CNA Hospice Aide

Job Description

Job Description

Guaranteed helps makes tough moments easier. By combining compassionate end-of-life care with cutting-edge technology, we deliver care how people want it.

We are obsessed with providing for patients and families and want to change the cultural conversation around death.

Who You Are

You are obsessed with patient experience and delivering excellence in care, support, and comfort through technology.

You are driven, in work and in life, by your compassion for people.

You believe the US Healthcare system is deeply problematic and inequitable, and you want to help architect a solution.

You thrive when building alongside diverse teams, opinions, and cross-discipline roles.

You are more than comfortable in a 0 to 1 startup. You manage yourself as well as anyone else and you love iterating quickly.

Job Type : Full time

Summary

We’re seeking an experienced, empathic CNA to fulfill Hospice Aides duties in our growing Care Teams across the Los Angeles Region.

The hospice aide will work 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.

Hospice Aides at Guaranteed are responsible for providing exceptional care under the direction of a registered nurse. Hospice Aides at Guaranteed are a high-touch and central role that enables us to deliver our promise of excellence in end-of-life care.

This role is critical to ensuring that our culture and purpose touches our patients and their friends and families.

Job Responsibilities

Provide palliative care to bed-ridden patients at a private residence

Provide quality life care to patients and deliver medical supplies

Assist in activities of daily living and performing homemaking and other environmental services as assigned

Provide care per written instruction and maintain the record of patient care

Assist patient with prescribed exercise as instructed per nurse or therapists

Report any problems and changes in patient condition to the nurse

Foster cooperative effort among personnel by understanding the functions of other persons involved in patient care and by active participation in team and staff conferences.

Provide respite for the patient family when on-site as appropriate

Skills and Toolset You’ll Need to Bring

Compassionate warm and accepting attitude towards people

They need to possess certain skills like personal care expertise, bedside manners, stamina, cope up with distressing situations, emotional stability, and record keeping

Quick learner, attention to detail, prioritization skill and time management

Punctual, reliable and must have strong communication skill

Hearing, eyesight and physical dexterity must be sufficient to perform a physical assessment of the patient's condition and to perform patient care

Physical activities will include, walking, sitting, stooping, and standing and minimal to maximum lifting of patients and the turning of patients.

Nice to Have

High school diploma or equivalent

Minimum of 3+ year of experience in a similar field

Relevant Experience

Meets training requirements for the State in which you reside

Completed a minimum of 75 hours of classroom and supervised practical training with at least 16 hours devoted to supervised practical training and with at least 16 hours of classroom instruction completed

One year experience as a CNA, hospice aide or home health aide

Must be a licensed driver with an insured automobile in good working order

Require to see hear and speak and use one or both hands

Current CPR certification

Utilization of calculator, telephone, copy machine, thermometer, blood pressure cuff, other basic office and medical equipment.

Sensitivity in handling patient medical records

Guaranteed is a proud Equal Opportunity Employer. We recruit, train, and compensate our team members based on their qualifications.

We want to hear from you regardless of your race, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, veteran status, or any other applicable legally protected characteristics.

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