As the CNA Hospice Aide, you will play a vital role in providing compassionate, hands-on care to patients and support for their families during end-of-life care. This position focuses on assisting patients with daily living activities while promoting comfort, dignity, and emotional well-being. Working closely with the hospice care team, as the CNA Hospice Aide, you will help ensure patients receive respectful, individualized care in alignment with their care plan.
Locations (3)
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
Durham, North Carolina, United States
Garner, North Carolina, United States
Responsibilities
Provides personal care services to patients
Applies safety principles and proper body mechanics to the performance of specific techniques of personal and supportive care such as ambulation of clients, transferring clients, assisting with the normal range of motion and positioning, and doing household chores
Plans and prepares nutritious meals, assists with feeding, as assigned
Performs homemaking and other environmental services as assigned
Observes, reports, and documents any changes in patient's status. If unable to perform a certain task, report to the primary nurse
Provide psychosocial support, assessment, and care coordination to patients and families receiving services in the home.
Responsibilities
Assists the patient and family with health related financial, social and emotional concerns and assists with effective coping skills
Provides social work services in accordance with the plan of care
Ensures that changes in the patient's clinical status are communicated to other healthcare team members and the care center office staff in a timely manner
Educates the patient and family members and other team members on medical social work interventions and treatment plan
Performs care planning, transfer and discharge functions
The Patient Services Coordinator – Clinical is responsible for scheduling home visits for field staff and assisting with the coordination of patient care.
Responsibilities
Ensures patient assessment visits including all Oasis visits are scheduled and performed timely
Prepares weekly clinician schedules. Reviews clinician schedules daily or more frequently as needed to determine capacity opportunities and ensure productivity standards are being met
Ensures clinicians are assigned and scheduled in most efficient geography, maximizing clinician efficiency, utilizing the lowest possible discipline, matching skill with required care, and optimizing clinician capacity
Ensures missed visits are scheduled by the end of the current week or referred to the Clinical Manager for resolution
Works collaboratively with field clinicians to ensure all patient visits are scheduled and completed as ordered and within the care center
Provide and direct provisions of nursing care to patients in their homes as prescribed by the physician and in compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and agency policies.
Responsibilities
Initiates, develops, implements, and revises the plan of care in collaboration with the physician and other health care professionals
Supervises care provided by home health aides and licensed practical/vocational nurses, provides instruction, and assigns tasks according to State and federal regulations
Provides required supervisory visits
Provides high-quality clinical services within the scope of practice and infection control standards, in accordance with the plan of care, and in coordination with other health care team members
Completes comprehensive assessments (OASIS) including medication reconciliation accurately and timely
As the Occupational Therapist in Home Health, you will be responsible for assessment and evaluation of patient care needs related to functional status, activities of daily living, fine motor coordination, home assessments and adaptive equipment, and other occupational therapy needs as defined by medical conditions.
Compensation
OT - Home Health- $7,500 Sign On Bonus
Responsibilities
Provides service within the scope of practice as defined by the state laws governing the practice of Occupational Therapy, in accordance with the plan of care, using evidence-based techniques, and in coordination with other members of the health care team
Evaluates the patient’s functional status, status of all body systems as required for CMS documentation, and occupational therapy needs
Consults with the physician in the development of the therapy plan of care
Observes, records, and reports to the nurse supervisor and the physician the patient's response to treatment and changes to the patient's condition
Conducts patient assessments evaluating the level of function by applying diagnostic and prognostic functional ability tests
Provides service within the scope of practice as defined by the state laws governing the practice of Occupational Therapy, in accordance with the plan of care, using evidence-based techniques, and in coordination with other members of the health care team
Evaluates the patient’s functional status, status of all body systems as required for CMS documentation, and occupational therapy needs. Consults with the physician in the development of the therapy plan of care
Observes, records, and reports to the nurse supervisor and the physician the patient's response to treatment and changes to the patient's condition
Conducts patient assessments evaluating the level of function by applying diagnostic and prognostic functional ability tests
As the Hospice RN On-Call, you are responsible for providing after-hours clinical support, triaging patient needs, and coordinating care to ensure continuity and quality outcomes. This role delivers remote and field-based nursing support, assesses patient conditions, and collaborates with interdisciplinary teams to address urgent and emergent patient needs.
Responsibilities
Provide on-call nursing support, triaging patient needs and determining appropriate interventions
Assess patient conditions via phone and/or in-person visits and escalate care as needed
Coordinate with physicians, care teams, and caregivers to ensure timely and effective care delivery
Deliver patient and caregiver education related to symptom management and care plans
Maintain accurate and timely documentation of all patient interactions and clinical decisions
The Home Health Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) or Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) works under the supervision of a Registered Nurse to provide skilled nursing care to patients in their homes.
Responsibilities
Verify plan of care with the RN prior to each visit
Collaborate with physician and RN frequently to ensure patient needs are being met; Notify them as soon as possible when patient condition changes
Teach patients and caregivers self-care techniques
Check vital signs
Review all medications and perform a medication reconciliation at each visit
Provides services within the scope of practice as defined by the state laws governing the practice of speech therapy, in accordance with the plan of care, and in coordination with other members of the health care team
Evaluates the patient's level of function by applying diagnostic and prognostic functional ability tests. Assists the physician in the development of the therapy plan of care
Treats patients to communicate effectively by expressing thoughts according to the patient's condition using acceptable standards of practice
Observes, records, and reports to the supervising nurse and/or physician the patient's response to treatment and changes in the patient's condition
Instructs the patient, the family and/or caregiver and other members of the health care team in areas of speech therapy in which they can participate
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