CNA

Affinity Hospice • Florence, AL

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. The aide works in patients’ homes in varying conditions, travels locally, and participates in holiday and weekend rotations as appropriate. A flexible schedule is required.

Requirements

• High school graduate or equivalent.
• Meet the state’s training and certification requirements.
• Possess and maintain current CPR certification.
• Licensed driver with an automobile insured according to 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 pounds, and move patients.
• Able to work a flexible schedule and travel locally.
• Able to participate in holiday and weekend rotations as appropriate.

Responsibilities

• Provide assigned personal care and promptly attend to patients’ requests.
• Meet 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.
• Observe patients, assess and report their condition and significant changes to the case manager, and document observations and care performed.
• Follow the organization’s documentation and care procedures and standards of personal and professional conduct.
• Do not perform nursing functions, including administering medications, taking physician’s orders, or performing procedures requiring the training, knowledge, and skill of a licensed nurse, 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED