CNA Hospice Aide

Position Title : CNA-Hospice Aide

Department : Hospice

Purpose : To provide personal care, assistance with ADLs, exercises, meal preparation and environmental tasks to patients under general designated supervision of the Registered Nurse.

Actively participate in quality monitoring and performance improvement activities.

Report To : VNA Supervisor, Hospice

Supervisory Responsibility : No Supervision : The job does not require the provision of guidance or supervision to others.

There is no formal responsibility for directing others.

Materials Responsibility : Very Limited. Work requires very limited responsibility for material resources. Examples of resources could include personal work materials, supplies or equipment, or very small amounts of cash.

The employee has a very limited or indirect amount of control over these resources. Although human error might require the repair or replacement of materials, usually the cost of correcting these errors is minor.

The variety and volume of resources is also very limited. Problems associated with material resources are very uncomplicated.

Key Relationship : Co-workers / Health System Employees, Outside Agencies / Other Health Care Providers, General Public / Visitors / Volunteers, Patients, Families, and Significant Others

POSITION SPECIFICATION

Education : Less than high school graduation

Field Of Study :

Special Training : Basic Life Support

Training Preferred :

Licensure / Registration : CNA Certification / 75 hour nurse aide course State of Iowa or Direct Care Worker Registry State of Illinois, second state required within 6 months of hire;

Driver's License; Auto Insurance-Genesis minimum limits required

Experience : More than 1 year experience required.

Interpersonal Skills : Interaction is with a variety of people inside or outside the organization. Communications are of moderate difficulty and sensitivity.

Contact with others may involve detailed & lengthy dialogues & exchanges of information. Requires a moderate amount of interpersonal skills.

Interactions involve dealing with moderately complicated problem situations or stressful encounters.

Working Conditions : There is routine exposure to highly adverse environmental conditions including physical hazards, health and safety risks, and otherwise undesirable characteristics in the environment.

Personal risks require safety equipment or precautions to be followed closely. The time the employee is exposed to these conditions exceed 70% of their work day.

Possible Exposure to Blood Borne Pathogens : Yes

Miscellaneous :