Nurse Aide in Training-H

Posted: Wednesday, 10 April 2024
Valid Thru: Friday, 10 May 2024
Index Requested on: 04/10/2024 19:45:07
Indexed on: 04/10/2024 19:45:07

Location: Columbia, MO, 65201, US

Industry: Healthcare
Occupational Category: 31-0000.00 - Healthcare Support
Type of Employment: PART_TIME

Columbia Post Acute is hiring!

Description:

• Become familiar with the facility's administrative structure as introduced in the pre-training orientation session. • Use the wristband or photo card file to identify residents before administering treatments, serving meals, etc., as necessary. • Report all accidents and incidents you observe on the shift that they occur. • Use only authorized abbreviations established by this facility when recording information. • Report all changes in the resident's condition to the Nurse Supervisor/Charge Nurse as soon as practical. • Record all entries on flow sheets, notes, charts, etc., in an informative, descriptive manner. • Agree not to disclose resident's protected health information and promptly report suspected or known violations of such disclosure to the Administrator. • Report any known or suspected unauthorized attempt to access facility's information system. • Perform only those nursing care procedures that you have been trained to do. • Ensure that the resident's room is ready for receiving the resident (i.e., bed made, name tags up, admission kit available, etc.). • Greet residents and escort them to their room. • Introduce resident to his/her roommate, if any, and other residents and personnel as appropriate. • Inventory and mark the resident's personal possessions as instructed. • Store resident's clothing. • Assist residents with packing their personal possessions when they are being transferred to a new room, or when being discharged. • Transport residents to new rooms or to the receiving area. • Assist with loading/unloading residents' to/from vehicles as necessary. • Participate in and receive the nursing report as instructed. • Follow established policies concerning exposure to blood/body fluids. • Make beds as instructed. • Put extra covers on beds as requested. • Measure and record temperatures, pulses, and respirations (TPRs) of residents, as instructed. Weigh and measure residents as instructed. • Ensure that residents who are unable to call for help are checked frequently. • Answer resident calls promptly. • Check residents routinely to ensure that their personal care needs are being met. • Assist residents with identifying food arrangements (i.e., informing resident with sight problem of foods that are on his/her tray, where it is located, if it is hot/cold, etc.). • Record the resident's food/fluid intake. Report changes in the resident's eating habits to the Nurse Supervisor/Charge Nurse. • Keep residents' water pitchers clean and filled with fresh water (on each shift), and within easy reach of the resident. • Perform after meal care (i.e., remove trays, clean resident's hands, face, clothing, etc.). • Perform all assigned tasks in accordance with our established policies and procedures, and as instructed by your supervisors. • Follow work assignments, and/or work schedules in completing and performing your assigned tasks. • Cooperate with inter-departmental personnel, as well as other facility personnel to ensure that nursing services can be adequately maintained to meet the needs of the residents. • Report occupational exposures to blood, body fluids, infectious materials, and hazardous chemicals in accordance with the facility's policies and procedures governing accidents and incidents. • Maintain the confidentiality of all resident care information including protected health information. Report known or suspected incidents of unauthorized disclosure of such information. • Report all allegations of resident abuse and/or misappropriation of resident property. • Honor the resident's refusal of treatment request. Report such requests to your supervisor.

Responsibilities:

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Educational requirements:

  • high school

Desired Skills:

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Benefits:

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