Starting wage $16-$18 per hour, plus $0.625 per mile.
Bethany Hospice is looking to add a new Home Hospice Aide to join our team. The Home Hospice Aide will assist patients with all daily activities in facility and home settings. These activities include everyday living, housekeeping, bathing and dressing, transportation, cooking, shopping, toileting, medication, mobility, and continence care.
The ideal person for this position has the experience, compassion, and a solid understanding of all aspects of patient home care.
Responsibilities:
Support daily activities – Ensure residents' safety and well-being are met by facilitating social interactions, therapeutic conversations, and secure environments. Offer prompts to the client, if needed, such as toileting, eating, and any liquid needs. Observe the patients' medical health as well as their physical and mental responses. Provide written and verbal reports about the residents' condition and guidance to their families. Exercise the patient as needed.
Apply compliance knowledge – Demonstrate knowledge of all aspects of resident care by using a sensitive approach. Knowledge and compliance of all state resident rights are required.
Requirements:
High school diploma or GED required
At least one year experience as a home health aide in a home care or personal care facility setting. Hospice experience is a definite plus.
Valid driver's license, with safe driving record
Reliable transportation and current car insurance
Must be able to pass background check
Excellent communication and organizational skills
Ability to work independently with little to no supervision
The Bethany Way
That is what our staff calls it, the Bethany Way.
It means taking care of each other so that we can take care of our patients and families. We have been named to the Best Places to Work list in Western Pennsylvania or Pennsylvania 12 times.
It means being part of a team, a family, that gives 100% to take care of our patients and families.
It means having your voice heard and your opinion valued.
Who we are
We are locals, locally owned and operated, focused only on providing hospice and palliative care in western Pennsylvania. Our customers say we operate more like a family than a large corporate entity; small, but in a good way. We hold each other accountable to provide great care.
What gives us purpose
We meet patients and families at a very difficult time for them, physically, emotionally and spiritually. It is our purpose to guide them, making an impossible situation less difficult, and getting to know them so we can provide individualized support where it is needed.
What we believe
We believe diversity leads to strength, and inclusion leads to growth. We celebrate what makes all people unique. We know that to be our best we need contributions from people of all backgrounds. Bethany Hospice is a proud equal opportunity employer.
The benefits
We take care of our staff with excellent benefits:
Medical, dental, vision and life insurance with low employee contributions
Supplemental insurances for cancer, critical illness, disability and more
PTO of 17 days per year, with increases after 2 years of employment
6 Paid holidays
Paid mileage/paid cell phone stipend
401K with employer match
Uniforms and all PPE provided
Employee Assistance Program
Tuition Reimbursement and Continuing Education
Pet Insurance
The ability to brag that you work for Bethany Hospice and more!
Come interview us! Please contact us with any questions. Join our team - We got you!
Bethany Hospice is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against employees or applicants for employment on the basis of their race, color, religion, creed, sex, national origin or ancestry, age, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, citizenship or veteran status.
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