Hospice Aide

Hospice Aide – Hillcrest Hospice & Home Care

Location: Lincoln, NE
Service Line: Hillcrest Hospice & Hillcrest Home Care
Schedule: Part-Time

Hillcrest Health & Living is looking for a compassionate, dependable, and caring Hospice Aide to join our team supporting both Hillcrest Hospice and Hillcrest Home Care in the Lincoln area.

This unique part-time position will be split between hospice and home care, giving you the opportunity to support patients and families across different stages of care while providing meaningful, one-on-one assistance in the comfort of their homes.

At Hillcrest, our mission is simple: Inspiring people to live their best lives. As a Hospice Aide, you will provide hands-on personal care, comfort, and support while helping patients maintain dignity, independence, and quality of life. You will also serve as an important connection between patients, families, and the clinical team by observing and communicating changes in a patient's condition.

What You’ll Do

As a Hospice Aide, you will provide personal care and supportive services according to each patient's individualized plan of care. Your time will be divided between patients receiving hospice services and those receiving home health services throughout the Lincoln area.

You will:

• Provide compassionate, respectful personal care to patients in their homes.

• Assist with bathing, grooming, dressing, oral care, shaving, hair care, nail care, and other personal-care needs.

• Assist patients with toileting and other activities of daily living.

• Help patients with ambulation, transfers, positioning, and wheelchair mobility according to the established plan of care.

• Assist with meals and feeding when appropriate.

• Obtain and document vital signs, including blood pressure, temperature, pulse, respirations, and weight as directed.

• Provide hot and cold applications and non-sterile dressings when included within the approved plan of care and scope of practice.

• Assist patients with medications that are normally self-administered, within the appropriate scope of practice and established guidelines.

• Follow each patient's individualized plan of care as established by the clinical care team.

• Observe patients for physical, emotional, behavioral, or functional changes and promptly communicate concerns to the appropriate nurse, case manager, or clinical leader.

• Provide comfort-focused care and support to hospice patients while maintaining dignity and honoring individual preferences.

• Offer a calm, reassuring presence to patients and families during sensitive and emotional situations.

• Follow infection-control, OSHA, safety, and agency procedures.

• Complete required documentation accurately and timely.

• Properly use, clean, and store equipment and supplies after care is completed.

• Communicate effectively with nurses, case managers, patients, families, and other members of the interdisciplinary care team.

• Travel to patient homes throughout the Lincoln service area.

• Assist with additional patient-care needs within the appropriate scope of practice as assigned.

The role requires a strong understanding of CNA scope of practice, individualized care plans, infection-control procedures, vital-sign monitoring, patient observation, and timely communication of changes to the clinical team.

What We’re Looking For

We are looking for someone who is compassionate, dependable, and genuinely enjoys providing one-on-one care to patients in their own homes.

The right candidate will understand that hospice care requires a special level of compassion and presence. Sometimes the most important part of the job is helping someone feel comfortable, listening to a family member, protecting a patient's dignity, or simply being a calm and reassuring presence.

Because this position also supports Home Care patients, you will work with individuals who have a variety of needs and goals. You will need to be comfortable adjusting your approach based on each patient's condition, care plan, and individual preferences.

Ideal candidates will have:

• A compassionate and respectful approach to caring for aging adults and individuals with serious or life-limiting illnesses.

• Previous CNA, hospice, home health, senior living, skilled nursing, hospital, or direct-care experience preferred.

• Experience providing personal care in a patient's home or similar environment preferred.

• Comfort providing end-of-life and comfort-focused care.

• Ability to support patients and families during emotional or sensitive situations.

• Strong observation skills and the ability to recognize and promptly report changes in a patient's condition.

• Strong communication skills with patients, families, nurses, case managers, and other care-team members.

• Ability to follow individualized plans of care and remain within established scope of practice.

• Dependability and consistent follow-through.

• Strong organization and time-management skills when traveling between patient visits.

• Ability to work independently while remaining connected to the clinical team.

• A calm, flexible, and professional approach when patient needs or schedules change.

• Comfort using electronic documentation systems and other healthcare technology.

• A genuine desire to make patients feel safe, comfortable, respected, and cared for.

Education & Credentials

• Successful completion of an approved Certified Nursing Assistant course required.

• Active Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) certification in the State of Nebraska required.

• High school diploma or equivalent preferred.

• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through the American Heart Association required.

• Previous experience working with aging adults and providing personal-care services in home health, hospice, or a similar setting preferred.

• Must complete required continuing education to maintain certification and meet regulatory requirements.

Why Hillcrest?

There is something different about caring for someone in their own home. You are entering their space, their routines, and their life—and the relationships you build matter.

As a Hospice Aide, you will have the opportunity to provide both hospice and home health care throughout the Lincoln area, giving you variety while allowing you to build meaningful one-on-one connections with patients and families.

For hospice patients, your care may focus on comfort, dignity, and making each day as meaningful as possible. For home care patients, you may be helping someone regain independence, safely remain at home, or manage daily activities while recovering from an illness or change in health.

In both settings, the small things matter. Helping someone feel clean and comfortable, noticing a subtle change, giving a family member reassurance, or simply taking a few extra minutes to listen can have a meaningful impact.

What Hillcrest Offers

• Competitive compensation.

• Part-time schedule.

• Opportunity to work with both Hillcrest Hospice and Hillcrest Home Care.

• Meaningful one-on-one patient care throughout the Lincoln area.

• Professional development support, including certifications and career-growth opportunities.

• Dayforce Wallet, allowing you to choose when you get paid.

• Gym membership reimbursement and partner discounts.

• Supportive clinical leadership and an interdisciplinary care team.

• Opportunities to grow within a mission-driven senior care organization.

Physical & Other Requirements

• Must be able to independently lift up to 30 pounds.

• Must be able to perform repetitive sitting, bending, standing, walking, reaching, lifting, and movement as needed.

• Must be able to safely assist patients with personal care, mobility, ambulation, and transfers according to the plan of care.

• Must be able to speak, read, and write English.

• Must be flexible and calm when supporting patients or family members during stressful or emotional situations.

• Must be able to manage multiple patient visits and responsibilities with strong attention to detail.

• Must be able to utilize technology, electronic documentation systems, and available resources efficiently and effectively.

• Must maintain a current driver's license and required automobile insurance.

• Must have access to reliable transportation and be able to travel to patient homes throughout the Lincoln service area.

• Possible exposure to communicable diseases and bodily fluids.

• Other duties as assigned.

Ready to Make a Difference Where It Matters Most?

If you are a CNA who values meaningful one-on-one care and wants the opportunity to support patients through both hospice and home care in the Lincoln area, we invite you to apply for the Part-Time Hospice Aide position.

Join Hillcrest Health & Living and help us continue inspiring people to live their best lives through compassionate care, comfort, dignity, and meaningful support.