Hospice Aide PRN
About The Position
At Choice Hospice, our Hospice Aides are the reason patients stay comfortable, safe, and treated with dignity at home. You’re not “helping with care”—you are the care. WHAT YOU’LL ACTUALLY BE DOING: Hands-on care that truly changes a patient’s day (bathing, grooming, comfort care, etc.) Helping patients move safely and stay as independent as possible Noticing changes and speaking up—because you are their eyes and ears Keeping patients clean, safe, and comfortable in their own home Supporting nutrition and hydration when it matters most Working closely with an RN team that actually listens to you Treating every home like it matters—because it does
Requirements
- Compassion that can’t be faked
- Reliability (patients count on you showing up)
- Respect for patients, families, and their space
- Willingness to be part of a real care team—not just “tasks”
- Current CNA/HHA & LTC certifications
- Valid Driver’s License
- Valid Auto Insurance
- CPR Certification
Nice To Haves
- HomeCare HomeBase experience preferred
Responsibilities
- Provide direct patient care to patients under direction of the RN and according to the Aid Plan of Care.
- Provide necessary skills to assist the patient with safe transfers and ambulation per agency policy.
- Provide necessary skill to appropriately report changes and document pertinent information and care rendered to patients to ensure continuity of care.
- Practice accepted infection control principles. Provide a clean, safe and comfortable environment.
- Promote positive, supportive, respectful communication to patient/family and other employees.
- Provide an environment which promotes respect for patients, privacy and property.
- Provide skills necessary to assist the patient with proper nutrition and adequate fluid intake.
- Contribute to the management and efficient operation of the agency and demonstrate effective time management skills.
- Provide skills necessary to perform treatments and procedures according to agency policy.
- Promote the agency philosophy and administrative policies to ensure quality of care.
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