CHHA

**Visit Rate is $35/per visit ** PRN

At Aasta Hospice we are committed to delivering a customized care experience to those patients and families transitioning from aggressive treatment to comfort care. Aasta believes every patient deserves a wholistic approach to their hospice care. We are honored to support, with grace and dignity, our patients during their final journey of life.

Job Description:

The hospice aide is a paraprofessional member of the interdisciplinary group who works 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. The hospice aide is responsible for observing the patient, reporting these observations and documenting observations and care. This is a PRN position.

Essential Job Functions/Responsibilities:

Responsibilities of the hospice aide include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Performing personal care needs after given a patient’s assignment and attending to his/her requests promptly.
• Meeting safety needs of patient and using equipment safely and properly (foot stools, side rails, O2 etc.).
• Giving personal care including baths, oral hygiene, shampoos and changing bed linen as often as assigned.
• Assisting in dressing and undressing patients as assigned.
• Providing proper care and observation of patient’s skin to prevent breakdown of tissue over bony prominence.
• Reporting on patient’s condition and significant changes to the Case Manager.
• Assisting in ambulation as instructed by the hospice nurse or therapist.
• Offering and assisting with bedpans and urinals.
• Performing range of motion and other simple procedures as an extensional therapy service as ordered with appropriate completed/demonstrated skills competency.
• Adhering to the organization’s documentation and care procedures and standards of personal and professional conduct.
• Participates in quality assessment performance improvement teams and activities.
• The above statements are only meant to be a representative summary of the major duties and responsibilities performed by incumbents of this job. The incumbents may be requested to perform job related tasks other than those stated in this description.

Position Qualifications:

• Meets the training requirements of the State.
• Valid CA license.
• Shows proof of registration on the Home Care Aide Registry through the Department of Social Services, Home Care Services Bureau, preferred.
• At least 18 years of age.
• Ability to read and follow written instructions and document care given
• Understands hospice philosophy, comfortable providing specialized care to the terminally ill.
• Is self-directing with the ability to work with little direct supervision. Secure with issues of death/dying. Provides a calm manner when in a patient’s home.

Job Types: Part-time, PRN

Pay: $35.00 per hour

License/Certification:

• CHHA license (Required)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $35