Hospice Aide - Sawtelle Family Hospice House

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives.

Job Description:

• Location - Sawtelle Family Hospice House, Reading, MA

• Schedule - Per Diem 12.5 hr shifts

What You’ll Do: 

The Hospice Aide provides compassionate personal care and homemaker services for patients when appropriate and maintains a safe and healthy environment as directed by the IDT plan of care.

More Specifically:

• Assist patients with appropriate techniques to maintain personal hygiene and grooming, including shower, tub or bed baths and mouth, skin, nail and hair care.

• Assist patients in the use of toilet facilities, including bed pans.

• Provide skin care with observation for pressure areas and sores and knowledge of preventive measures.

• Assist patients in and out of bed using safe transfer techniques, including the use of gait belts and mechanical lifting equipment, when applicable (with appropriate completed/demonstrated skills competency).

• Assist patients with walking, including the use of walkers, canes and wheelchairs, when applicable.

• Assist with cuing of self-administered medications.

• Assist with meal preparation and feeding, when required.

• Observe, report, and document patient status and care provided.

• Take and record of vital signs (temperature, pulse, and respirations) as directed (with appropriate completed/demonstrated skills competency).

• Practice basic infection control procedures.

• Document status of patient functioning and changes in patient status to be reported to the hospice nurse case manager.

• Maintain a clean, safe and healthy environment in the patient’s home.

• Recognize emergencies and contacting emergency personnel and supervisor when necessary.

• Understand the physical, developmental and emotional needs of the populations served. 

• Treat the patient and his/her property with respect.

What You’ll Need:

• Successful completion of a basic training program approved by the Mass. Association of Homemaker and Home Health Aides and possess certificate as evidence of completion, along with regulatory required hospice training.

OR

• Graduate from an accredited Nurse’s Aide Course with current Certified Nurse’s Aide certificate, along with regulatory required hospice training.

What You’ll Get:

• A highly competitive pay rate & 403(b)

• A reasonable geographic territory with strong clinical support resources

• A highly inclusive, diverse team that values the input of all staff to provide excellent patient care

Pay Range:

$21.00 - $28.26

The pay range listed for this position is the base hourly wage range the organization reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for this position at this time. Actual compensation is determined based on several factors, that may include seniority, education, training, relevant experience, relevant certifications, geography of work location, job responsibilities, or other applicable factors permissible by law.  Compensation may exceed the base hourly rate depending on shift differentials, call pay, premium pay, overtime pay, and other additional pay practices, as applicable to the position and in accordance with the law.

As a health care organization, we have a responsibility to do everything in our power to care for and protect our patients, our colleagues and our communities. Beth Israel Lahey Health requires that all staff be vaccinated against influenza (flu) as a condition of employment.

More than 35,000 people working together. Nurses, doctors, technicians, therapists, researchers, teachers and more, making a difference in patients' lives. Your skill and compassion can make us even stronger.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled