Nurse Aide Training Program - Student Aide

CHSGa • Commerce, GA

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About The Position

The Student Aide participates in a nurse aide training program at Northridge Health & Rehab and learns to provide direct care and assistance to patients. The role involves learning and demonstrating procedures for personal care, meals, mobility, safety, documentation, and support for patients’ daily needs. The aide also communicates with patients, families, visitors, and associates; participates in required education and surveys; and follows patient rights, privacy, safety, infection-control, and corporate-compliance requirements. The position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Requirements

• A high school diploma or equivalent is preferred.
• Ability to read and interpret safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or associates.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to apply common-sense understanding to written, oral, or diagrammed instructions and address problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft Word.
• Ability to communicate well and interact helpfully and professionally with associates, patients, family members, and visitors.
• Ability to meet the described physical demands, with reasonable accommodations available for individuals with disabilities.

Responsibilities

• Learn procedures and assist with admissions, discharges, and transfers as requested; prepare patient rooms for new admissions.
• Understand and use care plans, identify basic food groups and dietary restrictions, and learn to read diet cards and record meal consumption.
• Assist with meal service, feeding, and after-meal care, and prepare patients for meals.
• Learn and demonstrate procedures for occupied and unoccupied beds, bed baths, tub baths, showers, incontinence care, perineal care, dressing, hair care, nail care, shaving, oral care, and denture care.
• Identify common sites of skin breakdown and provide skin care and measures to help prevent skin breakdown.
• Use and release restraints in accordance with physician orders and provide exercise following restraint release.
• Provide external and indwelling catheter care, including drainage bag, tubing, and leg-strap care; record intake and output; offer fluids; and assist with bowel and bladder training.
• Assist with bedpan toileting and colostomy care.
• Take and record vital signs, including temperature, pulse, weight, and respirations.
• Use proper body mechanics and techniques when moving and transferring patients; provide range-of-motion assistance.
• Collect stool and urine samples and recognize signs of abuse or changes in a patient's condition.
• Document care according to established procedures; greet patients upon admission, assist as requested, and give and receive reports about patient status or condition.
• Assist patients to and from activities and with walking, with or without assistive devices.
• Learn and assist with care for dying patients and post-mortem care; provide routine care for bedfast patients, including turning.
• Participate in nursing center surveys, including licensure and JCAHO surveys, and complete subsequently required reports.
• Attend continuing education programs and mandatory in-services.
• Respect patient rights, including fair and equitable treatment, self-determination, individuality, privacy, property, civil rights, and the right to raise complaints.
• Comply with the Corporate Compliance Program and all privacy and security programs.
• Report job-related occupational hazards, including exposure to blood and body fluids, and follow safety procedures for fire prevention, smoking regulations, infection control, and equipment use.
• Communicate with associates, patients, family members, and visitors in a warm, friendly, helpful, caring, and professional manner; respond to concerns and answer questions when appropriate.
• Promote the System's image and reputation through servant leadership and direct, open communication.
• Contribute to committees, workgroups, project management, and other collaborative efforts.
• Perform other related duties as necessary or directed by a supervisor.

Benefits

• myFlexPay, with the ability to receive pay before payday
• Paid time off with the ability to cash out
• Seven paid holidays
• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Company-paid life and disability insurance
• 401(k) with company match
• Referral bonus program
• Weekly pay

What This Job Offers

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