Hospice Home Health Aide

Hospice Home Health Aide

Join the Cleveland Clinic team where you will work alongside passionate caregivers and provide patient-first healthcare. Here, you will receive endless support and appreciation while building a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world.

Hospice helps patients and their families prepare physically, emotionally and spiritually for the end of life. Our focus is on providing comfort, not a cure, and quality of life, not duration. As a Home Health Aide on our Hospice team, you will care for patients where they need you most, whether at home, a nursing facility, assisted living center or other location. In this role, you can help enhance their outlook on their experience, even when their futures seem uncertain. Every day, you can make a lasting difference in both the lives of your patients and their loved ones.

A caregiver in this position works nights, 7:00pm - 11:00pm. This would be 5 days a week being 4 hour shifts.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:

• Perform basic patient care activities.
• Assist with procedures ordered by physician, with supervision from an RN, PT, OT or ST as appropriate.
• Assist patients with tending to personal care, activities of daily living and transfers/transport.
• Report and document abnormal assessment findings or changes in physical, mental and emotional conditions to nursing staff.
• Assist with keeping the patient's environment clean and orderly.
• Maintain complete and up-to-date documentation and files at all times regarding patient condition and effectiveness and timeliness of care and interventions.
• Escalate change in patient condition to patient's physician as appropriate.

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• High School Diploma or GED
• State Tested Nurse Aide (STNA) Certification with the State of Ohio Nurse's Aide Registry
• One year of clinical experience as an Aide in an acute, rehab or skilled nursing setting
• Valid Driver's License (VDL) in Ohio and proof of $100,000/$300,000 automobile insurance coverage
• Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) within orientation period

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Hospice and Palliative Care Nurse Assistant (CHPNA) Certification
• Home Care experience

Physical Requirements:

• Must be ambulatory, able to climb stairs, pull, push, and facilitate movement of the patient.
• For field staff only: Able to drive to patients' homes and/or facilities.
• Medium Work - Exerting 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 10 to 25 pounds of force frequently, and/or greater than negligible up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
• Physical Demand requirements are in excess of those for Light Work.

Personal Protective Equipment:

• Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.

The policy of Cleveland Clinic Health System and its system hospitals (Cleveland Clinic Health System) is to provide equal opportunity to all of our caregivers and applicants for employment in our tobacco free and drug free environment. All offers of employment are followed by testing for controlled substance and nicotine. All new caregivers must clear a nicotine test within their 90-day new hire period. Candidates for employment who are impacted by Cleveland Clinic Health System's Smoking Policy will be permitted to reapply for open positions after one year.

Cleveland Clinic Health System administers an influenza prevention program. You will be required to comply with this program, which will include obtaining an influenza vaccination on an annual basis or obtaining an approved exemption.

Decisions concerning employment, transfers and promotions are made upon the basis of the best qualified candidate without regard to color, race, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, ancestry, status as a disabled or Vietnam era veteran or any other characteristic protected by law. Information provided on this application may be shared with any Cleveland Clinic Health System facility.

Cleveland Clinic Health System is pleased to be an equal employment employer: Women / Minorities / Veterans / Individuals with Disabilities