Nurse Aide in Training - Non-Certified

Life Care Center of McMinnville • McMinnville, OR

2d • Onsite

About The Position

Life Care Center of McMinnville is hiring a Nurse Aide in Training to provide routine daily nursing care to assigned patients under the direct supervision of a licensed nurse. The goal is to support patient safety and help each patient attain or maintain the highest practicable physical, mental, and psychosocial well-being in accordance with applicable laws, regulations, and Life Care standards.

The facility sponsors students in the Ark Foundation’s one-month CNA program and provides immediate work after completion. The Nurse Aide in Training must be enrolled in a state-approved CNA program and may work for a single consecutive period of up to four months. By the end of that period, the employee must meet the certification requirements to become a Certified Nursing Assistant.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Currently enrolled in a state-approved CNA program; the Nurse Aide in Training may work for a single consecutive period of four months and must meet CNA certification requirements by the end of that period.
• CPR certification upon hire or obtained during orientation; certification must remain current during employment.
• Patience, tact, a cheerful disposition, enthusiasm, and willingness to handle difficult patients.
• Knowledge of nursing practices and procedures and the laws, regulations, and guidelines governing nursing functions in a post-acute care facility.
• Ability to perform competently in areas including patient rights, safety, and sanitation.
• Ability to read, write, speak, and understand English.
• Ability to sit, stand, bend, lift, push, pull, stoop, walk, reach, and move intermittently during working hours.
• Ability to lift 35 pounds from floor to waist and waist to shoulder, lift and carry 35 pounds, and push or pull 35 pounds.

Responsibilities

• Provide routine daily nursing care to assigned patients under the direct supervision of a licensed nurse.
• Lift, turn, move, position, and transport patients under licensed-nurse supervision.
• Assist patients with bathing, showers, personal grooming, feeding, and toileting under licensed-nurse supervision.
• Accurately document and chart patient care.
• Respond promptly to call lights.
• Assist in the evacuation of patients.
• Provide excellent customer service and maintain a positive attitude toward patients.
• Communicate and function productively as part of an interdisciplinary team.
• Maintain dependable, regular attendance.
• Follow nursing department programs, goals, objectives, policies, and procedures, as well as company policies and compliance procedures.
• Maintain professional working relationships and confidentiality, and adhere to Life Care’s Code of Conduct and required compliance training.
• Use reasoning skills and good judgment, and make independent decisions when circumstances warrant.

Benefits

• CNA program sponsorship through the Ark Foundation.
• Immediate work after completion of the CNA program.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED