Hospice Aide CNA
About The Position
As the CNA Hospice Aide, you provide compassionate, hands-on care to patients and support their families during end-of-life care. The role assists patients with daily living activities while promoting comfort, dignity, and emotional well-being. Working closely with the hospice care team, you help ensure patients receive respectful, individualized care in accordance with their care plans. The position provides personal and supportive care, assists with mobility and prescribed exercises, supports meals and feeding, and performs homemaking and environmental services as assigned. You follow written personal-care instructions prepared by a registered nurse, observe and document changes in patient status, and report concerns or tasks you cannot perform to the primary nurse. Other duties may be assigned.
Requirements
- Current state certification or registration as a nurse assistant (CNA), in accordance with state certification or registration requirements.
- Current CPR certification.
- Valid driver's license, reliable transportation, and liability insurance.
Nice To Haves
- CNA experience within the last two years.
Responsibilities
- Provide personal care services to patients.
- Use safety principles and proper body mechanics when ambulating and transferring clients, assisting with range of motion and positioning, and performing household chores.
- Plan and prepare nutritious meals and assist with feeding as assigned.
- Perform homemaking and other environmental services as assigned.
- Observe, report, and document changes in a patient's status; report to the primary nurse if unable to perform a task.
- Follow written personal-care instructions prepared by a registered nurse in accordance with the plan of care; receive the instructions before delivering services.
- Assist patients with prescribed exercises as instructed by a nurse or therapist.
- Perform and record simple urine tests for sugar, acetone, and albumin.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits package, subject to eligibility requirements.
- Incentive and recognition programs, subject to eligibility requirements.
- Equity stock purchase, subject to eligibility requirements.
- 401(k) contribution, subject to eligibility requirements.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
No Education Listed
