Hospice CNA: Compassionate Care & Career Growth

Ascend Health; Wrentham (MA); On-site; USD 39,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Salaries

Comprehensive Healthcare Benefits

401(k) Retirement Plan

Paid Time Off

Mileage Reimbursement

Opportunities to advance and grow your

Job summary

Ascend Hospice & Palliative Care MA is seeking a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) to join our compassionate team in Massachusetts. The CNA will provide ADL assistance, help with personal care, meals, and light housekeeping in residents' rooms, under supervision of the Hospice Nurse.

Candidates must have a State Certified CNA license, and hospice or home health experience is preferred; willingness to travel and a valid driver's license are required.

Qualifications

• Must have a State Certified CNA license.
• Experience in hospice or home health, preferred.
• No experience necessary but 1 year, preferred.
• Must be willing to travel.
• Must have a valid driver's license and reliable transportation.

Responsibilities

• Provides or assists in ADL activities; personal hygiene, grooming, mouth, skin care and nails.
• Provides assistance in toileting; positioning and transfer activities, frequent turning and positioning of a bed bound resident/patient.
• Assists with the prescribed exercise and ROM activities which the resident/patient and Hospice aide have been taught by the Hospice Nurse.
• 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 respirations 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 on the Home Health Aide Certification of House form, including the date and time of the report and the person receiving the information.
• Assists or reminds the patient to take medication, in compliance with regulations of appropriate regulatory and accrediting bodies.

Skills

ADL assistance

Personal hygiene

Mobility support

Vital signs

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

State Certified CNA license

Job description

Ascend Hospice & Palliative Care MA is seeking a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) to join our compassionate team in Massachusetts. The CNA will provide ADL assistance, help with personal care, meals, and light housekeeping in residents' rooms, under supervision of the Hospice Nurse.

Candidates must have a State Certified CNA license, and hospice or home health experience is preferred; willingness to travel and a valid driver's license are required.