Hospice CNA

Lower Cape Fear LifeCare•Whiteville, NC

10d

About The Position

The Hospice CNA provides direct care to hospice patients wherever they consider home, including personal residences, assisted living facilities, and skilled nursing facilities. The role serves patients from varied socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds and all age groups, from infants through geriatric patients with life-limiting illness. CNAs typically see 5–7 patients per day and spend about 45–60 minutes with each patient. The schedule is typically Monday to Friday, 8 AM to an unspecified end time, after orientation; flexibility may be needed to accommodate staffing needs. Responsibilities include providing personal care, documenting care at the bedside using a company-provided cellphone, and, when caring for patients in facilities, potentially charting in the facility’s electronic medical record. The CNA travels between patient visits, maintains care supplies in their vehicle, and obtains additional supplies at the local branch office. Mileage between visits is reimbursable. The CNA coordinates visit times with patients or caregivers, communicates patient-status changes and concerns to RN case managers, and may train caregivers in personal care within the CNA’s scope of practice. The position requires current state certification or registration in North Carolina or South Carolina, completion of a CNA course, and ongoing in-service training and competency assessments. No prior experience is required, though two years of hospice, home health, or oncology experience is preferred. The role involves physical patient-care duties, driving, and exposure to health and environmental hazards during home visits.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent and completion of a CNA course.
Current certification with the State Board of Nursing, or current registration with the Department of Facilities Service in North Carolina or South Carolina.
Attend 12 hours of in-service training supervised by a Registered Nurse on a rolling 12-month basis.
No lapse of 24 consecutive months without providing aide services for compensation.
Ability to demonstrate sufficient dexterity to take vital signs and measure patient intake and output.
Ability to speak clearly, communicate, and read and write in English.
Ability to develop positive interactions with patients, families, physicians, and staff.
Ability to assist patients with activities of daily living involving pushing, moving, lifting, positioning, bathing, and ambulation; must use proper body mechanics to lift at least 45 pounds.
Ability to drive an automobile and have reliable transportation; subject to the Safe Driver Policy.
Ability to follow detailed and varied instructions, use long- and short-term memory, and perform duties without on-site supervision.
Ability to visually assess patients and use sight for documentation and ambulation; ability to use hearing to take blood pressures and communicate effectively.
Ability to accommodate a flexible schedule, which may include weekends or holidays, rotating shifts, and on-call work.
Overtime only as approved.

Nice To Haves

Two years of experience in hospice, home health, or oncology.

Responsibilities

Provide direct patient care, including bathing, peri-care, dressing, mouth care, toileting assistance, incontinence care, repositioning, and assistance with meals.
Document care at the bedside using a company-provided cellphone.
Chart in a facility’s EMR when responsible for patients in facilities.
Tidy the patient’s immediate area and change bed linens.
Travel between patient visits and maintain an adequate supply of care items in the vehicle; pick up additional supplies at the branch office.
Work closely with RN case managers to communicate changes in patient status and patient or family concerns.
Train caregivers to provide personal care to their loved ones while staying within the CNA’s scope of practice.
Coordinate visit times with patients or caregivers for assigned patients.
Drive to patient visits and maintain reliable transportation.