Hospice Nursing Assistant (CNA)

About the role

VIA Health Partners is an industry leader and top-10 nationally ranked provider of end-of-life care. We are a community-based, not-for-profit hospice & palliative care provider with deep community roots and decades of experience serving ALL patients' and families' needs regardless of their ability to pay or medical complexity. We are a people-first organization where funds support our mission.

Responsibilities

• Deliver patient care
• Provide personal care (ADL)
• Bathing (assist, bed bath, tub bath, shower, and sitz)
• Body Mechanics (turn and position, transfer-chair and stretcher, use of lifts, assist with ambulation, range of motion exercises)
• Nutrition (prepare patient for meal time, feed patients, measure intake and output, prepares snacks and assists with meals)
• Elimination (bedpan/urinal, bowel/bladder retraining, collect/test specimens, perineal/catheter care, apply condom catheter, douches, enemas, insert rectal tubes/flatus bags, empty drainage devises from body cavities/wounds, maintain gastric suction)
• Safety (side rails/call rails, mitts and restraints, CPR/Heimlich maneuver, infection control including hand washing, isolation techniques and universal precautions)
• Special procedures (vital signs including temperature, oral, rectal, axillary; pulse, radial and apical; respirations and BP; Height and weight, application of heat/cold, prevention and care for decubitus ulcers, surgical skin preps and scrubs, clean dressing changes, apply ace bandages, TEDs and binders, postmortem care, assist with cough/deep breathing)
• Performs housekeeping services that are necessary for the health and safety of the patient/family/caregiver
• Participates in interdisciplinary team conferences (IDT) and special case conferences
• Cleans patient rooms as required per patient room cleaning procedure
• Ensures all areas of facility are clean and appropriately stocked with supplies
• Keeps family room clean throughout day
• Ensures proper chemicals are used for cleaning different surfaces
• Ensures protective equipment is used when working with chemicals, i.e. gloves, glasses

Requirements

• High School diploma preferred, plus training/certification in related field required
• Certified Nursing Assistant; maintain current listing status required
• NA – must be in good standing with NC Department of Health and Human Services
• Minimum 1 year experience required
• Experience in home care, working with terminally ill and/or geriatrics preferred