Hospice STNA

Overview

The Care Team, in partnership with Traditions Health, is seeking a new STNA to join our growing Hospice Team in Akron.

• Work/Life Balance
• Competitive Pay and Benefits
• Supportive Senior Staff
• Autonomy
• More Time to Care for Your Patients

Primary function is to provide personal healthcare and related services to the patient/client in his or her place of residence; to assist in providing a safe and clean environment, work cooperatively with the patient/client and family and share observations and problems with the supervisor. Works under the direction and supervision of a registered nurse.

• Education:
  
  High School Diploma Preferred.
• Licensure:
  Must have a current driver’s license.
• Experience:
  
  At least one year experience preferred as a Home Health Aide or Nursing Assistant in a hospital, nursing home or home health agency.
• Must have successfully completed a State‑established or other training and competency evaluation program that meets State and Federal requirements, or a competency evaluation program that meets State and Federal requirements, or a State licensure program that meets State and Federal requirements for aide training and competency evaluation. An individual is not considered to have completed a training and competency evaluation program if, since the most recent completion of this program(s), there has been a continuous period of 24 consecutive months during none of which the individual furnished home health aide services described in 42
  
  CFR 409.45 for compensation.

• Must be able to read, write, and verbally report clinical information to patients, representatives, and caregivers, as well as to other Agency staff.
• Demonstrates interest in the welfare of the ill and elderly.
• Proof of current CPR.
• Successful completion of the Aide Competency Evaluation Skills Checklist and written Skills Test.

• Reliable transportation.
• Valid and current auto liability insurance.

• Works in patients’/clients’ homes in various conditions; possible exposure to blood, body fluids, and infectious diseases; exposure to unpleasant weather.
• Ability to work a flexible schedule.
• Ability to travel locally.

• Prolonged standing and walking required.
• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds and move patients/clients.
• Requires working under some stressful conditions to meet deadlines, to identify patient/client needs, to make quick decisions and meet patient/client and family psychosocial needs.
• Requires hand‑eye coordination and manual dexterity.
• Ability to use durable medical equipment in the home.

• Provides direct patient/client care under the direction of the RN and according to the Aide Plan of Care.
• Provides necessary skills to assist patients/clients with safe transfers and ambulation per Agency policy.
• Appropriately reports changes and documents pertinent information and care rendered to patients/clients to ensure continuity of care.
• Practices accepted infection control principles.
• Provides a clean, safe, and comfortable environment.
• Promotes positive, supportive, respectful communication to patients/clients, their families, and other employees.
• Provides an environment which promotes respect for patients/clients and their privacy and property.
• Provides skills necessary to assist patients/clients with proper nutrition and adequate fluid intake.
• Contributes to the management and efficient operation of the Agency and demonstrates effective time management skills.
• Provides skills necessary to perform treatments and procedures according to Agency policy.
• Demonstrates commitment, professional growth, and competency by attending 12 hours of in‑services per year.
• Promotes the Agency…