Hospice CHHA - Certified Home Health Aide | Full Time

Preferred Care Health Centers; New Jersey; On-site; USD 21,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Swan Hospice in Monmouth County, New Jersey is seeking a Certified Home Health Aide (CHHA) with hospice experience to join our compassionate team. This full-time role provides in-home and facility-based care to residents, families and loved ones with dignity and respect.

Ideal candidates will hold an NJ CHHA license, have at least one year of hospice experience, understand hospice philosophy, and maintain dependable transportation to reach patients.

Qualifications

• HHA license in NJ
• Understands hospice philosophy
• Minimum 1 year hospice experience
• Dependable transportation

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.

Skills

Hospice care

Patient care

Education

HHA License NJ

Job description

Swan Hospice in Monmouth County, New Jersey is seeking a Certified Home Health Aide (CHHA) with hospice experience to join our compassionate team. This full-time role provides in-home and facility-based care to residents, families and loved ones with dignity and respect.

Ideal candidates will hold an NJ CHHA license, have at least one year of hospice experience, understand hospice philosophy, and maintain dependable transportation to reach patients.