Homecare CNA

Job Description

Job Description

Share Your Hospice Heart!!!What a privilege we have to be invited into the lives or patients and their families to provide them with loving and compassionate care through providing excellent nursing. Hospice of Wichita Falls is actively seeking premier compassionate Hospice Aides, C.N.A. to join our Homecare Team. We need you to allow us to provide Care, Hope, and Support For All When Illness Threatens Life for our patients and families. We need you to help us fulfill our mission. Apply today!About Hospice of Wichita FallsFor 41 years, Hospice of Wichita Falls has been the only non-profit community-based hospice in the area, providing services in 12 North Texas counties. Our wonderful nursing staff meets our patients and families where they are, private homes, nursing facilities, assisted living facilities, or our free standing 24 bed inpatient center. It is our goal to provide premier care while honoring and upholding the patient's wishes whenever possible.Hospice of Wichita Falls takes pride in providing an excellent working environment where teamwork, communication and respect for every individual are key aspect in achieving our mission of "Care, Hope, Support for All when Illness Threatens Life." Our team members share a passion for patient care, a caring manner and desire to make a difference in someone's life. The appreciation a member of our team receives from leadership, patients, families, and the community is unparalleled. Do you have the Hospice Heart?Your Life as a Hospice Aide, C.N.A.-HomecareYour role is very important to our patients and organization. We meet our patients where they are and this position will serve our patients in Wichita, Archer, Clay, Jack, Young and Montague counties. We will rely on you to ensure that all patients you visit will receive provision or assistance with personal care as a part of the total plan of care including: personal hygiene, bathing, dressing , feeding and toileting. To ensure you are meeting and exceeding the patient and families expectations, you are required to communicate with an assigned RN for direction of the best manner to provide care. At the end of your day, we require you to take pride in your efforts and ensure to share your day and what you did for your patients to the assigned RN.. We are a team and it is your role to communicate any changes or updates of the patients conditions. We want to share your extraordinary care and need to make sure that we are able to process billing. You are responsible for documented your care as you provide care.. This documentation should paint the picture of your patient, so if another team member is given the honor of serving that patient they are aware of their expectation and know what is currently working. Your focus will always be on what is your patient's greatest need and providing "Care, Hope, and Support for all when Illness Threatens Life." Normally, we will be able to see our patients between 8:00 and 5:00 from Monday to Friday; however there may be needs of our patient on weekends and holidays and you will be in a rotation to provide care as needed. As a Hospice Aide, your goal should be that you take your time with all your patients and provide them with the extra loving care and that just by looking at the patient, the family or caregiver knows you have been there.Job QualificationsRecipient of a current Certificate of Nurse AideAbility to understand the physical, psychosocial and spiritual concerns/and problems of terminally ill patients in a home setting.Possess critical thinking skills.CompassionateEffective Communication both written and orally.