Summary
Location
Lexington
Type
full-time
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About this role
Schedule: Days vary - 2pm-10:30pm with rotating weekends
Position Summary:
The PACE Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) provides personal care and supportive services to participants in the PACE Center, home, hospital, nursing home, or assisted living facility. Care is delivered under the direction and supervision of a Registered Nurse, PACE Center Director, or Home Care Manager.
Position Qualifications:
- At least 18 years of age with a high school diploma or General Education Degree (GED).
- Currently registered as a State Nurse Aide through the Kentucky Board of Nursing.
- Completion of a recognized Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) training program.
- Minimum of one (1) year of experience working with frail and elderly population.
- Food handling permit required (to be obtained upon hire).
- Maintains current CPR certification.
- Self-directed with the ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
- Demonstrates knowledge and skills required to provide care to and communicate effectively with the adult and elderly population.
- Ability to read and interpret safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedural manuals.
- Ability to write routine reports, documentation, and correspondence accurately.
- Ability to work collaboratively with PACE staff and members of the Interdisciplinary Team (IDT).
- Ability to communicate effectively with participants, families, and employees, including speaking before small groups as needed.
- Ability to understand and carry out written, oral, or diagram-based instructions.
- Ability to solve routine problems involving multiple variables using standardized procedures.
- Ability to adapt to changing participant conditions and care needs as directed.
- Ability to accommodate daily schedule changes related to staffing needs, participant status, and new participant admissions.
- Ability to follow emergency, safety, and evacuation procedures.
- Must be a licensed driver.
Other facts
About Everent Health & Affiliates
Hosparus Health is a fully accredited, non-profit hospice and palliative care organization that provides medical care, grief counseling, pain management and much more for people facing serious and life-limiting illnesses in Kentucky and Indiana.
We're the region's leading hospice care provider, serving 8,000 patients a year by helping them face end-of-life issues. We know that sometimes facing these issues can be hard, so we approach them with as much care and thought as any other milestone so they can enjoy the best quality of life possible.
Our awesome team of health care professionals and volunteers provide pain and symptom control, medication management, personal care, counseling and spiritual care. Our services are provided wherever our patients call home, whether it be in a residence, nursing home, assisted living facility or hospital.
If you or someone you know has lost a loved one, our Grief Counseling Center is a great place to receive bereavement services individually, with a group or your family.
Interested in working for Hosparus Health? Check out or job postings and apply directly on our website by visiting www.hosparushealth.org.
Hosparus Health is the right choice for patients and families who want to have the best quality of life for as long as possible.
What you'll do
- The PACE Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) provides personal care and supportive services to participants in various settings. Care is delivered under the direction and supervision of a Registered Nurse or other management.
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