Nursing Aide Training Program - Student Aide

CHSGa•Lyons, GA

About The Position

The Student Aide participates in a nursing aide training program at Oxley Park Health & Rehab, learning and demonstrating procedures for providing direct care to patients. The role includes assisting with admissions, discharges, transfers, meals, personal hygiene, mobility, routine care, and documentation under established procedures and as requested. The aide also receives and gives reports about patient status, supports patient rights and safety, follows privacy and security requirements, and participates in education, in-services, surveys, and collaborative work. This is a full-time position with a starting pay of $13.10 per hour and weekly pay.

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 perform basic arithmetic using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
Ability to apply common-sense understanding to instructions provided in written, oral, or diagram form and to address problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
Proficiency with Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft Word.
Ability to communicate effectively and maintain a warm, friendly, approachable, and caring demeanor.
Ability to meet the described physical demands, with reasonable accommodations where applicable.

Responsibilities

Learn and assist with admissions, discharges, transfers, and preparing patient rooms.
Use care plans and support patients with meals, including meal preparation assistance, feeding as needed, and recording meal intake.
Provide or learn procedures for personal care, including bathing, dressing, grooming, oral and denture care, shaving, nail care, incontinence care, and perineal care.
Provide skin care and help prevent skin breakdown; identify common sites of skin breakdown and report concerns.
Learn and demonstrate appropriate use and release of restraints in accordance with physician orders, including providing exercise.
Provide catheter, bowel, bladder, bedpan, and colostomy care as applicable.
Record patient intake and output, offer fluids, and take and record vital signs.
Use proper body mechanics and techniques when moving, transferring, and assisting patients with walking and range-of-motion exercises.
Collect stool and urine samples and recognize signs of abuse or changes in a patient's condition.
Document care in accordance with established procedures and receive or give reports on patient status.
Greet patients upon admission and assist them with activities and other requests.
Provide routine care to bedfast patients, including turning, and assist with care for dying patients and post-mortem care as requested.
Participate in nursing center surveys and required follow-up reports.
Attend continuing education programs and mandatory in-services.
Protect patient rights, including fair treatment, self-determination, individuality, privacy, property, civil rights, and the right to make complaints.
Follow corporate compliance, privacy, security, infection-control, fire-prevention, smoking, and other safety requirements; report job-related hazards.
Communicate warmly and professionally with associates, patients, family members, and visitors, responding helpfully to concerns and questions.
Contribute to committees, workgroups, project management, and other collaborative system efforts.
Perform other duties as directed or needed to support the success of the System.