Home Health Aide - Hospice

Sentara Health; Chesapeake (VA); On-site; USD 28,000 - 41,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision plans

Paid Time Off and Sick Leave

Paid Parental & Family Caregiver Leave

401k/403B with Employer Match

Tuition Assistance – $5,250/year

Student Debt Pay Down – $10,000

Pet Insurance

Job summary

Sentara Health in Chesapeake, VA is seeking a dedicated Home Health Aide to join our team for a full-time day shift. You will provide essential personal care, assist with daily living activities, and support hospice patients in their homes, ensuring comfort and safety throughout care visits.

Qualified candidates will have CNA certification, First Aid basics, and BLS within 90 days. Prior customer service experience is required; hospice experience is a plus.

Qualifications

• Must have CNA certification and be in good standing.
• First Aid basics certification is required.
• BLS certification required within 90 days of hire.
• Previous customer service experience is required.
• Hospice experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Perform basic and routine patient care such as personal hygiene and grooming.
• Assist with toileting, meal preparation, and feeding, intake/output.
• Assist patients with transfers from/to bed and home.

Skills

Customer service

Education

CNA Certification

First Aid Basics Certification

BLS Certification (within 90 days)

Job description

City/State Chesapeake, VA

Work Shift First (Days) Overview: Sentara Health is seeking to hire a qualified individual to join our team as a Home Health Aide.

Overview: Home Health Aides will perform basic and routine patient care, such as personal hygiene, grooming, toileting, meal preparation, and feeding, intake/output, ambulation, and assisting patients with transfer from/to bed, toilet and other areas of the home.

Anticipated Status/Shift: Full Time (40 hours/week) Day Shift (Monday - Friday, 8AM - 5PM)

Position Location: Sentara Hospice Services - Chesapeake, VA

Education No specific education requirements

Certification/Licensure CNA (Required) First Aid Basics Certification (Required) BLS (Required within 90 days of hire)

Experience Previous Customer Service Experience (Required) Prior Hospice experience (Preferred)

Keywords: Home Health Aide, CNA, Home Care, Hospice, chesapeake, full time, nursing support, clinical support

We provide market-competitive compensation packages, inclusive of base pay, incentives, and benefits. The base pay range for full-time employment is $20.10 - $29.63 hourly. Additional compensation may be available for this role, such as shift differentials, on-call pay, overtime, shift premiums, extra-shift incentives, or bonus opportunities. Compensation within the range may vary based on qualifications, experience, location, market conditions, and business needs.

Benefits

Caring For Your Family and Your Career

• Medical, Dental, Vision plans
• Adoption, Fertility and Surrogacy Reimbursement up to $10,000
• Paid Time Off and Sick Leave
• Paid Parental & Family Caregiver Leave
• Emergency Backup Care
• Long-Term, Short-Term Disability, and Critical Illness plans
• Life Insurance
• 401k/403B with Employer Match
• Tuition Assistance – $5,250/year and discounted educational opportunities through Guild Education
• Student Debt Pay Down – $10,000
• Pet Insurance
• Legal Resources Plan
• Colleagues have the opportunity to earn an annual discretionary bonus if established system and employee eligibility criteria is met.

Sentara Health is an equal opportunity employer and prides itself on the diversity and inclusiveness of its close to an almost 30,000-member workforce. Diversity, inclusion, and belonging is a guiding principle of the organization to ensure its workforce reflects the communities it serves. In support of our mission “to improve health every day,” this is a tobacco-free environment.

For positions that are available as remote work, Sentara Health employs associates in the following states: Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.

Sentara Health is a Virginia and Northeastern North Carolina based not-for-profit integrated healthcare provider that has been in business for over 131 years. Offering hundreds of sites of care including 12 hospitals, PACE, home health, hospice, medical groups, imaging services, therapy, outpatient surgery centers, and an 858,000 member health plan.

The people of the communities that we serve have nominated Sentara "Employer of Choice" for over ten years. U.S. News and World Report has recognized Sentara as having the Best Hospitals for 15+ years.

Sentara offers professional development and a continued employment philosophy!