Hospice Aide

Mission Hospice & Home Care; San Mateo (CA); On-site; USD 36,000 - 43,000; Full time

Job summary

Mission Hospice & Home Care in San Mateo County is seeking a compassionate Hospice Aide to provide personal care to our patients. This role supports patients in bathing, mobility, positioning, and daily comfort within a dedicated end-of-life care team.

Required: completion of an approved HHA training program and current CA Home Health Aide certification, plus a valid CA driver’s license if driving is needed. Schedule is 5 days/week, 7:30am–3:30pm.

Qualifications

• Completion of an approved Home Health Aide training program.
• Current California Home Health Aide certification is required.

Responsibilities

• Assist patient in bathing, mouth care, skin and hair care.
• Assist patient in and out of bed and with ambulation.
• Turn patient, position for comfort, and change bed linen.
• Assist with prescribed exercises as directed.

Skills

Patient care

Education

Home Health Aide training

Job description

Mission Hospice & Home Care serves patients and families in the San Francisco Peninsula and South Bay with quality care and compassionate end-of-life support and education. Founded in 1979, we are a local, independent nonprofit that has provided thousands of patients and their families with physical, emotional, and spiritual support throughout the journey from a life-threatening diagnosis through death and bereavement.

Hospice Aide

We are currently seeking a Hospice Aide to provide personal care services to our hospice patients.

Schedule

5 days per week; 7:30am - 3:30pm

Location

San Mateo & Santa Clara County

• MUST HAVE HHA LICENSE*

Mission Hospice & Home Care follows all CDPH vaccine requirements for healthcare personnel.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Assist patient in bathing, care of mouth, skin, and hair as needed.
• Assist patient in and out of bed and with ambulation.
• Turn patient in bed, position for comfort, and change bed linen.
• Assist with prescribed exercises as directed.

Education / Experience

• Completion of an approved Home Health Aide (HHA) training program. HOME CARE AIDE (HCA) CERTIFICATION IS NOT ACCEPTED.
• Completion of an approved Home Health Aide training program.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

• Current certification to practice as a Home Health Aide in the State of California.
• Current California Driver’s License and automobile insurance that meets State of California requirements, if driving a car.

Pay Range

$26.30 - $31.00 hourly

Mission Hospice and Home Care is proud to serve our community as an equal employment opportunity employer. Everyone is valued and welcome at MHHC. Our organization is committed to diversity, equity and continues to build a culture of inclusion by recruiting, screening, hiring and retaining any qualified individual without regard to age, race, color, ethnicity, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, marital status, registered domestic partner status, citizenship, physical or mental disability, legally protected medical condition, family care status, military care status, veteran status or any other consideration made unlawful by Federal, state, or local laws.