Cna / Certified Nursing Assistant / Hospice Aide

Cna / Certified Nursing Assistant / Hospice Aide

Requirements

• Meets the training requirements of the State
• Completed a minimum of seventy five hours of classroom and supervised practical training Sixteen hours of classroom must be completed prior to a mandatory sixteen hours of practical training
• Minimum of six months experience including providing personal care
• At least eighteen years of age
• Ability to read and follow written instructions and document care given
• Understands hospice philosophy, comfortable providing specialized care to the terminally ill
• Satisfactory references from previous employers
• Ability to work with little direct supervision
• Secure with issues of death/dying
• Provides a calm manner when in a patient’s home
• Possess and maintains current CPR certification
• Demonstrates tact, patience, and good personal hygiene
• Successfully completes a probationary period
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Good organizational skills

Responsibilities

• Performs personal care needs when given a patient’s assignment and attends his/her requests promptly
• Reports to the Case Manager immediately, if unable to perform a certain task
• Provides patient and family with positive communication techniques, within realm of ethical and respectful care, including confidentiality.
• Meets safety needs of patient and using equipment safely and properly (foot stools, side rails, O2)
• Gives personal care including baths, back rubs, oral hygiene, shampoos and changing bed linen as often as assigned
• Assists in dressing and undressing patients as assigned
• Plans and prepares nutritious meals, including shopping, as assigned
• Assists in feeding the patient as assigned
• Takes and records oral, rectal and auxiliary temperatures, pulse, respiration and blood pressure when ordered with appropriate completed/demonstrated skills competency and when on the plan of care
• Provides proper care and observation of patient’s skin to prevent breakdown of tissue over bony prominence
• Reports on patient’s condition and significant changes to the Case Manager
• Also aware of the caregiver or other individuals living with the patient and interpersonal issues
• Assists in ambulation and exercise as instructed by the hospice nurse or therapist
• Provides normal range of motion and transfers/positioning as directed
• Assists with self-administered medications as allowed by state regulations, such as reminders
• Offers and assists with bedpans and urinals
• Provides assistance as assigned with light laundry needs
• Performs range of motion and other simple procedures as an extensional therapy service as ordered with appropriate completed/demonstrated skills competency
• Provides respite for patient’s/family/caregiver when on-site, as appropriate
• Keeps patient’s living area clean and orderly, as assigned
• Adheres to the organization’s documentation and care procedures and standards of personal and professional conduct
• Participates in quality assessment performance improvement teams and activities
• Respectful of patient and family/caregiver environment and patient’s personal needs

Preferred Qualifications

No preferred qualifications provided.