Hospice Aide

Compassus•Cedar Rapids, IA

5d•Onsite

About The Position

The Hospice Aide position at Compassus focuses on providing comfort care to patients, enabling them to remain at home with their loved ones. This role involves working as an integral member of the hospice team to address each patient’s unique physical, emotional, and spiritual needs, helping them experience their final days with joy, peace, and dignity, and enhancing their quality of life daily. Compassus is dedicated to supporting its teammates through a "Care for Who You Are and What You Need" culture, offering flexible scheduling, a supportive family-focused environment, and comprehensive compensation and benefits. The company is committed to fostering an inclusive environment that reflects its diverse patient population and aims to transform home-based care. Compassus emphasizes career development, innovation, robust benefits, and a culture of belonging. The organization provides a continuum of integrated home-based services, including home health, home infusion, palliative, and hospice care, with a focus on individualized patient care to improve overall quality of life.

Requirements

Certified Nursing Assistant highly preferred.
In states where licensure is not required (AL, CT, GA, IA, IL, KS, LA, MA, ME, MI, MS, MT, NM, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, WV), applicants must meet one of the following: They are already a licensed/certified aide; or They have completed a state-approved nurse aide training program AND have been continuously employed in that capacity for the previous 24 months
Current CPR certification required.

Responsibilities

Provide comfort care to patients enabling them to remain at home with their loved ones
Work as a member of the hospice team to meet each patient’s unique physical, emotional, and spiritual needs
Help patients approach their final days with joy, peace, and dignity
Enhance the quality of someone’s life every day