CNA / Certified Nursing Assistant - Hospice Aide
About the role
All Saints Hospice is seeking a passionate, dedicated Hospice CNA to join our team in Alexandria, LA. Our hospice CNAs provide dignity, comfort, and support at a critical time in people’s lives.
Responsibilities
- Personal Care: Help with bathing, dressing, toileting, mobility, and repositioning
- Monitor & Report: Observe and report changes in the patient’s condition
- 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
- Meet the training requirements of the state of practice
- 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 the 75 hours of classroom must be complete 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 read and follow written instructions and document care given
- 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 BrightSpring Health Services, promotes the physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being of both the person experiencing life's journey and their faith. Our mission is to provide a high standard of care to our patients and the community that surrounds them. We strive to holistically meet their spiritual, social, and clinical needs in the most peaceful, dignified, and comforting manner possible. We are always mindful of the privilege we are granted through our hospice ministry to express compassion, respect, sensitivity, hope, and love.