Hospice Aide

Optimal Care
Kalamazoo, MI
Optimal Care is where your dedication meets a rewarding career.

As a clinician owned and operated company, we create the opportunity and environment for each employee to realize their highest potential while maintaining a personalized focus on our Patients and Families every day. We are the Midwest's premier provider of Physician Services, Home Health, and Hospice Care. Our integrated care delivery model incorporates technology, innovation and best practices. We produce value based outcomes by managing chronic disease process, rehabilitation and end of life care.

We live a simple Mission: Serve Together, Provide Value, and Deliver Exceptional Quality Care.

What does this mean for you? At Optimal Care, you have our resolute commitment to being an exceptional place to work. Your expertise, passion and commitment to exceptional quality care will continue to thrive. With you we can build a remarkable place to work.

Exceptional Benefits:

  • Minimum of 3 Weeks Paid Time Off (PTO)
  • Company Vehicle Program
  • Flexible Work Schedule
  • Mentorship Culture
  • Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
  • 401(k) Retirement Plan
  • Mileage Reimbursement
  • Cutting Edge Technology

Key Responsibilities

Optimal Care Hospice Aides are paraprofessional members of the hospice interdisciplinary team who work under the supervision of a Registered Nurse and perform various services to meet patient personal needs and to promote comfort. The Hospice Aide is responsible for observing the patient, and reporting and documenting observations and care performed. A Hospice Aide works in a manner that promotes quality, continuity, and safety of patient care.

In this role you will be responsible for:

  • Assisting patients with or performing bed, tub, shower, or sponge baths
  • Performing skincare
  • Assisting patients with toileting and oral hygiene
  • Demonstrating safe techniques in transferring patients with Hoyer lifts, wheelchairs, and gait belts
  • Demonstrating safe techniques when assisting patients ambulating with walkers, canes and crutches
  • Providing companionship to patients and caregivers at end-of-life
  • Supporting patients and caregivers in various duties including but not limited to cooking, cleaning, and buying groceries
  • Respecting professional boundaries while providing care in facilities and patient homes

Required Qualifications

  • Must be 18 years of age or older
  • Completed a minimum of 75 hours of classroom and supervised practical training (Sixteen hours of classroom must be completed prior to a mandatory 16 hours of practical training)
  • Must hold current certification as a nurse aide and be in good standing on the state nurse aide registry
  • Sit, stand, bend, lift, and move intermittently. Must be able to lift at least 50 lbs and bear the weight of an average adult effectively
  • Current and valid driver's license
  • Reliable transportation and valid automobile insurance coverage
  • Demonstrated understanding of hospice philosophy, comfortable providing specialized care to the terminally ill in the home or facility

Desired Qualifications

  • High school diploma or GED
  • 1-year experience as a Hospice Aide, Home Health Aide, or Certified Nursing Assistant

Location

  • Office Location:  770 Kenmoor Ave, Suite 100, Grand Rapids, MI 49546
  • Main Service Area:  Kalamazoo and surrounding

Hours

  • Office Hours: 8:00 am – 5:00 pm, Monday through Friday
  • Weekend rotation

Pay Range

$20—$24 USD

Background Screening

Optimal Care conducts a background screening upon acceptance of a contingent job offer. Background screening is completed by a third-party administrator, the Michigan Long-Term Care Partnership, and is performed in compliance with the Fair Credit Report Act.

Reasonable Accommodations

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Optimal Care is an equal-opportunity employer.
Posted 2025-12-20

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