CNA / Certified Nursing Assistant - Hospice Aide
About the role
Spring Valley Hospice is seeking a passionate, dedicated Hospice CNA to join our team in Olive Branch, MS. 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
- 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 work with little direct supervision
- Able to handle death/dying
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- Good Organizational Skills
About Our Line of Business
Spring Valley Hospice, an affiliate of BrightSpring Health Services, focuses on providing hospice care to local patients and their families living. We concentrate on managing a patient’s pain and other symptoms first and foremost, while also providing emotional and spiritual support to the family. The holistic care approach to providing hospice services by the entire care team sets Spring Valley Hospice apart. We believe the quality of life to be as important as length of life. Spring Valley Hospice offers routine home care, respite, general inpatient care, and continuous care.