Certified Home Heath Aid- CHHA- Hospice

Preferred Care Health Centers; Long Branch (NJ); On-site; USD 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Swan Hospice is looking for a Certified Home Health Aid (CHHA) with hospice experience to join their dedicated team in Long Branch, NJ. The ideal candidate will assist in providing quality hospice care, ensuring respect and dignity for patients in various settings.

The role includes assisting with personal care, light housekeeping, and reporting vital signs to the nursing team. Required qualifications include an active HHA license in NJ and a minimum of one year's experience in hospice care.

Qualifications

• HHA License in the state of NJ.
• Minimum of one year experience working in hospice.
• Reliable and able to understand the hospice philosophy.

Responsibilities

• Assist with prescribed exercise and ROM activities.
• Provide assistance in toileting, positioning, and transfer activities.
• Assist with ADL activities such as personal hygiene and grooming.
• Help patients take medications as per regulations.
• Perform light housekeeping duties when needed.
• Assist with feeding and meals.
• Obtain vital signs as directed by the hospice nurse.
• Report changes in patients' conditions to the nurse.

Skills

HHA License in the state of NJ

Understanding of hospice philosophy

Dependable transportation

Job description

Swan Hospice is looking for a CHHA (Certified Home Health 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

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