Travel Hospice Aide CNA

HarmonyCares

HarmonyCares is one of the nation’s largest home-based primary care practices. HarmonyCares is a family of companies all dedicated to providing high-quality, coordinated health care in the home. This includes HarmonyCares, HarmonyCares Medical Group, HarmonyCares Home Health and HarmonyCares Hospice.

Our Mission– To bring personalized, quality-based healthcare to the home of patients who have difficult accessing care.

Our Shared Vision– Every patient deserves access to quality healthcare.

Our Values– The way we care is our legacy. Every interaction counts. Go the extra mile. Empower and support each other.

Why You Should Want to Work with Us

• Health, Dental, Vision, Disability & Life Insurance, and much more
• 401K Retirement Plan (with company match)
• Tuition, Professional License and Certification Reimbursement
• Paid Time Off, Holidays and Volunteer Time
• Paid Orientation and Training
• Great Place to Work Certified
• Established in 11 states
• Largest home-based primary care practice in the US for over 28 years, making a huge impact in healthcare today!

The Travel Hospice Aide is a non-professional employee trained to provide personal care and related services in the home for the sick or disabled. Travel Hospice Aide functions under the direct supervision of a registered nurse or a physical therapist to assist the patient to perform on 2 or more ADL’s. The Travel Hospice Aide or their alternate who is similarly qualified must be available at all times during operating hours of the Agency. As a Travel Hospice Aide you will:

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  Essential Duties and Responsibilities

During each, visit the Travel Hospice Aide:

• Shall obtain vital signs, record and notify the primary RN of deviations according to standard practice
  
  • The Travel Hospice Aide shall provide assistance with at least 2 of the following ADL’s
  • Personal hygiene (Example: bathing, grooming, hair care, shaving, deodorant application, skin care with lotions and/or powder, foot care and ear care)
  • Q-tips are not to be used;
  • Nail care and oral hygiene, which are needed to facilitate treatment or prevent deterioration (nail cutting will NOT be done; and filing will NOT be done, if patient is diabetic);
  • Changing bed linens and making bed;
  • Eating and maintaining adequate nutrition and fluid intake when appropriate;
  • Dressing (clothes);
  • Ambulation and transfers (For example: Assisting patients to the toilet/commode or with bedpans and with elimination needs, assisting patients in and out of bed, assisting with ambulation, and assisting with other transfers and positional needs as appropriate);
  • Incidental household services, which are essential to patient health care (For example: light housekeeping, straightening room, and laundry);
  • Assisting with prescribed exercises, which the Travel Hospice Aide and the patient have been taught by a health professional agent (employee) of the agency;
  • May hand patient prepared medications;
  • May empty or change a colostomy bag after receiving direction from RN
• Will understand and apply basic infection control principles and procedures
• Will contact supervisor with any concerns related to infection control
• Will follow the Plan of Care (Instruction Sheet) as instructed by Agency’s health care professional
• Will document appropriately according to the Plan of Care and submit all documentation per agency policy
• Will keep a record of hospice aide Plan of Care for each patient assigned
• Will observe physical and gross behavioral changes in the patient’s condition or family situation and report to the registered nurse
• Will follow visit schedule and indicate changes in schedule as appropriate
• Will promptly contact patients and an Agency supervisor whenever unable to visit a patient as scheduled and will give full report to covering aides concerning patient care, visit times, etc. Will give patient name of covering hospice aide
• Will communicate appropriately with patient/family and Agency personnel
• Will attend required in-services and meetings as identified by the Agency (must have 12 hours of In-Service per year)
• Will adhere to Agency’s Policies and Procedures
• Will perform other duties as assigned
• Will participate in Performance Improvement activities as indicated
• Responsible to ensure the use of the 4Ms (What Matters to the patient, Medications, Mentation, and Mobility) and provides Age-Friendly Care

The Travel Hospice Aide WILL NOT do the following:

• Irrigate body cavities such as giving an enema;
• Irrigate a colostomy or wound;
• Perform a gastric lavage or gavage;
• Catheterize a patient;
• Administer medications;
• Apply heat by any method
• Care for Tracheostomy tube;
• Cut nails;
• File nails; if patient is diabetic, and;
• Provide any personal health service, which has not been included by the health care professional (employee) in the patient care plan

Required Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

• High school graduate or GED
• Are certified nurses aides (CNA). Effective for services furnished after August 14, 1990, a person who has successfully completed a State-established or other training program that meets the federal requirements of 484.76(a) and a competency evaluation program or State licensure program or State licensure program that meets the federal requirements of 484.76(b), or a competency evaluation program or a State licensure program that meets the federal requirements of 484.36(b). An individual is not considered to have completed a training and competency evaluation program, or a competency evaluation program if, since the individual’s most recent completion of this program(s), there has been a continuous period of twenty four (24) consecutive months during none of which the individual furnished services described in 409.40 of the federal regulations for compensation.
• Current driver’s license and automobile in good working condition with proof of auto insurance
• Is able to meet certain physical demands of standing, bending, lifting, stooping or performing other work requiring light physical exertion (up to 30 pounds) on a continuous basis (over 50% of time); or moderate physical exertion (30 to 50 pounds) on a frequent basis (16 to 50% of time); or heavy physical exertion on an occasional basis (up to 15% of time).
• A Travel Hospice Aide may be used by the agency providing licensed hospice services if the aide meets one of the following requirements:
  
  • A minimum of one year full-time experience in direct client care in an institutional setting (hospital or nursing facility);
  • One year full-time experience within the last five years in direct client care in an agency setting;
  • Satisfactorily completed a training and competency evaluation program that complies with the requirements of this section;
  • Satisfactorily completed a competency evaluation program that complies with the requirements of this section;
  • A Travel Hospice Aide must have provided hospice services with the previous 24 months to qualify under subsection (a)(3) or (4) of this section
  • Agree to undergo supplemental training by Agency personnel, as may be required by the Agency
  • Agree to precept/train new hospice aides
  • Attends staff meeting and educational In-services per agency requirements
  • Have completed the 9th grade, with ability to read and write at an adequate level.
  • Have an interest in and a sympathetic attitude toward caring for the sick at home.
  • Have the emotional maturity necessary for establishing and maintaining a good rapport with patients and family members
  • Demonstrate the ability to be able to work within a multi-disciplinary team setting
  • Demonstrate the ability to work in field situations and navigate within assigned districts
  • Have the ability to meet the physical demands of the job
  • Have satisfactorily passed Agency pre-employment testing which will include a written and performance evaluation
  • Must inform all employees and cooperate and coordinate to assure highest performance of quality when providing services to the beneficiary
  • Willing to accommodate a flexible travel schedule to meet the agency’s needs
  • Is prohibited from simultaneous/concurrent employment
• Ability to travel independently with proof of auto insurance during designated work hours (at least 80% of the time up to 100%)

Preferred Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

• Certified Hospice and Palliative Nursing Assistant (CHPNA) through HPNA
• EMR Experience
• Three years or more experience as a Certified Nursing Aide
• Hospice experience

HarmonyCares and HarmonyCares Hospice are not affiliated with Harmony Hospice Care. HarmonyCares Hospice does not conduct business in OH. HarmonyCares Hospice conducts business in MI, VA, WI, TX, IN, IL.