Cedar Valley Hospice is the premier hospice agency serving 15 counties with offices in Waterloo, Grundy Center, Independence, and Waverly. At Cedar Valley Hospice you will work with the best clinicians, nurses, and management team, learning highly regarded practices to achieve optimum outcomes for our patients and their families. As a not-for-profit hospice, we believe “compassionate care” is not just a phrase spoken, but rather a way of living and working every day to help support patients and their families. Our mission exemplifies the organizations focus on providing the best care possible for patients at home or wherever they reside.
We are currently seeking a highly qualified and compassionate Hospice Aide to join our well-respected Waterloo office team.
Job Overview
Title: Hospice Aide (CNA)
Location: Waterloo office (may be assigned to help at any CVH location as needed)
Job Schedule:
- Full Time (1.0 FTE)
- Monday – Friday, 8:00am – 4:30pm
- Cedar Valley Hospice offers flexible work arrangements to work around the needs of your family! Adjusted work hours are available.
- This position requires on-call rotation for weekends and holidays.
Benefits: Cedar Valley Hospice provides an excellent benefit package including: a family friendly work environment, generous paid time off, and quality benefit options including a 401k plan. Public service loan forgiveness (PSLF) eligible employer.
Responsibilities
- Provide physical cares, respite care, and light housekeeping duties to patients and families in a home or nursing home setting.
- Observe changes in patient condition with communication of such changes to the primary RN or Clinical Services Manager.
- Assist in maintaining a safe environment for patients, families, and staff.
- Complete clinical documentation, including assisting with filing of medical records in patient charts.
Qualifications
Required
- 75-hour CNA certification (must be active on the Iowa CNA Registry).
- Current Iowa driver’s license, reliable vehicle, and car insurance.
- Ability to read, write, and carry out directions, with or without accommodation.
- Ability to provide physical cares independently in a home environment.
- Respects confidentiality.
- Ability to move 50lbs with or without accommodation.
Preferred
- 1-2 years of CNA experience.
- Experience providing hospice aide services in a home environment.
- Experience working in a team environment.
Physical/Other Requirements
- Ability to move 50lbs with our without accommodation.
- In an 8-hour day, employee may remain in a stationary position 1-5 hours and move about inside CVH site offices/locations, meeting spaces, patient residences, and healthcare facility locations 3-7 hours.
- Employment at Cedar Valley Hospice requires being fully vaccinated for COVID-19 (Boosters are not required) OR have an approved request for reasonable accommodations for a medical, pregnancy, or religious reason, by the start date.
- Pre-employment/post-offer physical, TB, and drug screen required.
If you are ready to make a positive difference in the lives of families and work passionately for an award-winning employer, apply today! Interested applicants should apply online at www.cvhospice.org.
Equal Opportunity Employer Statement
Cedar Valley Hospice is an equal opportunity employer. Cedar Valley Hospice prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, genetic information, status as a protected veteran, political affiliation, or any other characteristic protected by law.
