Hospice Home Health Aide

Anchor Health; San Pablo (CA); On-site; USD 23,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus

Job summary

Anchor Health is seeking a Hospice Aide to work under the supervision of a registered nurse. The role involves providing personal care and promoting patient comfort, while maintaining confidentiality and respectful communication with patients and families.

Must hold both a CNA and HHA license. The position emphasizes compassionate care, effective teamwork, and compliance with care plans and safety standards.

Qualifications

• Must have CNA and HHA licenses.
• Excellent communication with patients and families while maintaining confidentiality.
• Ability to perform personal care tasks (bathing, oral hygiene, hair care, dressing, linen changes).
• Report to Case Manager if tasks cannot be completed.

Responsibilities

• Performs personal care needs as assigned and attends to patient requests promptly.
• Provides patient and family with respectful communication and ethical care.
• Assists with dressing and undressing patients as assigned.
• Maintains patient environment and respects privacy and preferences.

Education

CNA license

HHA license

Job description

ELIGIBLE FOR $1,000 SIGN-ON BONUS

Are you looking for a work place where you can make a genuine difference?

Company Culture that feels supportive, genuine and appreciative of all?

Anchor Health is committed to the communities of which we serve, the patients and families we have the honor of caring for and the EMPLOYEES who have chosen us as their work family.

The hospice aide is a paraprofessional member of the interdisciplinary group who works under the supervision of a registered nurse and performs various services for a patient as necessary to meet the patient's personal needs and to promote comfort.

Description

Requirements

1. The Hospice Aide performs personal care needs after given a patient's assignment and attending to his/her requests promptly. If unable to perform a certain task, report to the Case Manager immediately.
2. Providing patient and family with positive communication techniques, within realm of ethical and respectful care, including confidentiality.
3. Giving personal care including baths, back rubs, oral hygiene, shampoos and changing bed linen as often as assigned.
4. The Hospice Aide assists in dressing and undressing patients as assigned.
5. Respectful of patient and family/caregiver environment and patient's personal needs.

Must have both a CNA and HHA license