What are the responsibilities and job description for the Caregiver - Nurse Aide in Training (FT /PT) position at Carespring?
Employment Type: Full-Time
Pay - starting at $14.00 - $16.50 an hour while in training with pay increasing upon training completion
Let us help you begin your health care career and join our team to become a state tested nurse aide at our state of the art, skilled nursing facility. This rewarding position allows you the opportunity to be trained in providing direct care to the patients in the facility and to understand how to work with residents and resident families during the care delivery process.
Why Our Staff Have Chosen to Work Here:
- Working in this role is the first step to the rest of your career in the Health care field. We can provide scholarship and tuition reimbursements to help you grow with us.
- Daily Pay - Get paid the same or next day if needed
- Flexible schedules - 4, 8 and 12 hour shifts available
- Competitive Wages with low cost medical and dental insurance
- Work in a clean facility with access to all supplies needed to provide the highest quality of care.
GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS:
- The team member during this "prior to training" period, has some limitation to the direct/physical patient care they can provide. "on the job" training is a benefit of these programs made possible as a response to the pandemic
- The position is part of the Nurse Aide Training Competency Evaluation Program (NATCEP)
- Once this team member completes the nurse aide classes and required clinical work, the team member is considered a Nurse Aide in Training (NAT).
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Answer call lights
- Pass ice and water to patients between meals. Assist with hydration cart and HS snack pass
- Assist with making patient beds
- Assist with laundry portion of STNA job:
- Mark personal items (i.e. toothbrush, denture cups, toothpaste, etc ) to prevent cross contamination
- Set dining room tables (linens and silver ware) in prep for meal service
- Perform one on one visits/companionship with patients
- Complete any other non-direct care task assigned by nurse or unit manager
- Assist with activities if no other nursing related activities are needed
QUALIFICATIONS
- Has a sincere desire to work with the elderly.
- Wants to learn and grow in the healthcare field
- Meets the eligibility requirements to work in a skilled nursing facility.
Salary : $14 - $17
