JOB DETAILS
Hospice CNA
CompanyLower Cape Fear LifeCare
LocationLumberton
Work ModeOn Site
PostedOctober 12, 2026
About The Company
At Lower Cape Fear LifeCare, we began in 1980 as a hospice dedicated to providing compassionate care to patients and families facing life-limiting illnesses. Over the years, as our communities have grown, so have we—expanding our services to include palliative care, memory care, and grief support.
In 2024, we opened the first free-standing Palliative Medicine clinic in southeastern North Carolina, providing expert care for those managing serious illnesses, focusing on symptom relief, quality of life, and patient-centered decision-making. Additionally, our LifeCare Memory Partners division is proud to be the only provider east of Raleigh, north to Virginia, and south to Charleston to be accepted into the prestigious CMS GUIDE program, empowering caregivers and enhancing the lives of individuals with Alzheimer’s and related dementias.
Today, we care for over 1,000 patients daily across southeastern North Carolina and northeastern South Carolina. Our services are offered in homes, assisted living facilities, nursing homes, hospitals, and our serene inpatient hospice care centers in Wilmington, Bolivia, and Whiteville.
Grief support is central to our mission. We provide free counseling for adults and children, including workshops, individual sessions, and programs like Sunrise Kids, ensuring that families have the tools to navigate loss with compassion and connection.
As a nonprofit organization, we rely on our community's generosity and our Foundation's support to ensure we can provide care to everyone, regardless of their ability to pay. Guided by our values of quality, teamwork, respect, compassion, and integrity, we are dedicated to serving all touched by life-limiting illness.
Learn more about how we’re making a difference at www.lifecare.org.
To explore our open positions or join our interest list, visit: https://lifecare.org/join-our-team
About the Role
Hospice CNA
Schedule:
- After your orientation period - your typical schedule will be Monday to Friday, 8 AM to 5 PM.
Case Load:
- On a usual day, most of our CNAs see 5-7 patients.
- You will typically spend 45 minutes to 60 minutes with each patient.
What you’ll be doing:
- You’ll see your patients wherever they consider home (personal residence, assisted living facilities, skilled nursing facilities). We provide quality care regardless of circumstance to a variety of different socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds.
- If you have patients in facilities, you may be responsible for charting within the facility EMR.
- You will care for patients and complete documentation at the bedside on a company provided cellphone.
- You’ll provide direct patient care such as bathing, peri-care, dressing, mouth care, assisting to toilet, incontinence care, repositioning in bed, and assisting with meals.
- You will tidy the immediate area and change bed linens for the patient.
- Expect to spend several hours a day in your car driving between patients. Your mileage between patient visits is reimbursable.
- You’ll need to make sure you maintain an adequate level of supplies in your vehicle to provide patient care. You’ll pick up new supplies at the branch office in your area.
- You’ll be responsible for working closely with each RN case manager to communicate patient status changes, as well as patient or family concerns.
- Part of your visits will consist of training the caregivers to provide personal care to their loved one, while remaining within your scope of practice.
- You’ll be responsible for coordinating visit times with the patient or caregiver for all assigned patients.
What we're looking for:
1. Education: High school diploma or equivalent and completion of CNA course. Must attend 12 hours of in-service training supervised by a Registered Nurse on a rolling 12-month basis. Competency of the CNA is assessed in the home every 14 days. The CNA does not need to be present unless there is an area of concern. Otherwise, an onsite evaluation occurs once a year. Has not had a lapse of 24 consecutive months where the aide has not provided services for compensation.
2. Licensure / Certifications: Current certification with State Board of Nursing, or current registration with Department of Facilities Service in the State of North Carolina/ South Carolina.
3. Experience: No prior experience required. Two years experience with hospice, home health or oncology preferred.
Key Skills
Patient careChartingDocumentationIncontinence careBathingDressingMouth careAssisting with mealsCommunicationCaregiver trainingEMRHospice care
Categories
HealthcareSocial Services
Benefits
Mileage reimbursement
Job Information
📋Core Responsibilities
Provide direct patient care including bathing, dressing, and repositioning while documenting status changes on a company-provided device. Coordinate visit schedules with patients and families and train caregivers on personal care techniques.
📋Job Type
fte 1.0
📊Experience Level
0-2
💼Company Size
288
📊Visa Sponsorship
No
💼Language
English
🏢Working Hours
40 hours
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