Hospice Aide - PRN

Compassus•Davenport, IA

About The Position

The Hospice Aide provides comfort care to hospice patients so they can remain at home with their loved ones. As a member of the hospice team, the aide helps meet each patient’s physical, emotional, and spiritual needs and supports patients in approaching their final days with joy, peace, and dignity. The role contributes to enhancing patients’ quality of life every day. Compassus describes a supportive, family-focused culture and offers onboarding, career development, mentorship, and opportunities to pursue leadership roles, specialized training, or other career paths. Team members collaborate using tools and technologies to deliver care at home, in an environment that values belonging, inclusion, and individual contributions.

Requirements

Current CPR certification is required.
For states where aide 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 either already be a licensed or certified aide, or have completed a state-approved nurse aide training program and been continuously employed in that capacity for the previous 24 months.
State-specific aide qualifications apply: Arizona requires licensure or certification as a Nurses’ Aide; California requires state certification as a home health aide; Colorado requires completion of a state training program and DORA certification; Indiana requires registration on the Indiana Nurse Aide Registry; New Hampshire requires an LNA; New Jersey requires Homemaker–Home Health Aide certification or long-term care CNA status; Virginia requires aide certification to practice in the state; and Wisconsin requires aide certification and listing on the Wisconsin Nurse Aide Registry.
In Missouri, applicants must be licensed or certified as a Nurses’ Aide; or have completed a nurses’ aide training program and worked as a nurses’ aide for the past 24 months if not licensed or certified; or be enrolled in a professional or practical nursing program for at least four months, have completed a clinical rotation within the past five years, and have passed a Fundamentals of Nursing course. The nursing-program pathway requires a transcript and a letter from the program director on school letterhead verifying the clinical rotation and course completion.

Nice To Haves

Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) qualification is highly preferred.

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 patients’ lives every day.

Benefits

Competitive pay
Comprehensive onboarding
Health insurance for part-time and full-time positions
Dental insurance for part-time and full-time positions
Vision insurance for part-time and full-time positions
Wellness reimbursements for physicals and gym memberships
Pre-tax FSA and HSA plans, with company contributions to the HSA
Paid Time Off plan that increases with tenure
401(k) with company matching contributions
Tuition reimbursement
Company-paid life insurance
Company-paid long-term disability insurance
Company-paid parental leave with tenure for birth, adoption, and foster parents
Voluntary long-term care, critical illness, and accident insurance
Employee Assistance program
Local and national award programs
Referral bonus program
Mileage reimbursement
Corporate discount program providing access to more than 300,000 businesses
Company assistance program supporting teammates in times of need
Flexible scheduling
Career development, leadership pathways, mentorship, and personalized professional development
Recognition programs