Nurse Aide | Senior Care

Job Summary

It starts with heart. That is what you will do each day. As a Nurse Aide at Monument Health, you can begin your healthcare career with no experience necessary. You will be valued as an essential team member providing compassionate resident focused care. You will discover a culture of teamwork, professionalism, mutual respect, and— most importantly— a life-changing career. You will make a difference. Every day.

Essential Functions

• Assists the nursing staff in providing excellent, effective, and safe resident care such as personal hygiene, and activities for residents.
• Affords assessments in the residents care planning process.
• Assesses and provides 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.
• Completes documentation accurately and in a timely manner according to policies, procedures, and regulations.
• Demonstrates the desire to grow as an employee, team and facility.
• Possesses the ability to positively support and contribute to departmental development as evidenced by participating in meetings and training.
• Recognizes and reports changes in the resident’s condition and encourages the resident to participate in their own activities of daily living and plan of care.
• All other duties as assigned.

Required Additional Requirements

• In accordance with SD 44:74:02:03 Exception for employment of unqualified nurse aides, will obtain Certified Nurse Aide (CNA) - SD Board of Nursing within 120 days if hired.
• Preferred Education - High School Diploma/GED Equivalent in General Studies
• Certification - Certified Nurse Aide (CNA) - South Dakota Board of Nursing

Physical Requirements

• Heavy work - Exerting up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects.