PSW, Palliative (Evening)
Core
Provide personal care and activities of daily living for palliative patients in their homes, enhancing quality of life, comfort, and dignity.
Role type
Personal Support Worker (PSW) - Palliative Care
Builds
Home-based palliative care services for patients and families
Domain
Healthcare - Palliative Care / Home Health
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Personal Support Worker certification, experience with palliative care patients, CPR and First Aid certification, valid G2/G license with vehicle access, ability to perform physical care tasks (bathing, toileting, transfers), light housekeeping
Preferred skills
Fundamentals of Hospice Palliative Care training, Core Concepts of Fundamentals for PSWs, additional palliative education
Technologies
None
Responsibilities
Assist with bathing, toileting, hygiene, skin care, feeding, and transfers; provide companionship and comfort; perform light housekeeping (dishes, laundry, cleaning); communicate patient condition changes to the supervising nurse; travel between patient residences
Seniority
Entry-level to Mid-level, hands-on IC