Swan Hospice CHHA/CNA

Preferred Care Management; Wall Township (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 in New Jersey. The role involves assisting residents in homes and facilities with daily activities, mobility, personal care, and medication reminders under the supervision of a Hospice Nurse.

Ideal candidates hold a valid NJ CHHA license, understand hospice philosophy, and have at least one year of hospice experience with dependable transportation to serve patients in various

Qualifications

• HHA license in NJ required.
• Understand hospice philosophy and care principles.
• Minimum of 1 year experience in hospice care.
• Reliable transportation to patients' homes and facilities.

Responsibilities

• Assist with prescribed exercises and ROM under supervision of Hospice Nurse.
• Provide or assist with toileting, transfer, positioning and turning of residents/patients.
• Assist with ADLs including personal hygiene, grooming, mouth care, skin care and nails.
• Assist or remind patients to take medications per regulations.
• Help with light housekeeping of the patient’s unit or room and laundry as needed.
• Feed and assist with meals.
• Take vital signs (temperature, pulse, respiration) as supervised.
• Report changes in patient condition to the Hospice Nurse and facility nurse, documenting date/time and recipients.

Skills

HHA License NJ

Hospice experience

Dependable transportation

Job description

Swan Hospice is looking for CHHA ( Certified Home Heath Aid ) 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:

• HHA License in the state of NJ
• Understands the hospice philosophy
• Minimum of one year experience working in hospice
• Dependable transportation