Junior Nurse Aide | Inpatient Cardiac Unit

Monument Health•Rapid City, SD

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Begin your healthcare career with Monument Health, no experience necessary! As a Nurse Aide, you will be a valued as an essential team member providing compassionate patient focused care. A Nurse Aide will improve patient experience and demonstrate what it means to be part of a team and raise the bar for patient care. You will make a difference. Every day! A Nurse Aide will assist the nursing staff in providing excellent, effective and safe patient care, be responsible for providing patient personal care, bathing, and personal hygiene. You will participate in admission, dismissal also the transfer process and contribute to the permanent documentation of patient data. Completes the essential function of constant observer or telesitter where applicable. This includes monitoring the patient at bedside and/or remotely via audio/visual technology to promote patient safety while maintaining patient privacy and dignity. On the job training and continual support will help build knowledge and skills needed to provide best in class care and demonstrate cohesive teamwork! Opportunities available (may vary) in the following areas: Medical/Surgical Departments, Intermediate Care (Stepdown care from intensive care), Oncology, Heart and Vascular Unit, Short Stay Observation Unit, Home Care, Hospice Care, Inpatient Rehabilitation Therapy, Emergency Department, Intensive Care Unit, Pediatrics, NICU, Labor and Delivery, Mother Baby.

Requirements

No experience necessary.
Junior Nurse Aide (16 or 17 years old) can do any job that has not been declared hazardous by the Secretary of Labor.
Ability to work assigned schedules and hours as determined by the department.

Nice To Haves

Demonstrates the desire to grow as an employee, team and facility.

Responsibilities

Assist the nursing staff in providing excellent, effective and safe patient care.
Provide patient personal care, bathing, and personal hygiene.
Participate in admission, dismissal and transfer processes.
Contribute to the permanent documentation of patient data.
Complete the essential function of constant observer or telesitter where applicable, monitoring the patient at bedside and/or remotely via audio/visual technology to promote patient safety while maintaining patient privacy and dignity.
Completes patient cares and documentation accurately and in a timely manner according to policies, procedures and regulations.
Positively supports and contributes to departmental development as evidenced by participating in meetings and training.
As a member of the multidisciplinary team, the Nurse Aide contributes valuable input to the patient’s care planning process.
Assesses and provides direct resident care needs to residents with supervised personal/rehabilitative cares as outlined in their individualized care plan to assist with maintaining or improving functional abilities, comfort, independence and safety.
Reports any safety concerns, abnormal parameters as defined for the patient population, or health concerns of the patient to the nurse.
Encourages the patient to participate in their own activities of daily living and other aspects of the plan of care as appropriate.
All other duties as assigned.