Hospice Nursing Assistant- Union County

**VIA Health Partners** is an industry leader and top-10 nationally ranked provider of end-of-life care. More importantly we are proud to be a community based, not for profit hospice & palliative care provider. We have deep community roots, with decades of experience serving ALL patients’ and families’ needs regardless of their ability to pay or their medical complexity. **We are a people first organization** whose funds go to serve our mission. **Due to our significant growth, we are looking for amazing new staff who share these same values. Apply now and be a part of our success story.** **We provide excellent benefits including:** - **Medical, Vision, and Dental plans through BCBS** - **28 days of Paid Time Off** - **Excellent mileage reimbursement rate** - **403b Retirement plan with matching** - **Focused programs honoring Veteran patients** - **Assistance with achieving Certified Hospice & Palliative Nurse (CHPN)** - **Best Orientation and Onboarding program you’ve experienced** - **Seasoned Hospice leaders guiding your career growth** **Essential Functions** **** - **Delivery of patient care** - An NA provides personal care (ADL) including the following: - Bathing (assist, bed bath, tub bath, shower, and sitz). - Body Mechanics (turn and position, transfer-chair and stretcher, use of lifts, assist with ambulation, range of motion exercises). - Nutrition (prepare patient for meal time, feed patients, measure intake and output, prepares snacks and assists with meals). - Elimination (bedpan/urinal, bowel/bladder retraining, collect/test specimens, perineal/catheter care, apply condom catheter, douches, enemas, insert rectal tubes/flatus bags, empty drainage devises from body cavities/wounds, maintain gastric suction). - Safety (side rails/call rails, mitts and restraints, CPR/Heimlich maneuver, infection control including hand washing, isolation techniques and universal precautions). - Special procedures (vital signs including temperature, oral, rectal, axillary; pulse, radial and apical; respirations and BP; Height and weight, application of heat/cold, prevention and care for decubitus ulcers, surgical skin preps and scrubs, clean dressing changes, apply ace bandages, TEDs and binders, postmortem care, assist with cough/deep breathing. - Performs housekeeping services that are necessary for the health and safety of the patient/family/caregiver. - Participates in interdisciplinary team conferences (IDT) and special case conferences. If functioning as a NA 1+ 4, provides personal care (ADL) as noted under “Delivery of patient care” plus the following: • Sterile dressing for wounds over 48 hours old; wound irrigation. • Ostomy care or ostomy irrigation. • Insertion of urinary catheter is limited to *replacement of an existing catheter* once the Nursing assessment is completed. (No irrigation of urinary catheters). • Oxygen therapy including room set-up and monitoring of flow-rate. If functioning as a NAII, provides personal care (ADL) as noted in “Delivery of patient care” plus the following: • Breaking-up and removal of fecal impaction. • I.V. Fluid- Assisted Activities (assemble/flush tubing during set-up, monitoring flow rate, site care/dressing change, discontinuing peripheral intravenous infusions). • Nutritional activities (oral/nasogastric infusions after placement verification by a licensed nurse, gastrostomy feedings, clamping tubes, removing oral/nasogastric feeding tubes). • Suctioning (Oropharyngeal, nasopharyngeal). • Tracheostomy care. • Insertion of urinary catheter is limited to *replacement of an existing cathet*er once the Nursing assessment is completed. (No irrigation of urinary catheters). • Sterile dressing for wounds over 48 hours old; wound irrigation. • Ostomy care or ostomy irrigation. • Oxygen therapy including room set-up and monitoring of flow-rate. - **Interdisciplinary Team** - Attends and participates in interdisciplinary team conferences [IDT] and special care conferences. - Assumes responsi…