Hospice CNA- High Pointe House

Job Overview

This position is a trained paraprofessional who provides personal care and other incidental care to patients as instructed by and under the supervision of the professional clinician. Provide care to patients in a variety of settings, including patients under home health and hospice plans of care, residing in private homes, assisted livings, skilled nursing facilities and hospice inpatient facilities.

Facility Location: Haverhill, MA High Pointe House

Territory: High Pointe House, Haverhill MA

Hours: Per Diem- minimum of 16 hours per month and one weekend day!

Minimum Qualifications

1. High school degree or equivalent.

2. Certified Home Health Aide or Licensed Nurse Aide

3. Valid driver's license.

Duties and Responsibilities

The duties and responsibilities listed below are intended to describe the general nature of work and are not intended to be an all-inclusive list. Other duties and responsibilities may be assigned.

Essential Functions

• Provides care to patients as instructed in the home health aide or hospice aide care plan. Provides the level of assistance designated in the plan of care, ranging from supervision and cueing to total care.

• Notifies the supervising clinician and or aide supervisor promptly when the patient refuses care or the patient's care needs change.

• Provides patient care including bathing, dressing, grooming, ambulation/mobility, toileting and nutrition/hydration.

• Provides bowel and bladder training, catheter care, ostomy care, and adaptive equipment (e.g., raised toilet seat) as designated in aide care plan.

• Identifies risks to personal safety (e.g. firearms in the home, oxygen safety) and promptly reports concern to aide supervisor.

• Identifies changes in mobility, weakness, sleepiness, and fatigue and reports these changes to the supervising professional clinician.

• Identifies physical, mental and functional changes and reports these changes to the supervising professional clinician.

• Identifies respiratory concerns, such as a change in breathing pattern, or increased secretions and reports these changes to the supervising professional clinician.