Hospice Aide - Patient Care

Hospice Aide - CNA

You can make a difference in the lives of others! At Heart to Heart Hospice, we provide "compassionate care from our hearts to yours." Our employees enhance the lives of patients with life-limiting illnesses and their loved ones, during a time when compassionate care is needed most. We are dedicated to making a difference in the lives of employees, offering the opportunity to be associated with caring teammates, and creating positive contributions in each community we serve.

What you must have:

• High school diploma preferred or GED
• Must have an unencumbered certification according to the applicable nurse aide registry
• Licensure: current CNA license
• At least one year experience as a hospice aide or nursing assistant in a hospital, nursing home, home health agency, hospice or long term care facility
• Demonstrates interest in the welfare of ill and elderly; a heart for providing compassionate care
• High integrity, including maintenance of confidential information
• EMR experience a plus
• Must have current driver's license, reliable transportation, and provide ongoing valid and current auto liability insurance

Full time employee benefits

• Competitive pay
• Medical, dental & vision insurance
• Paid time off
• Paid holidays
• 401k with up to 4% employer matching
• Tuition reimbursement
• Company car for qualifying individuals
• Mileage reimbursement

What you will do:

• Provide direct patient care to patient under direction of the RN and according to the hospice aide/homemaker plan of care.
• Provide necessary skills to assist the patient with safe transfers and ambulation per agency policy
• Provide necessary skills to appropriately report/communicate changes and document pertinent information and care provided to patient to ensure continuity of care.
• Practice accepted infection control principles.
• Promote positive, supportive, respectful communication to patient/family and other employees
• Timely submission of all documentation
• Performance of other duties as required
• Ensure overall compliance with local, state and federal laws, Medicare regulations, and established personnel policies and procedures

It is this agency's policy to provide equal employment opportunities without regard to age, race, color, religion, military status, gender preference, sex, marital status, national origin or disability.