Travel Hospice Aide CNA - HarmonyCares

Overview:

HarmonyCares is one of the nation’s largest home-based primary care practices. HarmonyCares is a family of companies all dedicated to providing high-quality, coordinated health care in the home. This includes HarmonyCares, HarmonyCares Medical Group, HarmonyCares Home Health and HarmonyCares Hospice.

 

Our Mission – To bring personalized, quality-based healthcare to the home of patients who have difficult accessing care.

 

Our Shared Vision – Every patient deserves access to quality healthcare.

 

Our Values – The way we care is our legacy. Every interaction counts. Go the extra mile. Empower and support each other.

 

Why You Should Want to Work with Us

• Health, Dental, Vision, Disability & Life Insurance, and much more
• 401K Retirement Plan (with company match)
• Tuition, Professional License and Certification Reimbursement
• Paid Time Off, Holidays and Volunteer Time
• Paid Orientation and Training
• Great Place to Work Certified
• Established in 11 states
• Largest home-based primary care practice in the US for over 28 years, making a huge impact in healthcare today!

 

More details about the benefits we offer can be found at https://careers.harmonycares.com/benefits. 

Responsibilities:

The Travel Hospice Aide is a non-professional employee trained to provide personal care and related services in the home for the sick or disabled. Travel Hospice Aide functions under the direct supervision of a registered nurse or a physical therapist to assist the patient to perform on 2 or more ADL’s. The Travel Hospice Aide or their alternate who is similarly qualified must be available at all times during operating hours of the Agency. As a Travel Hospice Aide you will:

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  Essential Duties and Responsibilities

During each, visit the Travel Hospice Aide:

• Shall obtain vital signs, record and notify the primary RN of deviations according to standard practice
  
  • The Travel Hospice Aide shall provide assistance with at least 2 of the following ADL’s
  • Personal hygiene (Example: bathing, grooming, hair care, shaving, deodorant application, skin care with lotions and/or powder, foot care and ear care)
  • Q-tips are not to be used;
  • Nail care and oral hygiene, which are needed to facilitate treatment or prevent deterioration (nail cutting will NOT be done; and filing will NOT be done, if patient is diabetic);
  • Changing bed linens and making bed;
  • Eating and maintaining adequate nutrition and fluid intake when appropriate;
  • Dressing (clothes);
  • Ambulation and transfers (For example: Assisting patients to the toilet/commode or with bedpans and with elimination needs, assisting patients in and out of bed, assisting with ambulation, and assisting with other transfers and positional needs as appropriate);
  • Incidental household services, which are essential to patient health care (For example: light housekeeping, straightening room, and laundry);
  • Assisting with prescribed exercises, which the Travel Hospice Aide and the patient have been taught by a health professional agent (employee) of the agency;
  • May hand patient prepared medications;
  • May empty or change a colostomy bag after receiving direction from RN
• Will understand and apply basic infection control principles and procedures
• Will contact supervisor with any concerns related to infection control
• Will follow the Plan of Care (Instruction Sheet) as instructed by Agency’s health care professional
• Will document appropriately according to the Plan of Care and submit all documentation per agency policy
• Will keep a record of hospice aide Plan of Care for each patient assigned
• Will observe physical and gross behavioral changes in the patient’s condition or family situation and report to the registered nurse
• Will follow visit schedule and indicate changes in schedule as appropriate
• Will promptly contact patients and an Agency supervisor whenever unable to visit a patient as scheduled and will give full report to covering aides concerning patient care, visit times, etc. Will give patient name of covering hospice aide
• Will communicate appropriately with patient/family and Agency personnel
• Will attend required in-services and meetings as identified by the Agency (must have 12 hours of In-Service per year)
• Will adhere to Agency’s Policies and Procedures
• Will perform other duties as assigned
• Will participate in Performance Improvement activities as indicated
• Responsible to ensure the use of the 4Ms (What Matters to the patient, Medications, Mentation, and Mobility) and provides Age-Friendly Care

 

The Travel Hospice Aide WILL NOT do the following:

• Irrigate body cavities such as giving an enema;
• Irrigate a colostomy or wound;
• Perform a gastric lavage or gavage;
• Catheterize a patient;
• Administer medications;
• Apply heat by any method
• Care for Tracheostomy tube;
• Cut nails;
• File nails; if patient is diabetic, and;
• Provide any personal health service, which has not been included by the health care professional (employee) in the patient care plan

Qualifications:

Required Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

• High school graduate or GED
• Are certified nurses aides (CNA). Effective for services furnished after August 14, 1990, a person who has successfully completed a State-established or other training program that meets the federal requirements of §484.76(a) and a competency evaluation program or State licensure program or State licensure program that meets the federal requirements of §484.76(b), or a competency evaluation program or a State licensure program that meets the federal requirements of §484.36(b). An individual is not considered to have completed a training and competency evaluation program, or a competency evaluation program if, since the individual’s most recent completion of this program(s), there has been a continuous period of twenty four (24) consecutive months during none of which the individual furnished services described in §409.40 of the federal regulations for compensation.
• Current driver’s license and automobile in good working condition with proof of auto insurance
• Is able to meet certain physical demands of standing, bending, lifting, stooping or performing other work requiring light physical exertion (up to 30 pounds) on a continuous basis (over 50% of time); or moderate physical exertion (30 to 50 pounds) on a frequent basis (16 to 50% of time); or heavy physical exertion on an occasional basis (up to 15% of time).
• A Travel Hospice Aide may be used by the agency providing licensed hospice services if the aide meets one of the following requirements:
  
  • A minimum of one year full-time experience in direct client care in an institutional setting (hospital or nursing facility);
  • One year full-time experience within the last five years in direct client care in an agency setting;
  • Satisfactorily completed a training and competency evaluation program that complies with the requirements of this section;
  • Satisfactorily completed a competency evaluation program that complies with the requirements of this section;
  • A Travel Hospice Aide must have provided hospice services with the previous 24 months to qualify under subsection (a)(3) or (4) of this section
  • Agree to undergo supplemental training by Agency personnel, as may be required by the Agency
  • Agree to precept/train new hospice aides
  • Attends staff meeting and educational In-services per agency requirements
  • Have completed the 9th grade, with ability to read and write at an adequate level.
  • Have an interest in and a sympathetic attitude toward caring for the sick at home.
  • Have the emotional maturity necessary for establishing and maintaining a good rapport with patients and family members
  • Demonstrate the ability to be able to work within a multi-disciplinary team setting
  • Demonstrate the ability to work in field situations and navigate within assigned districts
  • Have the ability to meet the physical demands of the job
  • Have satisfactorily passed Agency pre-employment testing which will include a written and performance evaluation
  • Must inform all employees and cooperate and coordinate to assure highest performance of quality when providing services to the beneficiary
  • Willing to accommodate a flexible travel schedule to meet the agency’s needs
  • Is prohibited from simultaneous/concurrent employment
• Ability to travel independently with proof of auto insurance during designated work hours (at least 80% of the time up to 100%)

Preferred Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

• Certified Hospice and Palliative Nursing Assistant (CHPNA) through HPNA
• EMR Experience
• Three years or more experience as a Certified Nursing Aide
• Hospice experience 

Posted Max Pay Rate:USD $24.06/Hr.Posted Min Pay Rate:USD $18.59/Hr.Pay Transparency:Individual compensation packages are based on various factors unique to each candidate, including skill set, experience, qualifications, and other job-related considerations.Notice:

HarmonyCares and HarmonyCares Hospice are not affiliated with Harmony Hospice Care. HarmonyCares Hospice does not conduct business in OH. HarmonyCares Hospice conducts business in MI, VA, WI, TX, IN, IL.