Hospice CNA in Iowa City, Iowa at Iowa Care Community Inc, Iowa City Hospice, Visiting Nurse Association

Be Part of Something Truly Meaningful and Make a Difference when it Matters Most.

Join a compassionate, mission-driven hospice team where your care, kindness, and presence truly change lives. As a Hospice Certified Nursing Assistant, you will provide comfort, dignity, and heartfelt support to patients and their loved ones during one of life’s most important journeys. This role is perfect for caregivers who believe that empathy, respect, and human connection are just as important as clinical skills.

If you’re passionate about providing comfort, dignity, and compassionate care during life’s most tender moments, we’d love to welcome you to our hospice family. Your kindness matters here, and it makes all the difference.

• Build deep, meaningful relationships with patients and families
• Be part of a supportive interdisciplinary team that values your voice
• Experience the fulfillment of providing comfort, peace, and dignity
• Work in an environment rooted in compassion, respect, and purpose

• Provide hands-on assistance with daily living needs such as bathing, dressing, grooming, toileting, and mobility
• Observe, monitor, and document changes in patients’ conditions with care and accuracy
• Offer emotional support, comfort, and companionship to patients and families
• Assist with medications and prescribed treatments under professional supervision
• Ensure a clean, safe, and calming environment for patients
• Collaborate closely with nurses, social workers, and the hospice care team
• Adhere to safety guidelines and infection control practices at all times

• Active CNA certification in the state of employment
• Previous experience in hospice, palliative, or home health care preferred
• A compassionate, patient-centered approach to caregiving
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work independently while thriving as part of a team
• Excellent time management, organization, and attention to detail
• Physical capability to assist with mobility and personal care
• Basic knowledge of medical terminology and infection control standards

Why Join Us?
We foster a supportive and respectful work environment that values professional growth and compassionate care. Join us to make a meaningful impact in the lives of patients and their families during a difficult time. We offer competitive compensation, ongoing training, and opportunities for career advancement.

• Mission driven work serving others in our community can provide a deep sense of pride and purpose.
• Spend time providing meaningful, one-on-one care.
• Supportive, team-oriented culture.
• Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits:
  • Wellmark medical & dental, Avesis vision, & Unum voluntary policies
  • Employer-paid life & disability insurance
  • Paid vacation and sick leave
  • Thorough orientation and ongoing professional development
  • Free parking, company car or mileage reimbursement, iPhone & iPad for work

Apply Today: Visit www.iowacityhospice.org

Iowa Care Community is committed to diversity and inclusion and prohibits discrimination based on race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, genetics, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.

REQUIREMENTS / QUALIFICATIONS:

• Completion of the 75-hour home health aide training program, completion of the written and skills portion of the National Homemaker-Home Health Aide Certification Program and an Iowa Nurse Aide Certificate Number.
• Two years of work related experience preferred.
• Proof of license and current insurance coverage.
• Car, driver's license and adequate insurance as outlined in the personnel policies is required.
• Demonstrated professionalism and decision making abilities, effective interpersonal skills and adhering to ethics, standards, and the support of agency policies and procedures.
• All offers of employment are conditioned upon the result of a criminal background check conducted by the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation, as required by law and a negative finding on the Office of Inspector General’s Excluded Provider List.
• Additional Training: Continuation of employment in this position requires obtaining current CPR, Mandatory Reporter Certifications and Advanced Certified Hospice and Palliative certification in hospice and palliative care, by the 3rd year of employment.

SKILLS/KNOWLEDGE:

• Employee will demonstrate expertise in defined specialty area, ability to communicate effectively in the English language both verbally and in writing.
• Employee will demonstrate organizational skills necessary to manage workload and productivity expectations.
• Employee will demonstrate the ability to work independently, able to maintain confidentiality in all matters, including employee information, client information and agency matters.
• The employee will demonstrate initiative in recognizing unmet needs and assuring a timely and appropriate response.
• The employee will demonstrate the ability to maintain and update professional knowledge base and the ability to assimilate and utilize agency information regarding policy and procedure changes.
• The employee will demonstrate competence in professional decision-making skills within the parameters of an Aide.
• The employee will demonstrate the ability to use technology effectively and appropriately, including client care equipment, I-Pad and communication devices (smart phones, voicemail, and electronic mail).

WORK ENVIRONMENT/EQUIPMENT:

• Employee will perform the duties in both inside and outside environmental conditions.
• Visits are conducted in patient homes requiring employee to drive from location to location during the work period within the service territory including Iowa City, small towns and rural areas.
• Atmospheric conditions – fumes, odors, dust, poor ventilation, or smoking.
• The ambient noise level in this environment can flex, is generally low.
• The duties include extensive use of technology like Ipad & Iphone.
• The driving requirements include in-town and highway driving in good and inclement weather.

PHYSICAL/COGNITIVE DEMANDS:

• These duties require fine motor coordination/dexterity, the ability to grasp, vision with or without corrective aids adequate for fine motor tasks, client assessment, driving, use of equipment for client care.
• Computer and smart phone knowledge for documentation and communication.
• The job requires the physical demands of occasional lifting greater than 50 lbs.
• Reaching, pushing, walking, going up and down stairs, driving, etc., with or without the use of assistive/adaptive devices.
• The job requires the ability to sit for long periods in a car and may require the physical demands of climbing up/down stairs, walking, hearing, kneeling, standing, pushing, grasping, lifting, talking etc.
• Requires visual acuity to operate motor vehicle, view electronic devices (I-phone, I-Pad, computer terminal) reading data and figures, visual inspection of patients.
• Cognitive ability to solve practical problems; variety of variables with limited standardization; interprets instructions.