Certified Nursing Assistant

Affinity Hospice•Pine Bluff, AR

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Affinity Hospice is a privately held hospice organization focused on providing care to hospice patients and their families. The hospice aide (CNA) is a paraprofessional member of the interdisciplinary group who works under the supervision of a registered nurse. The aide provides services to meet patients’ personal needs and promote comfort, observes patients, and reports and documents observations and care performed. This is a full-time position scheduled for 40 hours per week. Work takes place in patients’ homes and may involve various conditions. The role requires a flexible schedule, local travel, and participation in holiday and weekend rotations as appropriate. The hospice aide must not perform duties that constitute the practice of nursing under the Nurse Practice Act, including administering medications, taking physician’s orders, or performing procedures requiring a licensed nurse’s training, knowledge, and skill.

Requirements

High school graduate or equivalent.
Meet the state’s training and certification requirements.
Maintain current CPR certification.
Have a valid driver’s license and an automobile that is insured according to organization requirements and in good working order.
Demonstrate empathy for the needs of ill, injured, frail, and impaired people.
Ability to stand and walk for prolonged periods.
Ability to lift up to 50 pounds and move patients.
Ability to work a flexible schedule, travel locally, and participate in holiday and weekend rotation as appropriate.

Responsibilities

Provide assigned personal care and respond promptly to patients’ requests.
Address patients’ safety needs and use equipment safely and properly, including foot stools, side rails, and oxygen equipment.
Perform personal care tasks such as baths, back rubs, oral hygiene, shampoos, and changing bed linen as assigned.
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.
Avoid performing nursing-practice duties, including administering medications, taking physician’s orders, or performing procedures requiring the training, knowledge, and skill of a licensed nurse.
Perform other CNA duties assigned by management to support department goals and initiatives.