Hospice CNA for OAKLAND COUNTY

Preferred Care Health Centers; Clarkston (MI); On-site; USD 26,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Swan Hospice is seeking a compassionate Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) with hospice experience to join our dedicated team. We provide quality hospice care to residents in skilled nursing facilities, assisted living, and private homes.

You will support residents with ADLs, ROM, meals, and daily activities, reporting to the Hospice Nurse and coordinating with facility staff as needed.

Qualifications

• CNA license valid in Michigan.
• Hospice experience preferred.
• Minimum one year in hospice care.

Responsibilities

• Assist with prescribed ROM exercises as taught by Hospice Nurse.
• Help with toileting, transfers, and positioning for bed-bound residents.
• Assist with ADLs: personal hygiene, grooming, mouth and skin care.
• Remind and assist with medications per regulatory guidelines.
• Light housekeeping of the resident's room and laundry if needed.
• Assist with meals and feeding as required.
• Record vital signs (temperature, pulse, respiration) under supervision.
• Communicate changes in condition to the Hospice Nurse and facility staff.

Skills

Compassionate care

Team player

Reliability

Time management

Education

CNA Michigan Certification

Job description

Swan Hospice is looking for CNA( Certified Nursing Assistants ) with Hospice experience to join our team.

We provide quality hospice care to patients in skilled nursing facilities, assisted living facilities and in private homes. We treat residents, families and loved ones with kindness, respect, compassion and dignity. We have a comprehensive team that can provide support and stability to residents and staff.

Job 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.

Ideal candidates will have:

• CNA for Michigan
• Understands the hospice philosophy
• Minimum of one year experience working in hospice
• Dependable transportation