Nurse Aide In Training/Hospitality Aide $18.22 Per Hr

About the Role

Nurse Aide In Training/Hospitality Aide

Key Responsibilities

• Provide direct care to residents within limitations based on training.
• Become familiar with the facility's administrative structure.
• Use wristband or photo card file to identify residents before administering treatments, serving meals, etc.
• Report all observed accidents and incidents promptly.
• Use only authorized abbreviations when recording information.
• Report all changes in a resident's condition to the Nurse Supervisor/Charge Nurse.
• Record all entries on flow sheets, notes, charts, etc., in an informative and descriptive manner.
• Agree not to disclose resident's protected health information and promptly report suspected or known violations.
• Report any known or suspected unauthorized attempt to access the facility's information system.
• Perform only nursing care procedures that you have been trained to do.
• Ensure resident rooms are ready for receiving residents (e.g., bed made, name tags up, admission kit available).
• Greet residents and escort them to their rooms.
• Introduce residents to roommates, other residents, and personnel as appropriate.
• Inventory and mark resident's personal possessions as instructed.
• Store resident's clothing.
• Assist residents with packing personal possessions when transferring or being discharged.
• Transport residents to new rooms or to the receiving area.
• Assist with loading/unloading residents to/from vehicles.
• Participate in and receive nursing reports.
• Follow established policies concerning exposure to blood/body fluids.
• Make beds as instructed.
• Put extra covers on beds as requested.
• Measure and record temperatures, pulses, and respirations (TPRs) of residents.
• Weigh and measure residents as instructed.
• Ensure residents who are unable to call for help are checked frequently.
• Answer resident calls promptly.
• Check residents routinely to ensure personal care needs are met.
• Assist residents with identifying food arrangements (e.g., informing residents with sight problems of food location, temperature).
• Record resident's food/fluid intake.
• Report changes in resident's eating habits to the Nurse Supervisor/Charge Nurse.
• Keep residents' water pitchers clean and filled with fresh water, and within easy reach.
• Perform after meal care (e.g., remove trays, clean resident's hands, face, clothing).
• Perform all assigned tasks in accordance with established policies and procedures, and as instructed by supervisors.
• Follow work assignments and/or work schedules.
• Cooperate with inter departmental personnel and other facility personnel.
• Report occupational exposures to blood, body fluids, infectious materials, and hazardous chemicals in accordance with facility policies.
• Maintain the confidentiality of all resident care information including protected health information.
• Report known or suspected incidents of unauthorized disclosure of information.
• Report all allegations of resident abuse and/or misappropriation of resident property.
• Honor resident's refusal of treatment requests and report such requests to your supervisor.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• STNA Classes paid for by PACS.
• Advancement to STNA upon successful completion of training and testing.
• Proficiency with office related equipment (copier/scanner/fax, telephone, calculator).
• Prolonged use of a desktop or laptop computer.

Qualifications

• High School Education/Equivalent
• Language Skills:
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from managers and employees.
• Mathematical Skills: Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios and proportions to practical situations.
• Reasoning Ability:
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where limited standardization exists.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Physical Demands

• Occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
• Regularly required to sit, stand, walk, talk, read, or hear.
• May be necessary to assist in the evacuation of residents during emergency situations.

Work Environment

• The noise level in the work environment is usually low to moderate.