Certified Home Heath Aid- CHHA- Hospice

Preferred Care Management; Neptune Township (NJ); In loco; USD 32.000 - 42.000; Tempo pieno

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Swan Hospice is seeking a Certified Home Health Aide (CHHA) with hospice experience to join our team. We serve patients in private homes and care facilities, providing compassionate hospice care with a dedicated support team.

Ideal candidates hold an NJ CHHA license, understand hospice philosophy, and have at least 1 year of hospice experience. Reliable transportation is needed to cover assigned visits.

Competenze

• Compassionate, patient-centered care.
• Experience in hospice settings preferred.
• Reliable transportation to appointments and shifts.

Mansioni

• Assist with prescribed exercises and ROM activities under supervision of Hospice Nurse.
• Provide assistance in toileting, positioning, transfers, turning and bed mobility.
• Assist with ADLs: personal hygiene, grooming, mouth care, skin care, nails.
• Assist or remind patient to take medications in compliance with regulations.
• Assist with light housekeeping of the resident's room and laundry.
• Feed and assist with meals.
• Obtain temperature, pulse and respiration as supervised.
• Report changes to Hospice Nurse and document reports with date/time.

Conoscenze

Compassionate care

Hospice care experience

Dependable transportation

Formazione

HHA License in NJ

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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