Hospice Aide (CNA/HHA) | Hospice House
About The Position
The Hospice Aide is an essential member of the hospice team, providing personal care and other services to meet patients’ needs and promote comfort. The role involves supporting terminally ill patients, attending promptly to requests, communicating changes in patient condition to the supervisory nurse, and following the state-defined Hospice Aide scope of practice. The position is at Redcrest Hospice House in Bloomington, Indiana, and is scheduled for three 12-hour day shifts per week, with an every-third-weekend rotation and no on-call duty. The aide provides assigned personal care, assists with mobility, exercise, meals, and other ordered services, and helps minimize patient risks through safe equipment use and skin observation. The role also requires maintaining appropriate relationships with patients, families, and staff; following documentation and care standards; and attending in-service training and mandatory agency meetings. Duties may change or be newly assigned as needed.
Requirements
- Must be a CNA or HHA.
- Meet state training requirements and successfully complete a state-established or other qualifying training program that meets state requirements for a competency evaluation program, or a state licensure program.
- Valid driver’s license and auto insurance in the applicant’s name as a driver.
- Capable of meeting all physical demands.
- Compassionate communication skills and a positive attitude.
- Understanding of hospice philosophy and comfort providing specialized care to terminally ill patients, including comfort with issues of death and dying.
- Patience when working with patients, families, physicians, and coworkers.
- Attention to detail, observance, and ability to follow directions.
Nice To Haves
- One year of experience, preferably in hospice care.
Responsibilities
- Provide assigned personal care, including baths, back rubs, oral hygiene, shampoos, and changing bed linen.
- Take and record oral, rectal, and axillary temperatures, pulse, respiration, and blood pressure when ordered and when competency requirements are met.
- Assist patients with dressing and undressing as assigned.
- Assist with meal preparation and feeding as assigned.
- Assist with ambulation and exercise as instructed by the primary care nurse or therapist.
- Perform range-of-motion activities and other simple procedures as ordered and within demonstrated skills competency.
- Maintain good relationships with patients, their families, and staff.
- Report changes in patients’ medical or living conditions to the supervisor or primary nurse.
- Meet patient safety needs and use equipment safely and properly, including foot stools, side rails, and oxygen.
- Observe and care for patients’ skin to help prevent tissue breakdown over bony prominences.
- Follow organizational documentation and care procedures and standards of personal and professional conduct.
- Attend in-service training and mandatory agency meetings.
- Attend promptly to patients’ personal care needs and requests, and communicate patient condition and significant changes to the assigned supervisory nurse and caregiver.
Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Paid time off for eligible teammates
- Opportunity to participate in a 401(k)
- Company-paid life insurance
- Employee Assistance Program
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
No Education Listed
