Hospice Aide / CNA, Evenings

  • Part-time
  • Work Address: 360 North Avenue, Haverhill, MA 01830
  • Employment Type: Part-Time
  • Job Category (for posting purposes): Clinical Support

Company Description

High Pointe House is located on 39 beautiful, wooded acres in Haverhill, MA, High Pointe House provides a comfortable, welcoming home-like alternative for patients in need of specialized end-of-life care. With twenty-one private suites, our goal is to ensure the Hospice House is available to patients and families when time is most precious. One of only two inpatient hospice facilities in Massachusetts licensed to care for children as well as adults, High Pointe House address’s these complex medical needs with compassion and dignity. It is a place for patients and families to spend their last days together in peace, comfort and security.

The great history of Home Health Foundation and Merrimack Valley Hospice is now the future of Tufts Medicine Care at Home.

Tufts Medicine Care at Home is a proud member of Tufts Medicine, a health system that is rethinking how academic and community centers, local and national businesses, and technology and service innovators can all work together. So that clinicians can deliver expert care where it’s needed most and so that we can bring wellness back to health care, one person at a time.

Job Description

Why Join Us? 

$2,000 Sign-on Bonus, Benefits you will love, Generous earned time package, Retirement plan with employer match, Tuition reimbursement and More! 

A Hospice Aide is a trained paraprofessional who provides personal care and other incidental care to patients as instructed by and under the supervision of the professional clinician.  Hospice Aides provide care to patients in a variety of settings, including patients under home health and hospice plans of care, residing in private homes, assisted livings, skilled nursing facilities and hospice inpatient facilities.

Essential Functions

  • Provides care to patients as instructed in the home health aide or hospice aide care plan.  Provides the level of assistance designated in the plan of care, ranging from supervision and cueing to total care.
  • Notifies the supervising clinician and or aide supervisor promptly when the patient refuses care or the patient’s care needs change.
  • Provides patient care including bathing, dressing, grooming, ambulation/mobility, toileting and nutrition/hydration.
  • When assisting with grooming and dressing, including hair styling, manicure and pedicure, supports patient and family choices for clothing and accessories, hearing aids and eyeglasses.
  • Provides bowel and bladder training, catheter care, ostomy care, and adaptive equipment (e.g., raised toilet seat) as designated in aide care plan.
  • Identifies risks to personal safety (e.g. firearms in the home, oxygen safety) and promptly reports concern to aide supervisor.
  • Follows designated infection control protocol including universal precautions, biohazardous disposal, and isolation techniques.
  • Identifies changes in mobility, weakness, sleepiness, and fatigue and reports these changes to the supervising professional clinician
  • Identifies physical, mental and functional changes and reports these changes to the supervising professional clinician
  • Identifies respiratory concerns, such as a change in breathing pattern, or increased secretions and reports these changes to the supervising professional clinician

Position Type

This is a Part-Time Evening position. Days and hours of work are based on operational needs with some flexibility based on position. Hours are not guaranteed and may fluctuate with the patient census.

Qualifications

  • Must have a current CNA license in New Hampshire and willing to obtain NH LNA. 
  • Position requires a valid driver’s license, and High School Diploma or GED
  • Must have reliable transportation.

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

AAP/EEO Statement

Tufts Medicine Care at Home is an Equal Opportunity Employer and dedicated to the goal of building a diverse and inclusive workplace that reflects the patient population in which we serve. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Care at Home is especially interested in candidates who, through their service, training and experience, will contribute to the diversity and excellence of our health care community.

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.