Nursing Assistant Student – Blue Mountain Care Center | Full-Time

Position Summary

Blue Mountain Hospital District provides a state-approved nursing assistant training program. Successful completion of this course will enable you to take the state exam to become a Certified Nursing Assistant.

The Nursing Assistant Training Program course is designed to give the individuals the skills and knowledge to pass the Oregon State Board of Nursing (OSBN) certification test, laying the foundation to become a compassionate and experienced care provider.

Essential Functions & Responsibilities

Follow the Nursing Assistant Program Student Code of Conduct which includes:

Students in this program participate in the work environment with a variety of health care professionals and provide hands-on-care to a diverse group of patients. For students to be successful in this program, the student must be able to meet the high level of responsibility which accompanies this type of learning environment. The student must view all clinical and classroom experiences as he/she would view working in his/her future career as with this program comes a conditional offer of employment upon meeting all the Program and certification requirements.

Attendance: The NA program utilizes a competency-based curriculum. Attendance in class and clinicals is necessary to develop competence. Schedule appointments at times that do not conflict with class. Students who miss more than 2 days of class may be removed from the program, employment termination, and will not receive a conditional offer of employment for the nursing assistant position.

Punctuality: It is expected that students manage their time effectively to get to class and clinical setting on time, despite transportation issues. Special consideration is given during adverse weather and driving conditions.

Transportation: Transportation to and from classroom, clinical site and/or to the testing sites for their written and skills testing is not provided by facility. It is the student’s responsibility to have reliable daily transportation to and from facility. It is the student’s obligation to resolve any issues with carpooling.

Communication: Given the serious nature of our program and the large amount of educational material learned daily, it is essential that students communicate with the Program instructor regarding attendance, absences, and coursework difficulties. Student is also required to communicate professionally and appropriately with peers during class/clinical.

Honesty and Integrity: Students must always manifest the highest level of honesty and integrity. Lying is not tolerated and may result in removal from the program. Incidents of cheating, forgery, and/or plagiarism may also result in removal from the program. Patients’ lives are at stake during clinical, and patient care standards demand complete honesty of students. If the student makes a mistake or error in the clinical setting, it is expected that they honestly report it immediately to their supervisor.

• Criminal History: Students who have had past criminal records need to disclose these with their application to the program at Blue Mountain Hospital District. This includes any prior misdemeanor or felony convictions or pending charges. This does not mean that they are excluded from the program; however, it needs to be reviewed by the Program Administration prior to being accepted. No student who has a conviction or pending charge for a disqualifying crime will be accepted into the program. Students must also disclose any of these if it happens after being accepted and are participating in the program. Students will be required to submit to fingerprinting and/or a criminal background check.
• Substance Abuse: Any students brought under investigation or having charges brought forth for using and/or distributing drugs or alcohol will be placed on probation and may be removed if charged and convicted. If the instructional staff, or the staff of the clinical site, has reasonable suspicion that the student is under the influence of an illegal substance, including outward visual signs, the student will be directed to participate in a urine drug test. If the drug test is positive, the student will immediately be removed from the clinical site and will subsequently be dismissed from the NA program. This disciplinary action will be taken without regard to the duration-in-time that some illegal substances may cause a positive result on a urine drug test, or the fact that some drugs are legal at the state level but remain illegal at the federal level.
• Active Participation: Students are expected to actively participate in each class by being prepared, listening attentively, offering relevant comments, taking notes, completing assignments on time, and practicing patient care skills until competence is developed. Students are expected to show respect to their instructor, guest speakers, facility staff and administration, the clinical site staff, patients, and their peers always.
• Teamwork: Most health care professionals work in teams. Consistent with the team concept, students are expected to be cooperative and courteous, and to assist other students in the classroom setting, as well as health team members in the clinical setting. Personality conflicts have no place in the health professions realm.
• Confidentiality: Confidentiality of information is mandated by HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) in the health care setting. This includes information received from patients, peers and instructors. It is NEVER appropriate to discuss patient information or clinical site information outside of the classroom or clinical. Likewise, information shared within the health professions classroom may be of a sensitive nature, and it is never appropriate to discuss this information with others, unless you feel a student is a danger to themselves or others.
• Safety: Safety and infection control practices are critical in the health care setting. Students are taught these prior to their clinical experience. Students must understand that patient safety measures, hand washing, and other safety infection control steps are mandatory, not optional. Students must notify their instructor or clinical supervisor immediately of any incidents where a potential infection or safety violation has occurred. Students may be exposed to common infectious diseases while conducting clinical, such as common colds, the flu, so following infection prevention guidelines is pertinent.
• Cell Phones: Cell phone use is only allowed in the classroom setting as an educational tool at the instructor’s direction. It is not allowed in the clinical setting.
• Dress Code: Students are to follow the programs dress code policy for the classroom and clinical.

This job description reflects student’s assignment of essential functions; it does not prescribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned.

Upon completion of nursing assistant program, student will have a full-time nurse aide position at Blue Mountain Care Center with expectation that student will successfully pass Oregon State Certification examination within 120 days of first employment date.

Education Requirements

Required: High School Diploma or GED equivalent

Wage Description

Min – $20/hour

Certification/Licensure Requirements

Required: Current Basic Life

For More Information, Contact

Holly Thompson, Human Resources
hthompson@bluemountainhospital.org | 541-575-3820

Why Blue Mountain Hospital District & Grant County?

The Blue Mountain Hospital District (BMHD) is located in Grant County, Oregon, at the heart of the John Day River, in beautiful, rural, Eastern Oregon. Our District is comprised of a Critical Access Hospital (CAH), Family & Rural Medicine Clinic, Home Care and Hospice, Emergency Medical Services, an Intermediate Care Center and all of the supporting ancillary departments necessary to care for the health and wellness of our community.

Our District spans from John Day to Prairie City, nestled in a valley surrounded by the Blue Mountains. The Strawberry Mountain Range and John Day River Valley offers a variety of outdoor activities, from abundant hiking/mountain biking/horse riding trails to high and low lakes and ponds. Our area is known to be a “go to” place not just for recreation, but also for big game hunting and fishing!

Join our family-like team and settle into a lifestyle that is hard to beat!

For more information on our area, visit our Grant County Chamber of Commerce and Discover John Day pages at: https://www.gcoregonlive.com/ and https://www.discoverjohnday.com/