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Form of workCertified Nursing Assistant (CNA) Hospice House Team
Starting Pay $17.00/hr
We live our mission. Join the team that's offering expert care, peace of mind, comfort, guidance, and hope to patients with serious illness and grief around Kansas City. At Kansas City Hospice and Palliative care, we work together - one team, one vision, that each person in our community is valued from life through death and each family is supported in their grief.
Kansas City Hospice and Palliative Care, the largest non-profit hospice agency in Kansas City with over 40 years of experience, believes our care model provides the best possible service to our patients and their families.
We Strive to be the Best Place to Work:
- We offer generous and competitive wages and benefits!
- A reasonable caseload that allows you to provide exceptional, high quality care while maintaining a good work life balance
- Various shifts - days and nights, part-time and full-time depending on your interest
- 24/7 support from our full-time Board Certified physicians and APRNs, Chaplains and Social Workers
- Interdisciplinary team work to support outstanding patient and family care
Position Description:
We are seeking a compassionate Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) to join our interdisciplinary hospice team in providing high quality, expert care to our seriously ill patients. Our CNA is a vital part of our hospice team providing comfort, care, support and education to our patients and their loved ones.
The Ideal Candidate Will Possess the Following Requirements:
- Valid, unencumbered Missouri CNA license
- Satisfactorily passes Hospice Aide testing as provided by agency
- Minimum of one year experience in caring for hospice patients is preferred
- Ability to communicate effectively and professionally with others; actively seeking to resolve concerns in a timely manner
- Ability to provide assistance with ambulation, range of motion exercises, elimination needs, eating and medications that are patient administered
- Valid driver's license and insurance plus reliable transportation
- CPR certification required
Our Benefit Offerings Include:
Insurance: Medical Insurance HRA Dental, Vision, Life and Accidental Death and Dismemberment, Voluntary Life, Short and Long Term Disability, Accident and Critical Illness, Pre-Paid Legal and Identity Theft, Pet Insurance
Time Off: Generous PTO accrual program, Generous Bereavement Leave, Parental Leave, Personal Day
Tuition Assistance and Reimbursement Programs:
- Tuition Assistance
- Additionally 2-Year Loan Assistance Agreement
- Federal Student Loan (Perkins Loan) Forgiveness: As a Benefit of working at Kansas City Hospice and Palliative Care, a qualified employer non-profit organization, you may be eligible for student loan forgiveness. Contact your lender for additional information.
- Career Growth and Annual Scholarship opportunities including Certified Hospice Palliative Nurse (CHPN) reimbursement, Company paid CEU's and ongoing training
And More!!!: Company Paid Employee Assistance Program offering 10 sessions per year, per event, Smart Shopper Healthcare Consumer Savings Program, Flexible Spending Account, Mileage Reimbursement, 403b Retirement Savings Plan and Company Match, Wellness Plan Discounts to include monthly incentives for participation and discounted gym memberships, Free Monthly Online Yoga Class, Generous Employee Referral Program
** All benefits are available to regular full-time employees hired to work 60 hours or more per pay period, benefits offered differ for PT employees
Kansas City Hospice and Palliative Care is an equal-opportunity, drug-free employer committed to diversity in the workplace. We don't just accept differences-we celebrate them, we support them, and we thrive on them for the benefit of our employees, our patients, and our community. Our diversity defines us. It binds us. It makes us great.
