Home and Hospice Aide (NAC) - Hospice Snohomish *$1,500 Sign-On Bonus*
Company: Providence Health & Services
Location: Everett
Posted on: August 5, 2022
Job Description:
Description Providence is calling a Home Health and Hospice Aide
(NAC) (1.0 FTE, Day Shift) to work in Hospice Snohomish at SCS
Hospice in Everett, WA. The Home Health/Hospice Aide provides
personal care, assistance with performing activities of daily
living and prescribed therapeutic exercises, and basic housekeeping
services essential to the comfort and cleanliness of receiving home
care or hospice services. These services are specified by a written
plan of care that is developed and supervised by a Registered
Nurse. In this position you will:
- Provide direct patient / basic nursing care and simple
housekeeping tasks as reflected on the Home Health Aide Plan of
Care under the direction and supervision of a Registered Nurse (RN)
or other licensed professional:
- Patient care duties may include: bathing, pericare (with or
without indwelling catheter), oral care, and care of skin, hair and
finger nails; may also include helping patients to move; turn; get
in and out of bed, chair, or wheelchair; and ambulate with or
without assistive devices. Provide care of surgical or prosthetic
appliances or devices as instructed, ie, catheters, colostomies,
leg braces, dentures, etc.
- Basic nursing care may include: collecting and processing
specimens as indicated, including urine dips, chart results and
report to medical staff; obtaining vital signs including blood
pressure, heart rate temperature, O2 statistics, and weights as
assigned each day by RN, measuring and calculating fluid and food
intake and output as indicated, performing simple dressing changes,
assisting with routine bowel care
- Housekeeping duties may include simple household duties which
facilitate the patient's self care at home and which are necessary
to prevent or postpone institutionalization and are essential to
the patient's health care at home
- Provide in home hospice respite care when assigned
- Assist with prescribed exercises which patient and aide have
been taught by the Physical, Speech, or Occupational Therapist or
Registered Nurse and as described in the Home Health Aide plan of
care; demonstrates good working knowledge of principles of range of
motion exercises, body alignment and positioning techniques
- Observe and report to immediate supervisor any changes in
participant's physical or mental status; record such observations
on appropriate records; communicates safety hazards and
environmental health hazards to primary clinician and/or team
members
- Demonstrate effective time management including arriving at the
patient home in a timely manner, responding to urgent needs by
prioritizing and triaging visits, communicating schedule and work
plan to Clinical Manager, RN Case Manager and/or Scheduler daily
and other team members as appropriate
- Independently manages own caseload, plans and schedules home
visits and coordinates with other team members as needed to
maximize effectiveness of overall care plan
- Organize weekly schedule to attend required meetings within
schedule of patient care needs
- Organize and coordinates transfer of patient information for
coverage during absences
- Maintain accurate and appropriate records and documentation of
status, and care / services provided; documents any deviations from
the plan of care and contacts the primary clinician and/or Home
Health Manager/Supervisor
- In some instances uses a laptop computer to document patient
care and communication with other team member
- May train family members in safe patient hygiene practices
- Promote the Patient Bill of Rights and Responsibilities and
understand the basic procedures for receiving and documenting
grievances in order to initiate the appropriate process for
participant concerns
- Participate in relevant educational activities and attends 12
hours or more of in-service education per calendar year to meet
state, federal and agency requirements, and to provide
opportunities for personal growth and job enhancement
- Care Team Hospice Aide: provide care to hospice patients as
indicated by the Plan of Care for assigned patients as overseen by
a case manager; share weekend and evening coverage
- Continuous Care Hospice Aide: provide immediate care to a
single hospice patient during times of increased patient need
Required qualifications for this position include:
- Completion of a certified nursing assistant course or
equivalent training
- Nursing Assistant Certified (NAC) in the state of
Washington
- Current Healthcare Provider CPR (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation)
certification
- Driver's License
- Driver Auto Insurance Preferred qualifications for this
position includes:
- One (1) year previous home health/hospice experience required
as a nurse's aide, hospice aide, orderly, or related experience in
an acute, rehabilitative, or long term care facility, or hospice
organization About the ministry you will serve. Providence Hospice
and Home Care provides quality, timely, comprehensive medical care
in the homes of patients in Snohomish County in Washington State,
including Camano Island. Our Mission is to improve the quality of
life of our community by providing professional, compassionate,
quality care, in appropriate settings, enabling individuals and
families to manage health care problems and life-threatening
illnesses. The wide-ranging care we provide includes the service of
physicians, registered nurses, CWCN registered nurse wound care
specialists, medical social workers, rehabilitation therapists,
home health aides, chaplains and volunteers. Our Inpatient Hospice
Care Center provides a unique alternative to traditional home-based
care for hospice patients who need symptom management which cannot
be provided in the home. Located at Providence Regional Medical
Center Everett, the center serves patients in the hospital and
offers the community a complete continuum of hospice care. About
Providence At Providence, our strength lies in Our Promise of "Know
me, care for me, ease my way." Working at our family of
organizations means that regardless of your role, we'll walk
alongside you in your career, supporting you so you can support
others. We provide best-in-class benefits and we foster an
inclusive workplace where diversity is valued, and everyone is
essential, heard and respected. Together, our 120,000 caregivers
(all employees) serve in over 50 hospitals, over 1,000 clinics and
a full range of health and social services across Alaska,
California, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas and Washington. As a
comprehensive health care organization, we are serving more people,
advancing best practices and continuing our more than 100-year
tradition of serving the poor and vulnerable. Requsition ID:
P347766 Company: Providence Jobs Job Category: Patient Care
(Non-Acute) Job Function: Clinical Care Schedule: Full time Shift:
Day Career Track: Clinical Support Department: 3305 HOSPICE WA
EVERETT Address: WA Everett 2731 Wetmore Ave Providence is proud to
be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Providence does not discriminate
on the basis of race, color, gender, disability, veteran, military
status, religion, age, creed, national origin, sexual identity or
expression, sexual orientation, marital status, genetic
information, or any other basis prohibited by local, state, or
federal law.
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