Job Description

Responsibilities:

Our Hospice Nursing Aides assist with various personal care issues including changing bedding, changing clothing, bathing hospice patients, and helping with hygienic routines such as brushing teeth, washing hair and keeping wound dressings clean and dry. Our Hospice Nursing Aides may assist patients' family members in caring for their terminally ill relatives by instructing them on how to go about performing basic health-care routines. Nursing Aides consult on a regular basis with their supervising registered nurses in terms of keeping hospice team members apprised of our patients' progression and the families' needs.

Qualifications:

Must meet one of the following requirements:

• Have a minimum of 1 year of full-time experience in direct client care in an institutional setting (hospital or nursing facility)
• Have 1 year of experience within the last 5 years in direct client care in a home health or hospice setting
• Have satisfactorily completed a training and competency evaluation program that complies with federal and state regulations
• Be registered and listed in good standing on the Nurse Aide Registry in the state of employment.

Must possess a valid state driver?s license and automobile insurance and have reliable transportation.

Must have the ability to recognize the needs of people, to maintain good relationships with people, and have the capacity to make meaningful observations and communicate them to the supervisor.

Overview:

Our employees think A Better Hospice is a great place to work and it shows!

Here are just a few of the many reasons why:

• We have achieved consistent, double-digit growth percentages year after year.
• Our leaders, from the CEO to our local office Directors, have open door policies and care about our employees? input, satisfaction, and professional growth.
• We do not tolerate unethical behavior or questionable business practices.
• We promote our existing employees to leadership positions whenever possible.

Job Type: Contract

Pay: $ $25.00 per visit

Salary: $ $25.00 per visit