Our Company:
Embrace Hospice
Overview:
Join a team of passionate and caring clinicians who make a difference in people's lives. Our nursing group focuses on compassion and meeting the needs of our clients in a variety of settings such as Facilities, and Residential. If your passion is outstanding patient care coupled with a desire to help others live their best life, then come work for us. Apply today!
Responsibilities:
- Assists nurses by performing various basic care activities related to services essential to caring for the personal needs and comfort of patient
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Dresses, grooms, bathes, feeds, takes and records vital signs of patients
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Answers call lights, assists in toileting, oral care, nail care, catheter care, assists patients in wheel chairs, transports, turns bedridden patients, reports patient changes, and takes out trash
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Requires certification as a Nurse Assistant; functions may not exceed Standards of Practice as accorded by certification
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Provides simple or uncomplicated patient care
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Cleans room and changes bed linen
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Takes and records temperature, pulse, and respiration rate
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Gives medication as directed by Physician or Nurse and makes notation of amount and time given
Other duties as assigned
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Qualifications:
- Minimum age requirements is 18 years
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Valid driver's license, with satisfactory driving record, as defined by agency policy
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Certification, if required by state licensure as a CNA or Home Health Care Aide in the state in which the aide is to provide care
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Completion of a recognized home care aide training program or 6 months of recent experience as an aide
Must be able to utilize proper body mechanics while lifting and may be expected to lift up 75 lbs.; must be able to sit, stand, and walk for periods of time and bend, stoop, push, pull, and reach
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About our Line of Business: Embrace Hospice provides customized end-of-life care with quality and compassion for families throughout the San Antonio area. Embrace works to create a plan that best fits the diagnosis and home environment designed for both the patient and the family. For more information about Embrace Hospice, please visit www.embracehospicellc.com. Additional Job Information:
PRN CNA to help out in the south area (Marksville, Mansura, Simmesport, Cottonport) and the north area (Alexandria, Pineville, Jena, Jonesville)