PRN Hospice Nursing Assistant; CNA - Nights

Job Details

Job Location:
Laurens County Hospice House - Clinton - Clinton, SC

Position Type: PRN

Education Level:
High School

Salary Range:
Undisclosed

Travel Percentage:
None

Job Shift:
Night Shift

Job Category:
Health Care

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

Due to our significant growth, we are looking for amazing new staff who share these same values. Apply now and be a part of our success story.

We provide excellent benefits including:

• Excellent mileage reimbursement rate
• Focused programs honoring Veteran patients
• Assistance with achieving Certified Hospice & Palliative Nurse (CHPN)
• Best Orientation and Onboarding program you’ve experienced
• Seasoned Hospice leaders guiding your career growth

Essential Functions

Delivery of patient care

• An NA provides personal care (ADL) including the following:

• 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 devices 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.

If functioning as a NA 1+ 4, provides personal care (ADL) as noted under “Delivery of patient care” plus the following:

• Sterile dressing for wounds over 48 hours old; wound irrigation.

• Ostomy care or ostomy irrigation.

• Insertion of urinary catheter is limited to replacement of an existing catheter once the Nursing assessment is completed. (No irrigation of urinary catheters).

• Oxygen therapy including room set-up and monitoring of flow-rate.

If functioning as a NAII, provides personal care (ADL) as noted in “Delivery of patient care” plus the following:

• Breaking-up and removal of fecal impaction.

• I.V. Fluid
- Assisted Activities (assemble/flush tubing during set-up, monitoring flow rate, site care/dressing change, discontinuing peripheral intravenous infusions).

• Nutritional activities (oral/nasogastric infusions after placement verification by a licensed nurse, gastrostomy feedings, clamping tubes, removing oral/nasogastric feeding tubes).

• Suctioning (Oropharyngeal, nasopharyngeal).

• Tracheostomy care.

• Insertion of urinary catheter is limited to replacement of an existing catheter once the Nursing assessment is completed. (No irrigation of urinary catheters).

• Sterile dressing for wounds over 48 hours old; wound irrigation.

• Ostomy care or ostomy irrigation.

• Oxygen therapy including room set-up and monitoring of flow-rate.

Interdisciplinary Team

• Attends and participates in interdisciplinary team conferences [IDT] and special care conferences.
• Assumes responsibility for establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with team members.
• Is able to identify specific patient/caregivers needs and make referral to appropriate team members.

Documentation

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