Hospice Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA)

<div class="content-intro"><p><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(8, 78, 142);"><strong>Optimal C</strong></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(8, 78, 142);"><strong>are is where your dedication meets a rewarding career.&nbsp;</strong></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(8, 78, 142); font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">As a clinician-owned and operated organization, we empower our team members to provide personalized, compassionate care to patients and families every day.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(8, 78, 142); font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">For 6 consecutive years, we have earned the Great Places to Work certification, and we believe that exceptional care starts with exceptional people. We’re committed to supporting your professional growth, valuing your expertise, and creating an environment where you can do your best work every day.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(8, 78, 142); font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">We are a leading provider of Physician Services, Home Health, and Hospice that encourages collaboration, innovation, and clinical excellence. From chronic disease management and rehabilitation to end-of-life care, our focus is on improving outcomes and enhancing quality of life.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(8, 78, 142); font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">We live a simple Mission:&nbsp;<span style="color: rgb(193, 0, 59);"><strong><em>Serve Together, Provide Value, and Deliver Exceptional Quality Care.</em></strong></span></span></p></div><p></p> <p><span style="color: rgb(8, 78, 142); font-size: 12pt;"><strong>About the Role</strong></span></p> <p><span style="color: rgb(8, 78, 142); font-size: 12pt;">Bring comfort, dignity, and compassionate care to patients during life's most meaningful moments. As a Hospice Aide/Homemaker, you'll provide hands-on support that helps patients maintain their quality of life while remaining in the place they call home. Through assistance with personal care, including bathing, dressing, grooming, toileting, oral hygiene, meal preparation, and mobility, you'll help ensure each patient receives the care, comfort, and respect they deserve.</span></p> <p><span style="color: rgb(8, 78, 142); font-size: 12pt;">This role is ideal for a caring professional who finds purpose in building meaningful connections and serving others with empathy and compassion. You'll develop trusting relationships with patients and families while working closely with nurses and other members of the interdisciplinary care team to support each patient's unique needs. Every visit is an opportunity to provide reassurance, preserve dignity, and make a lasting impact during an important stage of the patient's journey.</span></p> <p><span style="color: rgb(8, 78, 142); font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Location</strong>&nbsp;</span></p> <ul> <li style="color: rgb(8, 78, 142); font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: rgb(8, 78, 142); font-size: 12pt;">Office Location: Carmel, IN</span></li> <li style="color: rgb(8, 78, 142); font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: rgb(8, 78, 142); font-size: 12pt;">Main Service Area:  </span>Marion, Hamilton, Madison, Hancock, Shelby, Johnson, Morgan, Henricks, Boone, and Clinton Counties</li> <ul> <li style="color: rgb(8, 78, 142); font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: rgb(8, 78, 142); font-size: 12pt;">This role is a high travel position and requires daily travel within the service area to provide care to patients in their homes, assisted living facilities, or nursing homes</span></li> </ul> </ul> <p><span style="color: rgb(8, 78, 142); font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Hours</strong>&nbsp;</span></p> <ul> <li style="color: rgb(8, 78, 142); font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: rgb(8, 78, 142); font-size: 12pt;">Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.</span></li> <li style="color: rgb(8, 78, 142); font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: rgb(8, 78, 142); font-size: 12pt;">Weekend On-Call Rotation</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="color: rgb(8, 78, 142); font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Required Qualification</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="color: rgb(8, 78, 142); font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: rgb(8, 78, 142); font-size: 12pt;">Completed a minimum of 75 hours of classroom and supervised practical training</span></li> <li style="color: rgb(8, 78, 142); font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: rgb(8, 78, 142); font-size: 12pt;">Sixteen hours of classroom must be completed prior to a mandatory 16 hours of practical training</span></li> <li style="color: rgb(8, 78, 142); font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: rgb(8, 78, 142); font-size: 12pt;">Must hold current certification as a nurse aide and be in good standing on the state nurse aide registry</span></li> <li style="color: rgb(8, 78, 142); font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: rgb(8, 78, 142); font-size: 12pt;">Reliable transportation, valid driver’s license, and valid automobile insurance coverage</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="color: rgb(8, 78, 142); font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Preferred Qualifications</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="color: rgb(8, 78, 142); font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: rgb(8, 78, 142); font-size: 12pt;">Experience as a Hospice Aide, Home Health Aide, or Certified Nursing Assistant</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="color: rgb(8, 78, 142); font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Essential Skills and Competencies</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="color: rgb(8, 78, 142); font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: rgb(8, 78, 142); font-size: 12pt;">Must be able to read and write in English and follow written and verbal instructions in English effectively</span></li> <li style="color: rgb(8, 78, 142); font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: rgb(8, 78, 142); font-size: 12pt;">Understands hospice philosophy, comfortable providing specialized care to the terminally ill in the home or facility</span></li> <li style="color: rgb(8, 78, 142); font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: rgb(8, 78, 142); font-size: 12pt;">Is self-directing with the ability to work with little direct supervision</span></li> <li style="color: rgb(8, 78, 142); font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: rgb(8, 78, 142); font-size: 12pt;">Secure with issues of death/dying</span></li> <li style="color: rgb(8, 78, 142); font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: rgb(8, 78, 142); font-size: 12pt;">Provides a calm manner when in a patient’s home</span></li> <li style="color: rgb(8, 78, 142); font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: rgb(8, 78, 142); font-size: 12pt;">Has empathy for the needs of the ill, injured, frail and the impaired</span></li> </ul> <p></p><div class="content-pay-transparency"><div class="pay-input"><div class="title">Pay Range</div><div class="pay-range"><span>$18</span><span class="divider">&mdash;</span><span>$20 USD</span></div></div></div><div class="content-conclusion"><p><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(8, 78, 142); font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><strong>How We Care for You</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(8, 78, 142); font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(8, 78, 142); font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Minimum of 3 Weeks Paid Time Off (PTO)</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(8, 78, 142); font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(8, 78, 142); font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(8, 78, 142); font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(8, 78, 142); font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">HSA and FSA options including Dependent Care</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(8, 78, 142); font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(8, 78, 142); font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Company paid Short Term Disability</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(8, 78, 142); font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(8, 78, 142); font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Company paid Life Insurance</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(8, 78, 142); font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(8, 78, 142); font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">401(k) with Employer Match</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(8, 78, 142); font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(8, 78, 142); font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Mileage Reimbursement&nbsp;</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(8, 78, 142); font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(8, 78, 142); font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Company Vehicle Program&nbsp;for field roles</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(8, 78, 142); font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(8, 78, 142); font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Pet Insurance</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(8, 78, 142); font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(8, 78, 142); font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">ID and Fraud Protection</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(8, 78, 142); font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(8, 78, 142); font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">And more...</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(8, 78, 142); font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><strong>Background Screening</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(8, 78, 142); font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">Employment is contingent upon the successful completion of a background check. Screening is completed by a third-party administrator, the Michigan Long-Term Care Partnership, and is performed in compliance with the Fair Credit Report Act.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(8, 78, 142); font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><strong>Reasonable Accommodations</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(8, 78, 142); font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">We offer reasonable accommodations throughout the application process, interview stages, and during employment to ensure all team members can thrive. Please reach out to us if you would like to request a reasonable accommodation.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(8, 78, 142); font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><strong>Equal Opportunity Employer</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(8, 78, 142); font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;">We believe an exceptional place to work begins with diverse perspectives. We are proud to be an equal-opportunity workplace that prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other protected characteristic.</span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(8, 78, 142); font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;"><img src="https://www.optimal.care/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Careers-Badges-3.png" alt="" width="600" style="max-width: 100%;"></span></p></div>