Apprentice Nurse Student, Watkins

Heywood Healthcare values our employees! We offer competitive wages, great benefits and generous earned time off. Come work where you will matter!

Hours:
Per diem, Sunday through Saturday, Hours vary, During school breaks would work open shifts for 24 to 32 hours per week

$18.50 - $28.28

Disclaimer:

We are committed to equitable and transparent compensation practices. The salary range for this position reflects our good‑faith estimate of base pay at the time of posting. Final compensation will be determined based on a variety of factors, including relevant experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity. We regularly review our compensation structures to ensure fairness and consistency across our organization.

Must work a minimum of 24 hours per week fulfilled in an 8 hour or 12 hour shifts along with a weekend requirement during summer and winter breaks. Schedule will be all shifts (days/evenings/nights) 8 hours or 12 hours, based upon the needs of the hospital.

• • This position rotates among medical, surgical, and cardiac adult inpatient floorsat Heywood Hospital

Job Summary

Position Highlights: This position provides an opportunity for students who would like to gain experience in a fast‑paced, acute care nursing environment. This position is offered to nursing students actively enrolled in a RN nursing program accredited through the ACEN or CCNE.

Essential Functions

• Provides patient care based on standards of care, standards of practice, protocols, and established policies and procedures under direction of a licensed nurse
• Collects basic health data as directed by a licensed nurse.
• Assists patients with activities of daily care (e.g. personal hygiene, toileting, nutrition, ambulation, etc).
• Appropriately prioritizes patient care (e.g. seeks assistance as needed from appropriate resources, recognizes need for emergency intervention, etc.)
• Respects each patient as an individual; provides care that fosters the patient’s sense of dignity and positive self-regard. /li
• Provides thorough, timely, and accurate documentation of all pertinent patient information according to established standards. /li
• Maintains clean and safe work environment (identifies and/or removes safety hazards). /li
• Provides timely and thorough information on assigned patients to supervising licensed nurse and other health care team members. /li
• Participates in learning for colleagues and self (attends educational programs, in‑services, assist with orientation of new staff). /li
• Proactively identifies risk to patient safety and identifies opportunities to reduce medical/health care errors (i.e. appropriate reporting of errors/incidents). /li
• Obtains heights and weights of assigned patients per care plan. /li
• Assists patients with ambulation using appropriate technique (i.e. gait belt). /li
• Assists patients with turning in bed and transferring from bed to stretcher or chair using appropriate technique (i.e. transfer mattress). /li
• Provides incontinent care to patients. /li
• Maintains and documents fluid intake, output measurements and vital signs on patients per care plan. /li
• Assists with obtaining late trays as needed. /li
• Maintains infection control precautions per Infection Control Policy. /li
• Performs bedside shift report with oncoming CNA or NA each shift. /li
• Maintains white board in patient rooms each shift. /li
• Maintains unit logs daily/weekly as indicated (i.e. blanket warmer, eye wash station. /li
• Preforms glucometer QC checks every night, including checking dates on strips and solutions. /li

Statement of Other Duties

This document describes the major duties and responsibilities for this job, and is not intended to be a complete list of all tasks and functions. It should be understood, therefore, that…