Certified Nursing Assistant for Hospice Services

CHSGa • Augusta, GA

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About The Position

The Certified Nursing Assistant for Hospice Services provides physician-prescribed personal care to hospice patients in accordance with Georgia’s nurse practice act, federal regulations, and other rules governing hospice aide services. The role supports patients’ comfort, dignity, safety, and independence, while providing emotional and physical support to terminally ill individuals and their families. Services may be provided in patients’ homes or facilities, and the aide may travel to multiple locations during a workday.

The aide assists with personal care, household tasks directly related to patients’ health, basic measurements and procedures within the aide’s training, safe equipment use, and activities in accordance with the personal services care plan. The position also includes timely reporting of changes in patients’ conditions, accurate documentation, ongoing education, and collaboration with the hospice team. The aide is expected to work with minimal direct supervision and maintain professional relationships with patients and families.

Requirements

• Completion of a state-recognized and federally compliant training program and/or competency evaluation.
• At least six months of experience as a Certified Nursing Assistant.
• Compliance with in-service regulations and requirements.
• Ability to function with minimal direct supervision and accept personal responsibility for maintaining professional relationships with hospice patients and their families.
• Ability to meet the Hospice’s employment conditions regarding health clearance and references.
• Ability to travel to patients’ homes or facilities and work across multiple locations in a workday.

Responsibilities

• Provide emotional and physical support to terminally ill individuals and their families or significant others.
• Help improve patients’ quality of life during the final stage of life and provide respite care to caregivers in the home.
• Promote patient and family independence and help maintain a safe, healthful environment.
• Participate in Interdisciplinary Group meetings as appropriate.
• Assist with bathing, mouth and denture care, skin and foot care, grooming, dressing, transfers, ambulation, turning, and positioning for comfort.
• Assist with household tasks directly essential to patients’ health, including meal planning and preparation, feeding when appropriate, light housekeeping in the patient’s immediate environment, changing linens, making beds, and laundering clothing and bedding.
• Measure and record oral, rectal, or axillary temperature, pulse, respiration, and blood pressure when ordered and within training limitations.
• Meet patients’ safety needs, including safe use of equipment such as foot stools, side rails, step stools, wheelchairs, and oxygen.
• Perform range-of-motion exercises and other simple procedures as an extension of therapy services when ordered and within training limitations.
• Assist patients with self-administration of medication by reminding them to take medications.
• Perform or assist with care-plan activities as taught and supervised by an RN and permitted by state and federal regulations, such as changing ostomy appliances, reinforcing or changing simple non-sterile dressings, measuring intake or output, and external catheter care.
• Immediately report changes in patients’ conditions or incidents to the Primary Care Nurse or Director of Hospice Services.
• Document services accurately on the day they are provided and submit documentation in a timely manner, following hospice policies and procedures.
• Participate in appropriate staff development and discipline-specific education, including the annual requirement of 12 hours per 12 months.
• Maintain skills and learn and follow hospice policies and procedures on an ongoing basis.
• Promote the System’s image and reputation through servant leadership and direct, open communication.
• Contribute to committees, workgroups, project management, and other collaborative efforts.
• Perform other duties as needed to support the success of the System.
• Transport self to patients’ homes or facilities and travel among multiple locations during a workday.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed