Hospice Aide

Description

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As a Hospice Aide, you'll help patients live each day with comfort, dignity, and respect while supporting families through their journey. Join a team that values compassion, connection, and the extraordinary impact of everyday care.

Responsibilities:

In this role you will provide a wide range of responsibilities to ensure the well-being and comfort of patients. Key duties include:

Personal Care: Assisting with hygiene, toileting, mobility, medication, and meal preparation. Health Monitoring: Measuring and recording fluid intake/output, and reporting changes to the nurse supervisor.

Documentation: Maintaining electronic medical records (EMR) and documenting services provided.

Housekeeping: Performing light housekeeping duties in the patient area.

Patient Environment: Maintaining a clean, safe, and pleasant environment while following infection control principles.

Emergency Procedures: Recognizing and responding to emergencies.

Professional Development: Maintaining competency and registration.

Essential Skills for Success:

• Self-motivation
• Time management
• Ability to build trust and rapport with patients and families
• Ability to function in stressful situations
• Basic computer skills

Qualifications:

• Registered by the Virginia Department of Health Professions as a Certified Nursing Assistant
• One year of relevant experience 
• Hospice experience, preferred
• Driver’s license, personal automobile, and current automobile liability insurance

Typical Physical Demands/Working Conditions:

• Must be prepared to work in home environments that have difficult working conditions including, but not limited to cramped space, pets, dirt, allergens smoke, limited seating
• Sit, stand, stoop, bend, reach, lift and walk, climb steps
• Requires full range of body motion including handling and lifting patients, manual and finger dexterity, and eye-hand coordination.
• Requires standing and walking for prolonged periods of time.
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds and push up to 200 pounds in a wheelchair.
• Frequent travel

Hospice of the Piedmont is a non-profit, equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and patients served.

**Actual starting pay will be based on relevant experience and qualifications**