Per Diem- Hospice Aide- High Pointe House
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Job Location:
Lowell, MA - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
8 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Job Overview
This position is a trained paraprofessional who provides personal care and other incidental care to patients as instructed by and under the supervision of the professional clinician. Provide care to patients in a variety of settings including patients under home health and hospice plans of care residing in private homes assisted livings skilled nursing facilities and hospice inpatient facilities.
Facility Location: Haverhill MA
Hours: 8 Hours per week- Per Diem
Minimum Qualifications
1. High school degree or equivalent.
2. Certified Home Health Aide or Licensed Nurse Aide
3. Valid drivers license.
Duties and Responsibilities
The duties and responsibilities listed below are intended to describe the general nature of work and are not intended to be an all-inclusive list. Other duties and responsibilities may be assigned.
Essential Functions
1.Provides care to patients as instructed in the home health aide or hospice aide care plan. Provides the level of assistance designated in the plan of care ranging from supervision and cueing to total care.
2. Notifies the supervising clinician and or aide supervisor promptly when the patient refuses care or the patients care needs change.
3. Provides patient care including bathing dressing grooming ambulation/mobility toileting and nutrition/hydration.
4. Provides bowel and bladder training catheter care ostomy care and adaptive equipment (e.g. raised toilet seat) as designated in aide care plan.
5. Identifies risks to personal safety (e.g. firearms in the home oxygen safety) and promptly reports concern to aide supervisor.
6. Identifies changes in mobility weakness sleepiness and fatigue and reports these changes to the supervising professional clinician.
7. Identifies physical mental and functional changes and reports these changes to the supervising professional clinician.
8. Identifies respiratory concerns such as a change in breathing pattern or increased secretions and reports these changes to the supervising professional clinician.
At Tufts Medicine we want every individual to feel valued for the skills and experience they bring. Our compensation philosophy is designed to offer fair competitive pay that attracts retains and motivates highly talented individuals while rewarding the important work you do every day.
The base pay ranges reflect the minimum qualifications for the role. Individual offers are determined using a comprehensive approach that considers relevant experience certifications education skills and internal equity to ensure compensation is fair consistent and aligned with our business goals.
Beyond base pay Tufts Medicine provides a comprehensive Total Rewards package that supports your health financial security and career growthone of the many ways we invest in you so you can thrive both at work and outside of it.
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Key Skills
- Catheter Care
- Nursing Home Experience
- Patient Care
- Communication skills
- Computer Skills
- Hospice Care
- Vital Signs Experience
- Case Management
- Home Care
- Medical Imaging
- Catheterization
- Cerner
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