Certified Home Heath Aid- CHHA CNA- Hospice

Swan Hospice; New Jersey; On-site; USD 21,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Swan Hospice is seeking a Certified Home Health Aide (CHHA) with hospice experience to join our compassionate team. We deliver care to patients in homes, assisted living facilities, and skilled nursing facilities with a focus on comfort, dignity, and respect.

Ideal candidates hold a New Jersey HHA license and have at least one year of hospice experience. Dependable transportation is required to reach patients’ homes and facilities as part of delivering high-quality, patient-centered care.

Qualifications

• HHA license in NJ is required.
• At least 1 year of hospice experience.
• Understanding of hospice philosophy and patient-focused care.
• Reliable transportation to reach patients' homes or facilities.

Responsibilities

• Assist with prescribed exercise and ROM activities as taught by the Hospice Nurse.
• Help with toileting, positioning, transfers, turning in bed, and daily care.
• Assist with ADLs including hygiene, grooming, mouth and skin care, nails.
• Remind or assist with medications per regulatory guidelines; report changes.
• Perform light housekeeping and meal assistance; laundry as needed.
• Take temperature, pulse, and respiration under supervision of the Hospice Nurse.
• Report changes in patient condition to the Hospice Nurse and facility nurse when applicable.

Skills

Compassion

Dependable transportation

Education

HHA License (NJ)

Job description

Swan Hospice is looking for CHHA ( Certified Home Heath Aid ) with Hospice experience to join our team.

We provide quality hospice care to patients in skilled nursing facilities, assisted living facilities and in private homes. We treat residents, families and loved ones with kindness, respect, compassion and dignity. We have a comprehensive team that can provide support and stability to residents and staff.

Job Responsibilities

• Assists with the prescribed exercise and ROM activities which the resident/patient and Hospice aide have been taught by the Hospice Nurse.
• Provides assistance in toileting; positioning and transfer activities, frequent turning and positioning of a bed bound resident/patient.
• Provides or assists in ADL activities; personal hygiene, grooming, mouth, skin care and nails.
• Assists or reminds the patient to take medication, in compliance with regulations of appropriate regulatory and accrediting bodies.
• Assists with light housekeeping of individual's personal unit or room, including changing of bed linen, if needed and patient laundry.
• Feeds and assists with meals.
• Obtains temperature, pulse and respiration as supervised by the Hospice Nurse.
• Reports any changes in resident's/patient's condition to the Hospice Nurse and, if in a facility, to the facility nurse and documents the information , including the date and time of the report and the person receiving the information.

Ideal candidates will have:

• HHA License in the state of NJ
• Understands the hospice philosophy
• Minimum of one year experience working in hospice
• Dependable transportation