Hospice Nursing Assistant

Home Health Aide

The Home Health Aide provides routine, individualized personal cares to Home Health, Hospice, and Residential Hospice patients. Monitors and reports changes in patient health status to Case Manager. Also assists with basic residential household activities.

Principle Responsibilities :

• Provides safe, competent cares to patients to include bathing, skin care, feeding assistance and assistance with bowel programs, simple wound cares, range of motion (ROM) and exercise programs and residential household activities.
• Communicates effectively in a way that contributes to quality patient care and cohesiveness of care delivery team.
• Documents all patient visits to reflect cares given during the visit or shift, patient response and safety interventions that are in place.
• Communicates all changes in patient condition, updates or symptom management concerns to supervising clinician.
• Attends all staff meetings or home health aide meetings on a regular basis.
• Completes and closes all patient documentation within 24 hours of patient visit and completes all activity logs weekly.
• Completes agency, state and federal regulatory requirements for continuing education.
• Other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications :

Preferred Qualifications :

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Physical Demands :

Pay Range : $19.18 to $26.12 per hour. The pay described reflects the base hiring pay range. Your starting rate would depend on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, your experience, education, and the union agreement (if applicable). Shift, weekend and / or other differentials may be available to increase your pay rate for certain shifts or work.

Benefits include :