Hospice Nursing Assistant; CNA

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VIA Health Partners is an industry leader and top‑10 nationally ranked provider of end‑of‑life care. We are a community‑based, not‑for‑profit hospice and palliative care provider with deep community roots and decades of experience serving all patients and families regardless of their ability to pay or 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 values.

• 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

• 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 devices 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

• Sterile dressing for wounds over 48 hours old; wound irrigation
• Ostomy care or ostomy irrigation
• Insertion of urinary catheter limited to replacement of an existing catheter once nursing assessment is completed (no irrigation)
• Oxygen therapy including room set‑up and monitoring of flow‑rate
• Breaking‑up and removal of fecal impaction (NAII only)
• I.V. Fluid‑Assisted Activities (assemble/flush tubing during set‑up, monitoring flow rate, site care/dressing change, discontinuing peripheral intravenous infusions) (NAII only)
• Nutritional activities (oral/nasogastric infusions after placement verification by a licensed nurse, gastrostomy feedings, clamping tubes, removing oral/nasogastric feeding tubes) (NAII only)
• Suctioning (Oropharyngeal, nasopharyngeal) (NAII only)
• Tracheostomy care (NAII only)
• Interdisciplinary Team attend & participation in conferences (IDT and special care conferences) (NAII only)
• Documentation and maintain accurate, complete, succinct and timely clinical documentation per HPCCR guidelines
• Professional and personal accountability, competency, maintain reputation, professional development, licensing, CPR, CEU, relationships, time management, crisis response, other duties as required
• Clean patient rooms per procedure, maintain cleanliness, proper chemical use, PPE

• High School diploma preferred; training/certification in related field required
• Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA); maintain current listing status
• Must be in good standing with NC Department of Health and Human Services
• Minimum 1 year experience required (home care, terminally ill/geriatrics preferred)

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Fort Mill, SC