Nursing Assistant Trainee

Pay Range

$25.00 - $25.47

Under the supervision of the Clinical Educator, the Nursing Assistant Trainee will provide general nursing care in Acute Care/Long Term Care to non-acute and/or acutely ill patients or residents while maintaining a safe and clean environment.

• Provide general nursing care for adult and geriatric patients/residents.
• Perform bed baths, oral hygiene, hair care, back care, dressing and application of heat/cold treatments and anti‑embolism stockings.
• Obtain and record vital signs, weight, height, pulse oximetry and intake‑output measurements in the electronic health record (EHR).
• Collect and transport specimens to the correct departments.
• Report any abnormal vital signs, changes observed in condition or behavior of patients/residents and unusual incidents.
• Assist in bed‑side care: repositioning, lifting, turning, use of bedpan, urinal, commode, emptying Foley catheter, answering call lights and making rounds.
• Ambulate patients/residents and transport them to and from various departments.
• Assist patients/residents with meals and feeding.
• Assist with personal belongings such as dentures, glasses, contact lenses, hearing aids, prosthetic devices.
• Change bed linen, clean over‑bed table and bedside stand, straighten room and other general care as needed.
• Assist Registered Nurse with medivac transport preparations.
• Prepare nursing areas and patient/resident rooms for admissions, transfers, emergencies or discharges.
• Assist in and clean utility rooms, prepare equipment for disinfection or sterilization, report equipment out of order.
• Handle clean and dirty linen and store supplies in the service area as instructed.
• Float to other departments as needed under supervision of a Registered Nurse.
• Dispose of all solid and infectious waste according to policies.
• Replenish supplies in patient/resident rooms and bathrooms as needed.
• Perform other duties assigned by a Registered Nurse.

• Education: High school diploma or equivalent.
• Experience: No experience required.
• Knowledge: Able to follow instructions and demonstrate the scope of practice when caring for patients/residents, maintain a safe environment with infection control practices, proper equipment use, differentiate normal and abnormal patient findings, communicate appropriately to the nurse on duty.
• Skills: Oral and written communication, maintain a clean work environment with proper infection control practices, provide general nursing care under supervision of a Registered Nurse.
• Abilities: Work cooperatively, establish and maintain interpersonal relationships with patients, residents, visitors and team members, assure confidentiality of patient information at all times.

• Work Shift:
  
  OT, 8/40
• Location:
  
  Southeast Alaska (South East Alaska Regional Health Consortium)
• Benefits: retirement, paid time off, paid parental leave, health insurance, dental, vision, life insurance, long- and short-term disability.
• SEARHC covers this position under the Indian Child Protection Act.