Hospice CNA​/West Valley

Position: Hospice CNA- Full Time - Central/West Valley
# Hospice CNA
- Full Time - Central/West Valley Hot Job Phoenix, AZ## Description# ###
** Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) – Hospice
**** Flexible Scheduling and Coverage Areas
**** Immediate Opening:
Hospice Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA)
**** Full-Time or Part-Time**###
** The Company:
Anthem Hospice
** Anthem Hospice is dedicated to providing compassionate, patient-centered end-of-life care to individuals and families throughout Arizona. Our mission is to enhance the quality of life for our patients by delivering exceptional hospice services that honor dignity, comfort, and compassion. We are seeking caring and dedicated Certified Nursing Assistants to join our team and make a meaningful difference in the lives of patients and their loved ones.

As a
** Certified Nursing Assistant at Anthem Hospice**, you will play an essential role in providing hands-on personal care and emotional support to hospice patients in the comfort of their homes. You will assist patients with activities of daily living, including bathing, dressing, grooming, toileting, mobility, and light personal care needs while promoting dignity and independence. You will also observe and report changes in patients' physical or emotional conditions to the nursing team and collaborate closely with the interdisciplinary care team to ensure patients receive compassionate, individualized care.

This position offers flexibility in scheduling and work hours, making it an excellent opportunity for both full-time and part-time candidates who are passionate about serving others with empathy and compassion.
** FUNCTION
* * The Certified Nursing Assistant is an employee, trained to provide personal care and services to the terminally ill to augment that care given by family members. She/he functions under the direction, instruction and supervision of the Nurse and/or the Nurse Supervisor.
** JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
*** Performs only those personal care activities contained in a written assignment which may include:
Helping the patient to maintain good personal hygiene.
* Assisting in maintaining a safe and healthy environment.
* Planning and preparing nutritious meals. Grocery shopping when instructed to do so by the nurse. Assisting in feeding patient when needed. Assisting in measuring and preparing special diets as ordered by the physician, and taught and supervised by the nurse for a specific patient.
* Assisting the patient in ambulation. Assisting with the use of a walker or wheelchair as taught and supervised by the nurse for a specific patient.
* Assisting with certain treatments as ordered by the physician and taught and supervised by the nurse for a specific patient including assisting with the change of the colostomy bag, reinforcement of a dressing, assisting with prescribed ice cap or collar, doing simple urine tests for sugar, acetone or albumen, measuring intake and output, and may assist with medications that are ordinarily self-administered.
* Assisting with prescribed range of motion exercises which the Certified Home Health Aide and patient have been taught by the nurse or the physical therapist.
* Encouraging the patient to become as independent as possible according to the interdisciplinary care plan.
* Attempting to promote patient's mental alertness through involvement in activities of interest.
** OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES
*** Gives simple emotional and psychological support to the patient and other members of the household.
* Reports any change in the patient's mental or physical condition or home situation to the Renaissance Hospice Nurse and members of the interdisciplinary team.
* Teaches basic care to the primary caregiver.
* Practices infection control measures per OSHA standards.
* Reads and records temperature, pulse and respiration.
* Keeps accurate records of patient's health care activities on interdisciplinary charts.
* Evaluates patient/family needs and assists in the preparation and execution of the interdisciplinary plan of care.
* Completes a minimum of 12 hours of in-services per year.
* Participates in at least one Quality Improvement activity yearly.
** THE HOME HEALTH AIDE MAY NOT:
*** Change sterile dressings.
* Irrigate body cavities (such as an enema).
* Irrigate a colostomy or wound,
* Perform a gastric lavage or gavage.
* Catheterize a patient.
* Administer medications except those that are self-administered,
* Apply heat by any method.
* Care for a tracheotomy tube.
* Suction a patient.
* Do any personal health service which has not been included in the patient care plan by the Nurse.  
** DIRECTION RECEIVED
*** Reports directly to the Sunrise Health Services Nurse and/or the Sunrise Health Services Nurse Supervisor.
* Receives clinical direction from the patient's primary nurse.## Qualifications
** QUALIFICATIONS
* ** High School graduate or equivalent preferred.
* Proof of state certification, if applicable.
* One-year direct patient care experience in an institutional setting.
** SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS
*** Ability to travel per job requirements.
*…