Hospice Nursing Assistant; CNA - Union

Job Details

Job Location:

Union County - Monroe, NC 28212

Position Type:
Full Time

Education Level: High School

Travel Percentage:
Local Travel

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. 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.

• 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 have experienced
• Seasoned hospice leaders guiding your career growth

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, prepare snacks and assist 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, monitor flow rate, site care/dressing change, discontinue peripheral intravenous infusions).
• Nutritional activities (oral/nasogastric infusions after placement verification by a licensed nurse, gastrostomy feedings, clamp tubes, remove 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.

• 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/caregiver needs and make referral to appropriate team members.

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