Nursing Assistant Trainee, LTC

About the role

The Nursing Assistant Trainee is enrolled in a learning experience designed to develop the confidence and competence to serve as a caregiver that provides personal care to clients. Under the supervision of a licensed nurse, the trainee, in partnership with a preceptor, provides holistic client-centered care that promotes independence and client rights in a safe, caring, and efficient manner.

Responsibilities

• Provides personal care to clients under the supervision of a licensed nurse.
• Works within the role of a non-certified nursing assistant.
• Assists with basic health care needs and activities of daily living such as bathing, toileting, grooming, dressing, undressing, obtaining vital signs, providing psychosocial support, and delivering other personal care as assigned.
• Assists clients with transferring, repositioning, range of motion exercises, and walking using appropriate transfer techniques and equipment.
• Assists clients with meals and snacks and provides water and nutritional supplements as appropriate.
• Assists with housekeeping, laundry services, and other duties as assigned within the non-certified nursing assistant role.

Requirements

• High school graduate or general equivalency diploma (GED) preferred, but not required.
• Minimum age of 16.
• Prior clinical or nursing assistant experience in long-term care preferred.
• Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) license required within four months of employment.
• Dependent on facility and required responsibilities, this role may classify as a Sanford Category II Driver requiring a motor vehicle.

Qualifications

• Must be medically qualified to perform the essential driving functions of this position as per our Sanford Driving Policy per the leader's request.

Skills

• Detail-oriented
• Ability to handle stress
• Critical thinking
• Priority setting
• Communication
• Physical care
• Psychosocial support

Benefits

Good Samaritan offers an attractive benefits package for qualifying full-time and part-time employees. Depending on eligibility, a variety of benefits include health insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, life insurance, a 401(k) retirement plan, work/life balance benefits, and a generous time off package to maintain a healthy home-work balance.

Pay

Salary Range: $17.00 - $17.00

Schedule

Shift: 8 Hours - Day Shifts
Job Schedule: Full time
Weekly Hours: 40.00