Hospice Aide - Centrica Rose Arbor Place

Job Description

Job Description

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

• High school graduate or equivalent with one-year previous experience as a home health aide.

• Maintains license as a Certified Nurse's Aide from the State of Michigan.

• Maintains current BLS certification.

• Completes the Home Health Care Aide Skills Assessment Test and Skills Demonstration with a passing score of 80 percent or better.

• Experience with issues concerning the terminally ill, and death/dying, and pain and symptom management.

• Presents a negative TB skin test and/or chest X-ray and other tests as required by Centrica Care Navigators.

• Maintains a valid Michigan driver’s license and has the availability of a reliable, licensed and insured vehicle for use on the job, vehicle must be insured in accordance with the State of Michigan.

• Remains up to date on all routine immunizations required by LARA and agency policy.

SUMMARY OF JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

The Residential Hospice Aide is a paraprofessional member of the Interdisciplinary Group who works under the supervision of an RN. The Hospice Aide performs various services for a patient as necessary to meet the patient's personal needs, promote comfort, and enable the patient to live in a comfortable environment.

RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES

Primary Duties

• Performs personal care needs after given a patient's assignment and attends to their requests promptly. If unable to perform a certain task, report to the RN or designee immediately.

• Meets safety needs of patient and uses equipment and supplies safely and properly (footstools, side rails, O2, whirlpool, etc.)

• Provides or assists patients in all aspects of personal care, including baths, back rubs, oral hygiene, shampoos, changing bed linen as part of the Plan of Care.

• Assists in dressing and undressing and feeding the patient as assigned.

• Plans and prepares nutritious meals, including laundry and other household tasks, which are part of the Plan of Care.

• Takes and records oral and axillary temperatures, pulse, respiration, and blood pressure when ordered (within the training limitations of the aide).

• Provides proper care and observation of patient's skin to prevent breakdown of tissue over bony prominences.

• Reports on patient's condition and significant changes to the appropriate Interdisciplinary Group member.

• Assists in ambulation and exercise as instructed by the RN or Therapist.

• Offers and assists with bedpans and urinals. Provides assistance as assigned with laundry needs.

• Performs range of motion and other simple procedures as an extensional therapy service as ordered (within the training limitations of the Aide).

• Keeps patient's living area clean and orderly, as assigned.