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Old Colony Hospice and Palliative Care

Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) / Home Health Aide

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A Nursing Assistant provides hospital and nursing home patients with basic care and assists them with daily activities. Helps patients with dressing, washing, and feeding. May perform basic medical care under the direction of a nurse or other medical professional. These roles typically require completion of a regional agency-approved training program in order to obtain a certification before practicing.

$44,105 / year median in Massachusetts

+9% projected growth

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Job Description

Come join a top rated team of professionals whose support for each other is unparalleled in the hospice industry. Old Colony Hospice and Palliative care has been acknowledged with year over year excellence awards in quality. Old Colony Hospice and Palliative Care is a Hospice Honors Elite recipient 2017, 2019 and 2021 and Hospice Honors 2018 and 2020, as well as The Boston Globe's Top Places to Work 2018, 2019, 2022 2023 & 2024. Those who know hospice choose Old Colony Hospice. Join us and see why our employees stay with us for six years longer than the industry average. Old Colony Hospice and Palliative Care is hiring for full-time and part-time Home Hospice Aide/CNA positions. We have both day and evening shifts available with flexible start times. The Hospice Aide (CNA) is responsible for providing personal care and designated homemaking services for assigned patients and families whether delivering hospice care in the patient's home or in a skilled nursing facility during a regularly scheduled shift, as well as provide weekend and holiday coverage as may be required or requested. Essential duties include, but are not limited to: Provide direct patient care (whether in the home or other location) consistent with the written instructions and/or as assigned including: bathing, oral hygiene, nail/skin/hair and foot care, pressure relief, dressing and feeding, transferring positions or locations; report to the charge nurse upon arrival and before leaving a skilled nursing facility Assist patient with prescribed exercises, with ambulation and repositioning as may be part of the plan of care or as directed Provide light housekeeping duties such as: changing the bed, doing patient's personal laundry, tidying the patient's room, doing patient's dishes, and keeping kitchen and bathroom neat and clean after use Prepare and serve meals to the patient and/or prepare food to be served later Maintain appropriate communication with the Hospice Aide Scheduling Supervisor and/or Clinical Manager on a daily basis including checking telephone messages, text or e-mail every morning before leaving to visit the first patient and between each patient visit. Maintain accurate records/documentation of patient care given in the electronic record system application built into the organization-supplied smartphone This job requires travel to and between patients homes and other locations where we visit patients Old Colony Hospice is an
Equal Opportunity Employer Job Types:
Full-time, Part-time Pay:
From $20.00 per hour
Benefits:
403(b) AD&D insurance Dental insurance Disability insurance Employee assistance program Family leave Flexible spending account Health insurance Health savings account Life insurance Mileage reimbursement Paid orientation Paid sick time Paid time off Paid training Parental leave Referral program Retirement plan Tuition reimbursement Vision insurance
Work Location:
On the road