Care is building a talent pool for future opportunities in Southwest Michigan and invites candidates to submit a resume for consideration. As a Home Health or Hospice Aide, you provide compassionate, hands-on care to patients in their homes, assisted living facilities, or nursing homes. You help patients maintain comfort, dignity, and quality of life by supporting their individual needs and goals, whether they are working toward recovery and greater independence or receiving end-of-life care. Care includes assistance with bathing, dressing, grooming, toileting, oral hygiene, meal preparation, mobility, and other daily activities. You work closely with patients, families, nurses, and other interdisciplinary care team members to support individualized care plans and respond to changing needs. The role involves daily travel within the service area and may be full-time, part-time, or per diem. Listed hours are weekdays between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., with a weekend on-call rotation. The position is based through the Kalamazoo office and serves areas including Kalamazoo, St. Joseph, Allegan, Barry, Calhoun, Branch, Van Buren, Berrien, and Cass counties. Employment is contingent on successful completion of a background check. Optimal Care describes itself as a clinician-owned and operated provider of physician services, home health, and hospice, committed to professional growth, collaboration, innovation, and clinical excellence.
Requirements
- Complete a minimum of 75 hours of classroom and supervised practical training.
- Complete 16 hours of classroom training before the mandatory 16 hours of practical training.
- Hold current nurse aide certification and be in good standing on the state nurse aide registry.
- Have reliable transportation, a valid driver’s license, and valid automobile insurance coverage.
- Be able to read and write in English and effectively follow written and verbal instructions in English.
- Understand hospice philosophy and be comfortable providing specialized care to terminally ill patients at home or in a facility.
- Be self-directing and able to work with little direct supervision.
- Be secure with issues of death and dying.
- Maintain a calm manner in a patient’s home.
- Demonstrate empathy for the needs of ill, injured, frail, and impaired people.
- Successfully complete a background check as a condition of employment.
Nice To Haves
- Experience as a Hospice Aide, Home Health Aide, or Certified Nursing Assistant.
Responsibilities
- Assist patients with bathing, dressing, grooming, toileting, oral hygiene, meal preparation, mobility, and other daily activities.
- Provide personalized care that supports patients’ comfort, dignity, safety, and quality of life.
- Support patients working toward recovery and greater independence, or provide comfort and reassurance during end-of-life care.
- Work with patients, families, nurses, and interdisciplinary care team members to support individualized care plans.
- Respond to patients’ changing needs and provide encouragement, reassurance, and companionship.
- Travel daily within the assigned service area to provide care in patients’ homes, assisted living facilities, or nursing homes.
Benefits
- Mileage reimbursement
- Minimum of three weeks of paid time off for full-time employees
- Paid time off accrual for part-time and per-diem employees
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Health Savings Account (HSA) and Flexible Spending Account (FSA) options, including Dependent Care
- Company-paid short-term disability
- Company-paid life insurance
- 401(k) with employer match
- Pet insurance
- ID and fraud protection
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
No Education Listed
