CNA / Certified Nursing Assistant - Hospice Aide
About the role
All Saints Hospice is seeking a Hospice CNA to join their team in Mansura, LA. The position provides 1:1 care, monitors and reports changes in the patient's condition, assists with mobility, medication assistance, emotional support, light housekeeping, and documentation. The schedule is Monday - Friday: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Responsibilities
- Personal Care: Bathing, dressing, toileting, mobility, and repositioning
- Mobility: Assist with ambulation, transfers, ROM exercises, and safe equipment use
- Medication Assistance: Help with self-administered medications per state regulations
- Emotional Support: Offer companionship and comfort to patients and families
- Light Housekeeping: Change linens, assist with meals, and maintain a clean space
- Documentation: Maintain accurate and timely documentation
- Team Participation: Collaborate with hospice interdisciplinary team
Qualifications
- Minimum of six months experience including providing personal care
- Must be 18+ years of age
- Complete a minimum of 75 hours of classroom and supervised practical training, 16 of which must be completed prior to a mandatory 16 hours of practical training
- Possess and maintain current CPR certification
- Understand hospice philosophy, comfortable providing specialized care to the terminally ill
- Able to work with little direct supervision
- Able to handle death/dying
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- Good organizational skills
About Our Line of Business
All Saints Hospice, an affiliate of Adoration Health, promotes the physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being of both the person experiencing life's journey and their faith. Their mission is to provide a high standard of care to their patients and the community that surrounds them. They strive to holistically meet their spiritual, social, and clinical needs in the most peaceful, dignified, and comforting manner possible. They are always mindful of the privilege they are granted through their hospice ministry to express compassion, respect, sensitivity, hope, and love.