Nurse Aide Training Program - Student Aide

About the role

Join us at Gordon Health & Rehab—a place where you’ll be valued, recognized, and rewarded for the vital work you do each day. We’ll surround you with a strong team and leadership that supports every aspect of your life—both inside and outside of our centers. You’ll get to practice your passion in a non-profit, mission-driven organization known for the highest level of care in our communities.

Pay

Full-time starting pay: $12.60/hour. Weekly pay with myFlexPay—ability to receive pay before payday.

Benefits

• Paid time off with ability to cash out
• 7 paid holidays
• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Company-paid life and disability
• 401(k) with match
• Referral bonus program

Responsibilities

• Learn procedures and assist with admissions, discharges, and transfers as requested.
• Learn and demonstrate procedures for preparing patient rooms for new admission.
• Understand and utilize care plans.
• Identify the four basic food groups on sample meals and learn to determine and record percentage of meal consumed.
• Learn to understand diet cards, identify dietary restrictions/special diets, and provide assistance with meals (tray delivery, feeding, etc.).
• Learn to provide after-meal care (remove tray, brush teeth, wash face and hands, etc.).
• Learn proper procedures for making occupied and unoccupied beds.
• Learn, give, and demonstrate proper procedures for bed baths, tub baths, showers, incontinence care, and perineal care.
• Learn to dress and demonstrate proper procedures for dressing bedfast and/or ambulatory patients.
• Learn and demonstrate proper procedures for hair care (brushing, combing, shampooing for bedfast and wheelchair-bound patients).
• Learn and demonstrate proper procedures for nail care (trimming, cleaning) and recognize problems needing attention.
• Learn and demonstrate proper procedures for shaving (face, legs, underarms, etc.).
• Learn and demonstrate proper procedures for oral care and denture care.
• Prepare patients for meal service and feed as necessary.
• Learn to identify common sites for skin breakdown and demonstrate proper skin care and prevention procedures.
• Learn to appropriately apply and demonstrate proper use of restraints in accordance with physician orders, release restraints, and provide exercise.
• Learn and demonstrate proper procedures for external/indwelling catheter care (drainage bag, tubing, leg strap, etc.).
• Record patient intake and output as requested and offer fluids at appropriate times (including routine ice and water rounds).
• Learn and demonstrate proper procedures for bowel and bladder training/retraining, bedpan toileting, and colostomy care.
• Take and record vital signs (temperature, pulse, weight, respirations, etc.).
• Learn and demonstrate proper body mechanics while moving/transferring patients and proper techniques for range of motion.
• Learn to collect and demonstrate proper procedures for collecting stool and urine samples.
• Learn and demonstrate the ability to recognize signs and symptoms of abuse and/or changes in patient condition.
• Learn and demonstrate proper documentation in accordance with established procedures.
• Greet patients upon admission and assist them as requested.
• Receive and give reports on patient’s status or condition.
• Assist patients to and from activities as requested.
• Learn and demonstrate proper procedures for assisting patients with walking (with or without assistive devices).
• Learn and demonstrate proper procedures for providing care for the dying patient and post-mortem care as requested.
• Learn and demonstrate proper procedures for providing routine care for the bedfast patient (turning, etc.).
• Participate in Nursing Center surveys (Licensure/JCAHO) and any subsequently required reports.
• Attend and participate in continuing educational programs to maintain licensure/certification and stay abreast of changes in the field.
• Attend and participate in mandatory in-services.
• Honor patient’s rights to fair and equitable treatment, self-determination, individuality, privacy, property, and civil rights, including the right to wage complaints.
• Comply with Corporate Compliance Program and report job-related functions involving occupational hazards (e.g., exposure to blood and body fluids).
• Follow established safety regulations, including fire protection/prevention, smoking regulations, and infection control.
• Follow established safety procedures when performing job tasks and/or working with equipment.
• Perform other related duties as directed by supervisor.
• Comply with all Privacy and Security programs.
• Promote the image and reputation of the System by exhibiting servant leadership and maintaining open communication.
• Contribute to the work of committees, workgroups, and other collaborative efforts.
• Perform other duties as necessary to ensure the success of the System.

Requirements

• A high school diploma or its equivalent preferred.

Skills

• Communicates well with associates, patients, family members, and visitors, providing a warm and approachable attitude.
• Responds to expressed concerns with a helpful, caring demeanor and answers questions professionally.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or associates.
• Mathematical ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to apply common-sense understanding to carry out instructions in written, oral, or diagram format.
• Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Computer Skills

• Proficiency with Microsoft Outlook, Excel, and Word.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Regularly required to sit, talk, or hear.
• Frequently required to walk, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, and reach with hands and arms.
• Occasionally required to stand.
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, and the ability to adjust focus.