Hospice Nursing Assistant; CNA

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VIA Health Partners is an industry leader and top-10 nationally ranked provider of end
- -life care. We are a community-based, not-for-profit hospice & palliative care provider with deep community roots and decades of experience serving all patient and family needs regardless of 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 same values. Apply now and be a part of our success story.

• 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
  • Personal care (ADL) including bathing (assist, bed bath, tub bath, shower, sitz), body mechanics (turning, positioning, transfer, lifts), nutrition (meal prep, feeding, intake/output tracking), elimination care (bedpan/urinal, catheter care, specimen collection), safety procedures (call rails, restraints, CPR, infection control), special procedures (vital signs, wound care, post-mortem care, breathing exercises).
  • Housekeeping services necessary for patient/family/caregiver health and safety.
  • Participates in interdisciplinary team conferences.
• If functioning as a NA I+4, in addition to the above tasks, provides:
  • Sterile dressing for wounds >48 hr old; wound irrigation
  • Ostomy care or ostomy irrigation
  • Limited insertion of urinary catheter (only replacement after nursing assessment)
  • Oxygen therapy (room set-up and flow-rate monitoring)
• If functioning as a NAII, in addition to the above tasks, provides:
  • Breaking-up and removal of fecal impaction
  • IV fluid‑assisted activities (assembly, flushing, monitoring, dressing change, discontinuation)
  • Nutritional activities (OG feeding, gastrostomy feedings, tube clamping and removal)
  • Suctioning (oropharyngeal, nasopharyngeal)
  • Tracheostomy care
  • Ostomy care or irrigation
  • Sterile dressing for wounds >48 hr old; wound irrigation
  • Oxygen therapy (room set-up and flow-rate monitoring)
  • Interdisciplinary teamwork, documentation, professional accountability, and ongoing professional development

• High school diploma preferred; +training/certification in related field required.
• Certified Nursing Assistant; maintain current listing status required.
• NA – must be in good standing with NC Department of Health and Human Services.

• Minimum 1 year experience required. Experience in home care, working with terminally ill and/or geriatrics preferred.