(PRN) Hospice Aide (CNA), Columbus, GA.

ProHealth Home Health & Hospice • Columbus, GA

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About The Position

The Hospice Aide (CNA) provides personal care to terminally ill hospice patients as needed under the direction and ongoing supervision of a registered nurse (RN). As a member of the Hospice team, the aide delivers care in accordance with the interdisciplinary group (IDG) care plan and provides assistance, understanding, emotional support, and compassionate care to patients and their families, including during bereavement.

The aide assists patients with bathing and other personal care, toileting, transfers, ambulation, prescribed range-of-motion exercises, meals and special diets, and essential incidental household services. When assigned by an RN, the aide takes and records temperature, pulse, respirations, and blood pressure. The role also includes reporting changes in a patient’s condition or family situation, following safety and infection-control procedures, maintaining required skills and certification, and participating in ongoing supervision and annual performance review.

This position requires considerable physical effort, including lifting or transferring patients weighing up to 100 pounds, and exposure to odors, blood, body fluids, environmental conditions, and hazardous materials. A current valid driver’s license, auto liability insurance, and reliable transportation are required. The posting identifies the role as PRN in Columbus, Georgia.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED.
• Graduate of an approved training and competency course.
• Meet federal Home Health Aide training and competency requirements.
• Ability to work independently and make accurate, sometimes quick, judgments.
• Ability to respond appropriately to crises outside a hospital setting.
• Acceptance of and adaptability to different social, racial, cultural, and religious modes.
• Ability to make judgments based on assessments and available data and act accordingly.
• Flexibility, innovation, and good interpersonal skills.
• Ability to cope with mental and emotional stress and demonstrate emotional stability.
• Ability to tolerate exposure to odors, blood, body fluids and excrements, adverse environmental conditions, and hazardous materials.
• Current valid driver’s license, auto liability insurance, and reliable transportation.
• Provide evidence of an annual TB test and other state-required tests or examinations.
• Ability to perform the role’s physical demands, including kneeling, squatting, reaching, twisting, climbing, and walking, and maximal-assist lifting or transferring of a 100-pound patient.
• Must possess sight and hearing senses, or appropriate adaptive devices enabling those senses to function at the level required for essential duties.
• Maintain current certification as required by the State.

Nice To Haves

• Minimum two years of experience as a nursing assistant, preferred.
• Active patient contact within the past three years, preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide essential personal care under the direction and ongoing supervision of an RN, including bathing and care of the mouth, skin, and hair.
• Assist patients with toileting and use of a bedpan or commode.
• Assist with bed transfers and ambulation as ordered in the care plan.
• Perform range-of-motion exercises after being taught by appropriate professional personnel.
• Perform incidental household services essential to the patient’s wellbeing at home.
• Prepare meals, including meals for special diets.
• Take a patient’s temperature, pulse, respirations, and blood pressure when assigned by an RN.
• Assist with shopping when the patient has no other available resource.
• Provide emotional support and compassionate care to patients and family members, using listening skills, encouragement when appropriate, and patience.
• Maintain required competency and skills, including documented initial and ongoing RN supervision and evaluation every 14 days for each case assignment.
• Participate in the annual performance review.
• Immediately report changes in a patient’s condition or family situation to the Hospice office and RN.
• Practice Standard Precautions in accordance with OSHA regulations and policy.
• Follow all policies and procedural guidelines.
• Attend at least 12 hours of in-service education programs each year.
• Maintain current certification as required by the State and current knowledge and practice of infectious disease protocols.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED