Nursing Assistant in Training

Boundary Waters Care Center
Ely, MN

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Job Details

Full-time
$17.39 an hour

Benefits

Paid time off
Opportunities for advancement

Qualifications

Nursing policy compliance
Visual skin assessment
Vital signs
Bed making
Caregiving documentation requirements
Toileting assistance
Resident's rights
Safety regulations
Patient lift systems
Working with geriatric patients
Patient weighing scales
No experience needed
Dressing assistance
Wheelchair mobility assistance
Assisting with ADLs
Personal grooming assistance
Safe environment creation
Bed linen changing
Rehabilitation care assistance
Call light response (emergency response procedures)
Health status assessment
Clean workspace maintenance
Healthcare treatment
Accident reporting
Care plan implementation
Bathing assistance
Entry level
Meal assistance
Under 1 year

Full Job Description

Are you a compassionate, hard-working individual looking to begin your career in nursing? Our Nurse Assistant in Training Program is a great place to start!

At Boundary Waters Care Center, you can gain real-world nursing experience and get paid while you train to become a Certified Nursing Assistant, no experience needed. We are seeking motivated applicants who have a passion for serving the elderly, and those who need skilled care. Our team is proud to offer resident-centered care to maximize comfort and quality of life, in a dignified and respectful manner, allowing each resident to function at their highest level of independence. As a Nurse Assistant in Training, you will learn from our experienced team, assist with resident care, and work towards your Nursing Assistant Certificate. Benefits include paid certification costs, a generous PTO policy, flexible scheduling, and career growth opportunities.

Full and Part-Time Positions Available

MINIMUM JOB REQUIREMENTS
Education

Successful completion of CNA education program and exam within 4 months of hire date

Availability & Attendance

Flexible work schedule (mornings, afternoons, nights, weekends, holidays, etc.) which may include hours beyond eight hours in a day, or 40 hours in a week.
Follows all attendance policies and procedures, including punctuality and proper timeclock or timesheet reporting.

Other

Compliance with infectious disease policies and procedures related to, but not limited to tuberculosis screening of health-care workers.

KEY ROLES & RESPONSIBILTIES

Follows resident care/treatment plans, documents noted changes in a resident’s physical, psychosocial, mental, or emotional conditions according to community policy and procedure.
Understands residents’ charts, doctor’s orders and residents’ plan of care.
Complies with long-term care federal and state laws, rules, and regulations.
Follow standard precautions and works within OSHA guidelines.
Ensures that residents and families receive the highest quality of service in a caring, compassionate and dignified manner which recognizes the individual’s needs and rights.
Remains aware and takes special precautions to ensure a clean, safe environment for residents and staff.
Assists residents with activities of daily living (ADL) in a manner conducive to their safety and comfort, under the direction of a licensed nurse.
Follows all shift routines, policy and procedures regarding accurate performance of vital signs, weights, bathing, dressing, grooming, toileting, using speech, language, or other functional communication system etc.
Answers resident call lights promptly for assigned residents and willingly supports team in answering call lights for unassigned residents.
Turns, lifts, positions and transports residents into and out of bed, chairs, bathtubs, wheelchairs, lifts, according to care plan.
Assists residents in transferring using a transfer belt, device or appropriate lift whiling maintaining resident safety at all times. Willingly supports team in use of two person lifts, etc.
Ensure the residents are clean, neatly dressed, and well-groomed.
Neatly makes and changes bed linen.
Assists the resident with the restorative nursing program including but not limited to, passive and active range of motion and ambulation as appropriate.
Reports proactively and promptly to the nurse any illnesses, rashes, bruises, changes in the resident’s overall physical, psychosocial, mental, or emotional conditions / status.
Recognizes the potential for or actual skin problems and reports to the nurse as required.
Reports to nurse all incidents/accidents that occur involving residents, co-workers and visitors.
Delivers meals and assists residents with eating. Records accurate food and fluid intake.
Reports any chewing or swallowing difficulty to the nurse on duty.
Reports any equipment malfunction to designated employee.
Attends and participates in scheduled nursing meetings.
Performs other duties as assigned.

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