Hospice Aide Job at Beth Israel Lahey Health, Woburn, MA

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  • Beth Israel Lahey Health
  • Woburn, MA

Job Description

Job Description

Job Type: Regular

Time Type: Full time

Work Shift: Day (United States of America)

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives.

Job Description:

Hospice Aide

Job Description:

Beth Israel Lahey Health at Home is looking for Hospice Aides who want to join our Home Hospice team! Here at BILHAH, we keep our travel territories small to ensure that patient care comes first. We are offering Monday through Friday day shifts for the following territories:

Danvers, MA and surrounding towns

Woburn, MA and surrounding towns

Watertown, MA/Cambridge MA and surrounding towns

What You’ll Do :

The Hospice Aide provides compassionate personal care and homemaker services for patients when appropriate and maintains a safe and healthy environment as directed by the IDT plan of care.

Primary Responsibilities :

  • Assist patients with appropriate techniques to maintain personal hygiene and grooming, including shower, tub or bed baths and mouth, skin, nail and hair care.
  • Assist patients in the use of toilet facilities, including bed pans.
  • Provide skin care with observation for pressure areas and sores and knowledge of preventive measures.
  • Assist patients in and out of bed using safe transfer techniques, including the use of gait belts and mechanical lifting equipment, when applicable (with appropriate completed/demonstrated skills competency).
  • Assist patients with walking, including the use of walkers, canes and wheelchairs, when applicable.
  • Assist with cuing of self-administered medications.
  • Assist with meal preparation and feeding, when required.
  • Observe, report, and document patient status and care provided.
  • Take and record of vital signs (temperature, pulse, and respirations) as directed (with appropriate completed/demonstrated skills competency).
  • Practice basic infection control procedures.
  • Document status of patient functioning and changes in patient status to be reported to the hospice nurse case manager.
  • Maintain a clean, safe and healthy environment in the patient’s home.
  • Recognize emergencies and contacting emergency personnel and supervisor when necessary.
  • Understand the physical, developmental and emotional needs of the populations served.
  • Treat the patient and his/her property with respect.

What You’ll Need :

  • Valid MA Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) certification OR Home Health Aide (HHA) certificate required

What You’ll Get :

  • A highly competitive pay rate & benefits package, including generous PTO, 403(b), and tuition
  • A reasonable geographic territory with strong clinical support resources
  • A highly inclusive, diverse team that values the input of all staff to provide excellent patient care

FLSA Status:

Non-Exempt

As a health care organization, we have a responsibility to do everything in our power to care for and protect our patients, our colleagues and our communities. Beth Israel Lahey Health requires that all staff be vaccinated against influenza (flu) and COVID-19 as a condition of employment. Learn more about this requirement.

More than 35,000 people working together. Nurses, doctors, technicians, therapists, researchers, teachers and more, making a difference in patients' lives. Your skill and compassion can make us even stronger.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

As a health care organization, we have a responsibility to do everything in our power to care for and protect our patients, our colleagues and our communities. Beth Israel Lahey Health requires that all staff be vaccinated against influenza (flu) and COVID-19 as a condition of employment. Learn more about this requirement.

More than 35,000 people working together. Nurses, doctors, technicians, therapists, researchers, teachers and more, making a difference in patients' lives. Your skill and compassion can make us even stronger.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

Job Tags

Full time, Shift work, Day shift, Monday to Friday,

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