Nursing Aide Training Program - Student Aide

CHSGa•Lyons, GA

11d

About The Position

The Student Aide participates in a nursing aide training program at Oxley Park Health & Rehab and learns to provide direct care and assistance to patients. The role supports daily patient needs, including admissions and transfers, meals, personal hygiene, mobility, toileting, skin care, vital signs, and documentation, while following care plans, physician orders, safety practices, and patient rights. The aide also communicates with patients, families, visitors, and associates; attends required training; and contributes to the center’s collaborative efforts and overall success. This is a full-time position with a starting pay of $13.10 per hour and weekly pay. A high school diploma or equivalent is preferred. The position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent preferred.
Ability to communicate effectively with associates, patients, family members, and visitors in a warm, professional, and helpful manner.
Ability to read and interpret safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals; write routine reports and correspondence; and speak effectively to groups.
Ability to perform basic arithmetic using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
Ability to apply common sense to written, oral, or diagrammed instructions and solve problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
Proficiency with Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft Word.
Ability to meet the physical demands of the job, including regularly sitting, talking, or hearing; frequently walking, handling objects, and reaching; and occasionally standing.
Ability to perform essential job functions, with reasonable accommodations available for individuals with disabilities.

Responsibilities

Learn procedures and assist with admissions, discharges, transfers, and preparation of patient rooms.
Understand and use patient care plans, dietary cards, and information about dietary restrictions and special diets.
Assist with meals, including meal preparation, tray delivery, feeding as needed, recording meal consumption, and after-meal care.
Learn and perform personal care procedures, including bathing, dressing, hair, nail, oral, denture, perineal, incontinence, and skin care.
Help prevent skin breakdown and identify common sites of skin breakdown and problems requiring attention.
Learn and apply restraint procedures in accordance with physician orders, release restraints, and provide exercise.
Provide catheter care and learn bowel and bladder training, bedpan toileting, and colostomy care.
Record patient intake and output, offer fluids, and take and record vital signs.
Use proper body mechanics and techniques for moving, transferring, walking assistance, and range-of-motion exercises.
Collect stool and urine samples and recognize signs of abuse or changes in a patient’s condition.
Document care according to established procedures and receive and give reports on patient status or condition.
Greet patients upon admission and assist them as requested; accompany patients to and from activities as requested.
Provide routine care for bedfast patients, care for dying patients, and post-mortem care as requested.
Participate in nursing center surveys and required reports, continuing education, and mandatory in-services.
Respect patient rights and comply with corporate compliance, privacy, security, infection control, fire safety, and other established safety programs.
Report job-related occupational hazards, including exposure to blood and body fluids.
Communicate professionally and warmly with associates, patients, family members, and visitors, responding helpfully to concerns and questions.
Promote the System’s image and reputation through servant leadership and open communication, and contribute to committees, workgroups, project management, and other collaborative efforts.
Perform other related duties as directed or necessary to support the success of the System.