Hospice CHHA: Compassionate Care Specialist

Preferred Care Health Centers; Middletown (NJ); On-site; USD 19,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Swan Hospice is seeking a Certified Home Health Aide (CHHA) with hospice experience to join our compassionate team. We provide care in private homes, as well as skilled nursing and assisted living facilities, focusing on dignity and comfort for residents and their families.

Ideal candidates hold a NJ HHA license, have hospice experience, and demonstrate dependable transportation. A minimum of one year in hospice care is preferred to ensure coordinated, quality support for patients and staff.

Qualifications

• HHA license in NJ is required.
• Hospice experience preferred.
• One year of hospice experience is ideal.

Responsibilities

• Assists with prescribed exercise and ROM activities taught by the Hospice Nurse.
• Assists with toileting, transfers, turning and positioning for bed-bound residents.
• Assists with ADL activities including personal hygiene, grooming, skin care and nails.
• Assists or reminds patients to take medications per regulatory guidelines.
• Light housekeeping of the resident's unit or room and patient laundry.
• Feeds and assists with meals.
• Measures temperature, pulse, and respiration under nurse supervision.
• Reports changes in condition to the Hospice Nurse and documents communications.

Education

HHA License NJ

Job description

Swan Hospice is seeking a Certified Home Health Aide (CHHA) with hospice experience to join our compassionate team. We provide care in private homes, as well as skilled nursing and assisted living facilities, focusing on dignity and comfort for residents and their families.

Ideal candidates hold a NJ HHA license, have hospice experience, and demonstrate dependable transportation. A minimum of one year in hospice care is preferred to ensure coordinated, quality support for patients and staff.