Hospice Nursing Assistant Nightshift

Job Details

Job Location:

Hospice House Huntersville - Huntersville, NC 28078

Position Type:
Full Time

Education Level: High School

Travel Percentage:
Up to 50%

Job Shift: Day

Job Category:
Health Care

VIA Health Partners is an industry leader and top‑10 nationally ranked provider of end‑of‑life care. More importantly 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.

• Medical, Vision, and Dental plans through BCBS
• 28 days of Paid Time Off
• Excellent mileage reimbursement rate
• 403b Retirement plan with matching
• 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

Delivery of patient care

• 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 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

• Sterile dressing for wounds over 48 hours old; wound irrigation
• Ostomy care or ostomy irrigation
• Insertion of urinary catheter 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

• 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 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

• Attends and participates in interdisciplinary team conferences [IDT] and special care conferences
• Assumes responsibility for establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with team members
• Identifies specific patient/caregiver needs and makes referrals to appropriate team members

• Ensures accurate, complete, succinct and timely clinical documentation in accordance with HPCCR guidelines and the requirements of licensure and certification standards

• Demonstrates competency in knowledge and skills
• Maintains VIA professional reputation and projects it appropriately
• Assumes responsibility for professional development and stays abreast of current trends in the healthcare field; incorporates…