CNA Hospice Aide - San Gabriel Valley

At Guaranteed Health we are on a mission to change the death and dying experience and are incredibly passionate about improving end-of-life care. We partner with health plans, providers, and other risk-bearing entities to improve outcomes for their highest acuity patients by deploying a value-based and tech-forward care navigation service. We are looking for people to join us on our mission, who are similarly obsessed with patient experience and delivering excellence in care

Job Type: Full time

Summary

We’re seeking an experienced, empathic CNA to fulfill Hospice Aides duties in our growing Care Teams across the Los Angeles Region. The hospice aide will work under the supervision of a registered nurse and performs various services for a patient as necessary to meet the patient's personal needs and to promote comfort.

Hospice Aides at Guaranteed are responsible for providing exceptional care under the direction of a registered nurse. Hospice Aides at Guaranteed are a high-touch and central role that enables us to deliver our promise of excellence in end-of-life care. This role is critical to ensuring that our culture and purpose touches our patients and their friends and families.

Job Responsibilities

• Provide palliative care to bed-ridden patients at a private residence

• Provide quality life care to patients and deliver medical supplies

• Assist in activities of daily living and performing homemaking and other environmental services as assigned

• Provide care per written instruction and maintain the record of patient care

• Assist patient with prescribed exercise as instructed per nurse or therapists

• Report any problems and changes in patient condition to the nurse

• Foster cooperative effort among personnel by understanding the functions of other persons involved in patient care and by active participation in team and staff conferences.

• Provide respite for the patient family when on-site as appropriate

Skills and Toolset You’ll Need to Bring

• Compassionate warm and accepting attitude towards people

• They need to possess certain skills like personal care expertise, bedside manners, stamina, cope up with distressing situations, emotional stability, and record keeping

• Quick learner, attention to detail, prioritization skill and time management

• Punctual, reliable and must have strong communication skill

• Hearing, eyesight and physical dexterity must be sufficient to perform a physical assessment of the patient's condition and to perform patient care

• Physical activities will include, walking, sitting, stooping, and standing and minimal to maximum lifting of patients and the turning of patients.

Nice to Have

• High school diploma or equivalent

• Minimum of 3+ year of experience in a similar field

Relevant Experience

• Meets training requirements for the State in which you reside

• Completed a minimum of 75 hours of classroom and supervised practical training with at least 16 hours devoted to supervised practical training and with at least 16 hours of classroom instruction completed

• One year experience as a CNA, hospice aide or home health aide

• Must be a licensed driver with an insured automobile in good working order

• Require to see hear and speak and use one or both hands

• Current CPR certification

• Utilization of calculator, telephone, copy machine, thermometer, blood pressure cuff, other basic office and medical equipment.

• Sensitivity in handling patient medical records

Guaranteed is a proud Equal Opportunity Employer. We recruit, train, and compensate our team members based on their qualifications. We want to hear from you regardless of your race, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, veteran status, or any other applicable legally protected characteristics.

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