Hospice Nursing Assistant

Job Details

Job Location:

HCC Homecare Cleveland County - Shelby, NC 28150
Position Type:
Full Time
Education Level: High School

Travel Percentage :
Road Warrior

Job Shift: Day
Job Category:
Health Care

• 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.

• Provide personal care (ADL) including:
  • Bathing (assist, bed bath, tub bath, shower, sitz)
  • Body Mechanics (turn, position, transfer, lifts, ambulation, ROM exercises)
  • Nutrition (preparing meals, feeding, measuring intake/output, snacks)
  • Elimination (bedpan/urinal, bowel/bladder retraining, specimen collection, perineal/catheter care, condom catheter, douches, enemas, rectal tubes, drainage, gastric suction)
  • Safety (side rails, call rails, mitts, restraints, CPR/Heimlich, infection control, isolation, universal precautions)
  • Special procedures: vital signs, temperature, pressure, pulse, respirations, BP, height/weight, heat/cold, decubitus ulcer prevention, surgical skin preps, dressing changes, ace bandages, TEDs, binders, postmortem care, cough/deep breathing
  • Housekeeping services for patient/family safety
• Participate in interdisciplinary team conferences (IDT) and special case conferences.
• As NA 1+ 4, provide additional:
  • Sterile dressing for wounds over 48 hours old and wound irrigation
  • Ostomy care or irrigation
  • Insertion of urinary catheter limited to replacement of existing after nursing assessment
  • Oxygen therapy (room set-up, monitoring flow)
• As NA II, provide additional:
  • Breaking up and removal of fecal impaction
  • I.V. fluid-assisted activities (assemble/flush, monitoring, dressing change, discontinuation)
  • Nutritional activities (oral/nasogastric infusions, gastrostomy feeding, clamping, removal)
  • Suctioning (oropharyngeal, nasopharyngeal)
  • Tracheostomy care
  • Insertion of urinary catheter same restrictions
  • Sterile dressing for wounds and irrigation
  • Ostomy care or irrigation
  • Oxygen therapy
• Attend and participate in IDT and special care conferences.
• Maintain effective working relationships with team members.
• Identify patient/caregiver needs and refer appropriately.
• Ensure accurate, complete, succinct, and timely clinical documentation per HPCCR and licensure standards.
• Professional and Personal Accountability:
  • Demonstrate competency, maintain professional reputation, and uphold professional development.
  • Maintain licensure, CPR certification, CEU requirements.
  • Build productive professional relationships.
  • Exhibit time management and crisis response.
• Perform additional duties such as cleaning patient rooms, ensuring environment cleanliness, chemical use, protective equipment usage as required.

Minimum 1 year experience required. Experience in home care, working with terminally ill and/or geriatrics preferred.