Overview:
HarmonyCares is one of the nation’s largest home-based primary care practices. HarmonyCares is a family of companies all dedicated to providing high-quality, coordinated health care in the home. This includes HarmonyCares, HarmonyCares Medical Group, HarmonyCares Home Health and HarmonyCares Hospice.
Our Mission – To bring personalized, quality-based healthcare to the home of patients who have difficult accessing care.
Our Shared Vision – Every patient deserves access to quality healthcare.
Our Values – The way we care is our legacy. Every interaction counts. Go the extra mile. Empower and support each other.
Why You Should Want to Work with Us
- Health, Dental, Vision, Disability & Life Insurance, and much more
- 401K Retirement Plan (with company match)
- Tuition, Professional License and Certification Reimbursement
- Paid Time Off, Holidays and Volunteer Time
- Paid Orientation and Training
- Great Place to Work Certified
- Established in 11 states
- Largest home-based primary care practice in the US for over 28 years, making a huge impact in healthcare today!
More details about the benefits we offer can be found at https://careers.harmonycares.com/benefits.
Responsibilities:
The Travel Hospice Aide is a non-professional employee trained to provide personal care and related services in the home for the sick or disabled. Travel Hospice Aide functions under the direct supervision of a registered nurse or a physical therapist to assist the patient to perform on 2 or more ADL’s. The Travel Hospice Aide or their alternate who is similarly qualified must be available at all times during operating hours of the Agency. As a Travel Hospice Aide you will:
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
During each, visit the Travel Hospice Aide:
- Shall obtain vital signs, record and notify the primary RN of deviations according to standard practice
- The Travel Hospice Aide shall provide assistance with at least 2 of the following ADL’s
- Personal hygiene (Example: bathing, grooming, hair care, shaving, deodorant application, skin care with lotions and/or powder, foot care and ear care)
- Q-tips are not to be used;
- Nail care and oral hygiene, which are needed to facilitate treatment or prevent deterioration (nail cutting will NOT be done; and filing will NOT be done, if patient is diabetic);
- Changing bed linens and making bed;
- Eating and maintaining adequate nutrition and fluid intake when appropriate;
- Dressing (clothes);
- Ambulation and transfers (For example: Assisting patients to the toilet/commode or with bedpans and with elimination needs, assisting patients in and out of bed, assisting with ambulation, and assisting with other transfers and positional needs as appropriate);
- Incidental household services, which are essential to patient health care (For example: light housekeeping, straightening room, and laundry);
- Assisting with prescribed exercises, which the Travel Hospice Aide and the patient have been taught by a health professional agent (employee) of the agency;
- May hand patient prepared medications;
- May empty or change a colostomy bag after receiving direction from RN
- Will understand and apply basic infection control principles and procedures
- Will contact supervisor with any concerns related to infection control
- Will follow the Plan of Care (Instruction Sheet) as instructed by Agency’s health care professional
- Will document appropriately according to the Plan of Care and submit all documentation per agency policy
- Will keep a record of hospice aide Plan of Care for each patient assigned
- Will observe physical and gross behavioral changes in the patient’s condition or family situation and report to the registered nurse
- Will follow visit schedule and indicate changes in schedule as appropriate
- Will promptly contact patients and an Agency supervisor whenever unable to visit a patient as scheduled and will give full report to covering aides concerning patient care, visit times, etc. Will give patient name of covering hospice aide
- Will communicate appropriately with patient/family and Agency personnel
- Will attend required in-services and meetings as identified by the Agency (must have 12 hours of In-Service per year)
- Will adhere to Agency’s Policies and Procedures
- Will perform other duties as assigned
- Will participate in Performance Improvement activities as indicated
- Responsible to ensure the use of the 4Ms (What Matters to the patient, Medications, Mentation, and Mobility) and provides Age-Friendly Care
The Travel Hospice Aide WILL NOT do the following:
- Irrigate body cavities such as giving an enema;
- Irrigate a colostomy or wound;
- Perform a gastric lavage or gavage;
- Catheterize a patient;
- Administer medications;
- Apply heat by any method
- Care for Tracheostomy tube;
- Cut nails;
- File nails; if patient is diabetic, and;
- Provide any personal health service, which has not been included by the health care professional (employee) in the patient care plan
Qualifications:
Required Knowledge, Skills and Experience:
- High school graduate or GED
- Are certified nurses aides (CNA). Effective for services furnished after August 14, 1990, a person who has successfully completed a State-established or other training program that meets the federal requirements of §484.76(a) and a competency evaluation program or State licensure program or State licensure program that meets the federal requirements of §484.76(b), or a competency evaluation program or a State licensure program that meets the federal requirements of §484.36(b). An individual is not considered to have completed a training and competency evaluation program, or a competency evaluation program if, since the individual’s most recent completion of this program(s), there has been a continuous period of twenty four (24) consecutive months during none of which the individual furnished services described in §409.40 of the federal regulations for compensation.
- Current driver’s license and automobile in good working condition with proof of auto insurance
- Is able to meet certain physical demands of standing, bending, lifting, stooping or performing other work requiring light physical exertion (up to 30 pounds) on a continuous basis (over 50% of time); or moderate physical exertion (30 to 50 pounds) on a frequent basis (16 to 50% of time); or heavy physical exertion on an occasional basis (up to 15% of time).
- A Travel Hospice Aide may be used by the agency providing licensed hospice services if the aide meets one of the following requirements:
- A minimum of one year full-time experience in direct client care in an institutional setting (hospital or nursing facility);
- One year full-time experience within the last five years in direct client care in an agency setting;
- Satisfactorily completed a training and competency evaluation program that complies with the requirements of this section;
- Satisfactorily completed a competency evaluation program that complies with the requirements of this section;
- A Travel Hospice Aide must have provided hospice services with the previous 24 months to qualify under subsection (a)(3) or (4) of this section
- Agree to undergo supplemental training by Agency personnel, as may be required by the Agency
- Agree to precept/train new hospice aides
- Attends staff meeting and educational In-services per agency requirements
- Have completed the 9th grade, with ability to read and write at an adequate level.
- Have an interest in and a sympathetic attitude toward caring for the sick at home.
- Have the emotional maturity necessary for establishing and maintaining a good rapport with patients and family members
- Demonstrate the ability to be able to work within a multi-disciplinary team setting
- Demonstrate the ability to work in field situations and navigate within assigned districts
- Have the ability to meet the physical demands of the job
- Have satisfactorily passed Agency pre-employment testing which will include a written and performance evaluation
- Must inform all employees and cooperate and coordinate to assure highest performance of quality when providing services to the beneficiary
- Willing to accommodate a flexible travel schedule to meet the agency’s needs
- Is prohibited from simultaneous/concurrent employment
- Ability to travel independently with proof of auto insurance during designated work hours (at least 80% of the time up to 100%)
Preferred Knowledge, Skills and Experience:
- Certified Hospice and Palliative Nursing Assistant (CHPNA) through HPNA
- EMR Experience
- Three years or more experience as a Certified Nursing Aide
- Hospice experience
Posted Max Pay Rate:
USD $24.06/Hr.
Posted Min Pay Rate:
USD $18.59/Hr.
Pay Transparency:
Individual compensation packages are based on various factors unique to each candidate, including skill set, experience, qualifications, and other job-related considerations.
Notice:
HarmonyCares and HarmonyCares Hospice are not affiliated with Harmony Hospice Care. HarmonyCares Hospice does not conduct business in OH. HarmonyCares Hospice conducts business in MI, VA, WI, TX, IN, IL.
