Certified Nursing Assistant | Hospice Aide -- Full Time
About The Position
The Hospice Aide/Homemaker provides hands-on support to hospice patients in their homes, assisted living facilities, or nursing homes, helping them maintain quality of life with comfort, dignity, and respect. Care includes assistance with bathing, dressing, grooming, toileting, oral hygiene, meal preparation, and mobility. The aide builds trusting relationships with patients and families and works with nurses and the interdisciplinary care team to support each patient’s needs. This is a high-travel position serving Lansing and surrounding areas, with an office location in Jackson, Michigan. The schedule is full time, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., with a weekend on-call rotation. Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a background check.
Requirements
- Hold current nurse aide certification through the State of Michigan and be in good standing on the state nurse aide registry.
- Have reliable transportation, a valid driver’s license, and valid automobile insurance coverage.
- Be able to read and write in English and effectively follow written and verbal instructions in English.
- Understand hospice philosophy and be comfortable providing specialized care to terminally ill patients in a home or facility.
- Be self-directing and able to work with little direct supervision.
- Be secure with issues of death and dying.
- Maintain a calm manner in a patient’s home.
- Demonstrate empathy for the needs of ill, injured, frail, and impaired people.
Nice To Haves
- Experience as a Hospice Aide, Home Health Aide, or Certified Nursing Assistant.
Responsibilities
- Assist patients with bathing, dressing, grooming, toileting, and oral hygiene.
- Help patients with meal preparation and mobility.
- Provide compassionate, specialized support to terminally ill patients in their homes or care facilities.
- Build trusting relationships with patients and families, offering reassurance and preserving dignity.
- Work with nurses and other members of the interdisciplinary care team to support patients’ individual needs.
- Travel daily within the service area to provide care in patients’ homes, assisted living facilities, or nursing homes.
Benefits
- $2,500 sign-on bonus.
- Mileage reimbursement.
- Minimum of three weeks of paid time off for full-time employees.
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
- HSA and FSA options, including dependent care.
- Company-paid short-term disability.
- Company-paid life insurance.
- 401(k) with employer match.
- Pet insurance.
- ID and fraud protection.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
No Education Listed
