Care Partner - Hospice Aide

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. Provides care to patients in our designated High Pointe Hospice House.

Facility Location: High Pointe House, Haverhill, MA

Hours: 24 hours Overnight - 11pm to 7:30am

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 patient's 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. Follows designated infection control protocol including universal precautions, biohazardous disposal, and isolation techniques.

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.