Nurse Aide | Medical/Surgical

About the role

Begin your healthcare career with Monument Health, no experience necessary! As a Nurse Aide, you will be a valued essential team member providing compassionate, patient-focused care. You will improve patient experience, demonstrate what it means to be part of a team, and raise the bar for patient care every day.

Responsibilities

• Assist the nursing staff in providing excellent, effective, and safe patient care
• Provide patient personal care, bathing, and personal hygiene
• Participate in admission, dismissal, and transfer processes
• Contribute to the permanent documentation of patient data
• Complete the essential function of constant observer or telesitter where applicable, monitoring the patient at bedside and/or remotely via audio/visual technology to promote patient safety while maintaining patient privacy and dignity
• Accurately and timely complete patient cares and documentation according to policies, procedures, and regulations
• Demonstrate the desire to grow as an employee, team, and facility
• Positively support and contribute to departmental development by participating in meetings and training
• As a member of the multidisciplinary team, contribute valuable input to the patient’s care planning process
• Assess and provide direct resident care needs to residents with supervised personal/rehabilitative cares as outlined in their individualized care plan to assist with maintaining or improving functional abilities, comfort, independence, and safety
• Report any safety concerns, abnormal parameters as defined for the patient population, or health concerns of the patient to the nurse
• Encourage the patient to participate in their own activities of daily living and other aspects of the plan of care as appropriate

Requirements

• High School Diploma/GED Equivalent in General Studies
• Certified Nurse Aide (CNA) – South Dakota Board of Nursing
• 1+ years of related experience

Physical Requirements

Very Heavy work – exerting over 25 pounds of force constantly (67–100% of the time), and/or more than 50 pounds frequently (34–66% of the time), and/or more than 100 pounds of force occasionally (up to 33% of the time), and/or more than 100 pounds of force seldom to move objects. Possible exposure to radiation and frequent exposure to contaminated needles and infectious body substances.

Pay

• Nurse Aide – Acute: $18.20 – $20.92
• Certified Nurse Aide – Acute: $18.99 – $21.83