Hospice aide, Healthcare Nursing

Company Overview

Optimal Care is where your dedication meets a rewarding career.

As a clinician owned and operated company, we create the opportunity and environment for each employee to realize their highest potential while maintaining a personalized focus on our Patients and Families every day. We are the Midwest's premier provider of Physician Services, Home Health, and Hospice Care. Our integrated care delivery model incorporates technology, innovation and best practices. We produce value based outcomes by managing chronic disease process, rehabilitation and end of life care.

We live a simple Mission:
Serve Together, Provide Value, and Deliver Exceptional Quality Care.

• Minimum of 3 Weeks Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Company Vehicle Program
• Mentorship Culture
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• 401(k) with Employer Match
• Mileage Reimbursement
• Cutting Edge Technology

This role offers a $2,000 sign on bonus!

Optimal Care Hospice Aides are paraprofessional members of the hospice interdisciplinary team who work under the supervision of a Registered Nurse and perform various services to meet patient personal needs and to promote comfort. The Hospice Aide is responsible for observing the patient, and reporting and documenting observations and care performed. A Hospice Aide works in a manner that promotes quality, continuity, and safety of patient care.

• Assisting patients with or performing bed, tub, shower, or sponge baths
• Performing skincare
• Assisting patients with toileting and oral hygiene
• Demonstrating safe techniques in transferring patients with Hoyer lifts, wheelchairs, and gait belts
• Demonstrating safe techniques when assisting patients ambulating with walkers, canes and crutches
• Providing companionship to patients and caregivers at end-of-life
• Supporting patients and caregivers in various duties including but not limited to cooking, cleaning, and buying groceries
• Respecting professional boundaries while providing care in facilities and patient homes

• Must be 18 years of age or older
• Completed a minimum of 75 hours of classroom and supervised practical training (Sixteen hours of classroom must be completed prior to a mandatory 16 hours of practical training)
• Must hold current certification as a nurse aide and be in good standing on the state nurse aide registry in Ohio & Michigan (Optimal Care will offer financial assistance if not already dually licensed)
• Sit, stand, bend, lift, and move intermittently. Must be able to lift at least 50 lbs and bear the weight of an average adult effectively
• Current and valid driver's license
• Reliable transportation and valid automobile insurance coverage
• Demonstrated understanding of hospice philosophy, comfortable providing specialized care to the terminally ill in the home or facility

• High school diploma or GED
• 1-year experience as a Hospice Aide, Home Health Aide, or Certified Nursing Assistant

• Office
  
  Location:
  
  Maumee, OH
• Main Service Area:
  Greater Toledo and surrounding areas

• 8:00 am – 5:00 pm, Monday through Friday
• Weekend rotation

$18—$20 USD

Optimal Care conducts a background screening upon acceptance of a contingent job offer. Background screening is completed by a third‑party administrator, the Michigan Long‑Term Care Partnership, and is performed in compliance with the Fair Credit Report Act.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Optimal Care is an equal‑opportunity employer.