What are the responsibilities and job description for the CNA-Hospice Aide position at GENESIS Health System?
Position Title: CNA-Hospice Aide
Department: Hospice House
Up to $3,000 Sign on bonus for eligible candidates!
Purpose: To provide personal care, assistance with ADLs, exercises, meal preparation and environmental tasks to patients under general designated supervision of the Registered Nurse. Actively participate in quality monitoring and performance improvement activities.
Report To: Manager, Hospice House Operations
Supervisory Responsibility: No Supervision: The job does not require the provision of guidance or supervision to others. There is no formal responsibility for directing others.
Materials Responsibility: Very Limited. Work requires very limited responsibility for material resources. Examples of resources could include personal work materials, supplies or equipment, or very small amounts of cash. The employee has a very limited or indirect amount of control over these resources. Although human error might require the repair or replacement of materials, usually the cost of correcting these errors is minor. The variety and volume of resources is also very limited. Problems associated with material resources are very uncomplicated.
Key Relationship: Co-workers/Health System Employees, Outside Agencies/Other Health Care Providers, General Public/Visitors/Volunteers, Students/Interns/Residents/Outside Instructors, Patients, Families, and Significant Others
POSITION SPECIFICATION
Education: Less than high school graduation
Field Of Study:
Special Training: Basic Life Support
Training Preferred:
Licensure/Registration: Certified Nursing Assistant/75 hour nurse aide course in Iowa
Experience: More than 1 year experience required.
Interpersonal Skills: Interaction is with a variety of people inside or outside the organization. Communications are of moderate difficulty and sensitivity. Contact with others may involve detailed & lengthy dialogues & exchanges of information. Requires a moderate amount of interpersonal skills. Interactions involve dealing with moderately complicated problem situations or stressful encounters.
Working Conditions: There is routine exposure to highly adverse environmental conditions including physical hazards, health and safety risks, and otherwise undesirable characteristics in the environment. Personal risks require safety equipment or precautions to be followed closely. The time the employee is exposed to these conditions exceed 70% of their work day.
Possible Exposure to Blood Borne Pathogens: Yes
Miscellaneous: