What are the responsibilities and job description for the PRN Hospice Aide position at SUMMIT HOME HEALTH & HOSPICE?
As a Certified Nursing Aide (CNA) at Summit Hospice, you will play a pivotal role in understanding and honoring each patient's unique journey. We recognize that taking the time to truly listen and understand our patients’ stories is the cornerstone of compassionate care. By knowing where our patients are coming from, we can better identify their needs and ensure they feel safe, comfortable, and healthy in their own homes.
About Summit Home Health & Hospice:
Summit Hospice is more than a workplace; it's a community driven by compassion and dedication. Our strong culture is built upon the meaningful relationships we cultivate with each other and our patients. At the heart of everything we do is the unwavering belief that placing our patients’ interests first makes our work profoundly rewarding.
Summit Home Health & Hospice is proud to be recognized as one the Top Workplaces of 2024 by the San Antonio Express-News and were recognized as a Fast Track Business by the San Antonio Business Journal, based on our growth over the past three years.
Summit Offers:
- Competitive pay, with opportunities for growth and development
- Work-life balance, flexible scheduling
- Supportive and collaborative environment with open door policy
- Regularly scheduled employee appreciation events and staff lunches
Minimum Education & Experience Requirements:
- Provides for patient’s personal hygiene, grooming, and comfort needs, i.e., toileting and elimination, baths, backrubs, shampoos, shaves, bed baths, tub baths or showers, skin and nail care, and oral hygiene.
- Utilizes infection control measures such as hand washing and use of personal protective equipment.
- Observes and report the condition of the patient/client to the appropriate supervisor.
- Works in a team environment to effectively deliver care and assistance to patients and staff.
- Assists with ambulation, transfers, and range of motion exercises.
- Performs patient-related procedures such as but not limited to: measuring and documenting intake and output; blood glucose monitoring; urine specimen collections; measurements of vital signs; and weight.
- Administers non-medicated enemas, non-sterile dressings, surgical preps, ice packs, heat treatments, sitz, and therapeutic baths.
- Safely applies and monitors the safe use of physical restraints as directed.
- Follows the implemented Plan of Care for the Client.
Pay: $20 per visit
Minimum Education & Experience Requirements:
- Must be 18 years of age.
- Reliable transportation, valid driver’s license, and auto insurance
- Travel within San Antonio and San Marcos areas
- CNA certification
- 1 year experience of Home Health or Hospice experience.
Benefits:
- Flexible schedule
Medical Specialty:
- Geriatrics
- Home Health
- Hospice & Palliative Medicine
License/Certification:
- Driver's License (Required)
- CNA (Required)
Work Location: On the road
Salary : $20
