Nursing Assistant I/II-HUC-Inpatient Hospice, PRN

Duke Careers; Durham (NC); On-site; USD 30,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

Duke Health System’s Hock Family Pavilion seeks PRN Nursing Assistant I or II to provide compassionate, personalized care in a home-like inpatient hospice setting. You will support comfort, dignity and quality of life, assist with daily needs, and collaborate with an interdisciplinary team.

Location: Duke Health, Hock Family Pavilion, Durham, NC. Shifts are 12 hours day/night as needed, with one shift per week preferred. Duke is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Qualifications

• Completion of Level I Nurse Aide education program approved by the North Carolina Board of Nursing or successful completion of the NC-approved Nurse Aide I competency test.
• High School diploma or equivalent required.
• 2+ years of experience is preferred.
• Hospice experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Prepare patients, equipment and supplies for procedures and required.
• Maintain required training and participate in own professional development.
• Assist with admission, discharge, and transportation of patients.
• Take and record vital signs and basic patient data.
• Provide personal care (bathing, feeding, dressing) and assist with routine activities.
• Support teaching activities by reinforcing instructions from RN/physician.
• Turn and reposition patients and assist with ambulation and transport.

Skills

Sterile techniques

Heavy lifting

Sanitation

Education

Level I Nurse Aide program

High School diploma or equivalent

Hospice experience preferred

2+ years of experience preferred

Job description

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Work Arrangement: On-Site

Location: Durham, NC, US, 27710

Personnel Area: DUKE HOMECARE AND HOSPICE

Date: Oct 30, 2026

At Duke Health, we're driven by a commitment to compassionate care that changes the lives of patients, their loved ones, and the greater community. No matter where your talents lie, join us and discover how we can advance health together.

About Duke HomeCare & Hospice

Pursue your passion for caring with Duke HomeCare & Hospice, which offers hospice, home health, and infusion services across the region, as well as serves as the home forthe Duke Caregiver Support Program. Team members work closely with a patient's physician to provide comprehensive, individualized care in the comfort of their home or at our inpatient hospice facility in Durham, NC.

Duke Nursing Highlights:

• Duke University Health System is designated as a Magnet organization
• Nurses from each hospital are consistently recognized each year as North Carolina's Great 100 Nurses.
• Duke University Health System was awarded the American Board of Nursing Specialties Award for Nursing Certification Advocacy for being strong advocates of specialty nursing certification.
• Duke University Health System has 6000 + registered nurses
• Qualityof Life: Living in the Triangle!
• Relocation Assistance (based on eligibility)

As a PRN Nursing Assistant I or II-Health Unit Coordinator at Duke Health System’s Hock Family Pavilion, you will play an important role in providing compassionate, personalized care to patients and their loved ones during life’s most meaningful moments. In our home-like inpatient hospice setting, you will support patients’ comfort, dignity, and quality of life through hands-on personal care, assistance with daily needs, monitoring and reporting changes in condition, and collaboration with an interdisciplinary care team. Join us in creating a peaceful, supportive environment where patients and families feel cared for, respected, and supported every step of the way.

Location: Hock Family Pavilion, Durham, NC

Shifts: 12 hour day/night shifts (7 AM-7 PM or 7 PM to 7 AM) as needed with preferred 1 shift/week

Work Performed

• Prepare patients, equipment and supplies for specific procedures and required.
• Participate in own professional development by maintaining required training.
• Perform other related duties incidental to work described herein.
• Clean assigned area; stock and replenish supplies and equipment.
• Collect, deliver and conduct routine tests on patient specimens.
• Obtain and record patient data for medical records noting and informing RN/LPN of information collected.
• Perform fingersticks for blood glucose testing, with appropriate Assist with admission, discharge, and transportation of patients. catherizations/irrigation.
• May also perform sterile dressing change for wounds over 48 hours old, Take and record vital signs, record I&O, apply ice bags, administer Assist physician and nurses with physical examinations by helping ambulation, enemas, skin care, and bowel and bladder elimination; provide manual assistance as required.
• Administer treatment and personal care procedures to patients including, but not limited to, feeding, bathing, shaving, changing clothing, cleaning and trimming fingernails, bed-making, assisting with provide such additional care as required to meet the personal needs and comfort of assigned patients.
• Participate in teaching activities by reinforcing teaching instructed by RN and/or physician as needed. position patients, changing non-sterile dressing and weighing patients. douches and enemas. Note and report any changes in patient's condition.
• Turn and position patients, set up and feed patients as necessary, provide patients with fresh drinking water.
• Follow standard precautions and use personal protective equipment as skills validation and attending educational offerings.
• Support the development of other staff and formal learners. IV fluid assistance activities, oral/nasogastric feeding and urinary.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Working knowledge of sterile techniques and special procedures that are Heavy lifting and the ability to transport stretcher and wheelchair throughout hospital.
• Working knowledge of sanitation, personal hygiene and basic health and Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with
• Ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions Working knowledge of the organization and physical layout of the patients and hospital staff.

Required Qualifications at this Level

Education

• Completion of Level I Nurse Aide education program approved by the North Carolina Board of Nursing or successful completion of the NC - approved Nurse Aide I competency test and if hired as NA II-completion of Level II Nurse Aide education programs approved by the North Carolina Board of Nursing.
• High School diploma or equivalent required.
• 2+ years of experience is preferred
• Hospice experience is preferred

Degrees, Licensure, and/or Certification

• Listed as NA I with the Division of Facility Services with no substantiated findings of abuse, fraud, neglect or misappropriation of property. Listed as NA II with the North Carolina Board of Nursing.
• BCLS certification must be maintained/completed by the end of new hire orientation, which typically takes place during the first week of employment.

Duke is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual's age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy and pregnancy related conditions), sexual orientation or military status.

Duke aspires to create a community built on collaboration, innovation, creativity, and belonging. Our collective success depends on the robust exchange of ideas—an exchange that is best when the rich diversity of our perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences flourishes. To achieve this exchange, it is essential that all members of the community feel secure and welcome, that the contributions of all individuals are respected, and that all voices are heard. All members of our community have a responsibility to uphold these values.

Duke aspires to create a community built on collaboration, innovation, creativity, and belonging. Our collective success depends on the robust exchange of ideas—an exchange that is best when the rich diversity of our perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences flourishes. To achieve this exchange, it is essential that all members of the community feel secure and welcome, that the contributions of all individuals are respected, and that all voices are heard. All members of our community have a responsibility to uphold these values.

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