Nurse Apprentice

CAMERON HEALTH • Angola, IN

4d • Onsite

About The Position

Cameron Hospital is an independent, not-for-profit facility that proudly serves Angola and Steuben County. We’ve been a cornerstone of this community and the surrounding area in northeast Indiana dating back to 1926. Over the years, we’ve helped generation after generation of area residents enjoy better health and live comfortably. Today, Cameron Hospital has grown into something more than a simple community hospital. Filled with advanced equipment and skilled specialists, Cameron is a modern, high-tech facility that provides advanced diagnostics, a variety of specialties and cutting-edge treatment options that are combined with highly personalized and compassionate care. The Nurse Apprentice may assist professional nursing staff with activities of daily living and vital signs in caring for patients. The NA is responsible for assisting and serving patients in a manner conducive to patient safety and comfort. The NA works under the direction of the Nurse Manager and the staff RN with whom they are assisting for patient care, and they are able to use the extended role that their Student Nurse training has given them with supervision. When time allows the NA may perform procedures while on duty under the direct supervision of a licensed nurse that they have been taught and practiced clinically at their School of Nursing WITH THE EXCEPTION OF PASSING MEDICATIONS (including IV medications). The Student Nurse is responsible for providing written documentation from their clinical instructor of such procedures.

Requirements

• Employee must be enrolled in a School of Nursing and a student in good standing either: In the last year of an accredited BSN program or In the last semester of an accredited ASN program.
• It is the responsibility of the student nurse to provide written documentation from their School of Nursing that verifies level of clinical skills completed prior to performing any duties beyond that of a Patient Care Technician.
• Active CPR / BLS Certification is required within the first 30 days of hire.
• Nursing Students will have completed fundamentals in a Nursing course.
• No previous experience required in specialty areas.

Responsibilities

• Assist professional nursing staff with activities of daily living and vital signs in caring for patients.
• Assist and serve patients in a manner conducive to patient safety and comfort.
• Perform procedures under the direct supervision of a licensed nurse that they have been taught and practiced clinically at their School of Nursing (with the exception of passing medications, including IV medications).

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Associate degree