Certified Nurse Aide | Long Term Care | Temporary

Certified Nurse Aide

It starts with heart. That is what you will do each day. As a Certified Nurse Aide at Monument Health, you can begin your healthcare career with no experience necessary. You will be valued as an essential team member providing compassionate resident focused care. You will discover a culture of teamwork, professionalism, mutual respect, andmost importantlya life-changing career. You will make a difference. Every day. A Nurse Aide will assist the nursing staff in providing excellent, effective, and safe patient care, be responsible for providing patient personal care, bathing, and personal hygiene. You will participate in admission, dismissal, and the transfer process and contribute to the permanent documentation of patient data. Completes the essential function of constant observer or telesitter where applicable. This includes monitoring the patient at bedside and / or remotely via audio / visual technology to promote patient safety while maintaining patient privacy and dignity. On the job training and continual support will help build knowledge and skills needed to provide best in class care and demonstrate cohesive teamwork! Our vision at Monument Health is to be one team, to listen, to be inclusive, and to show we care. To do the right thing. Every time. If you share this philosophy, we hope you'll join us.

Job Summary

Essential Functions :

• Completes patient cares and documentation accurately and in a timely manner according to policies, procedures, and regulations.
• Demonstrates the desire to grow as an employee, team, and facility.
• Positively supports and contributes to departmental development as evidenced by participating in meetings and training.
• As a member of the multidisciplinary team, the Nurse Aide contributes valuable input to the patient's care planning process.
• Assesses and provides direct resident care needs to residents with supervised personal / rehabilitative cares as outlined in their individualized care plan to assist with maintaining or improving functional abilities, comfort, independence, and safety.
• Reports any safety concerns, abnormal parameters as defined for the patient population, or health concerns of the patient to the nurse.
• Encourages the patient to participate in their own activities of daily living and other aspects of the plan of care as appropriate.
• All other duties as assigned.

Additional Requirements :

Required : Certification - Certified Nurse Aide (CNA) - South Dakota Board of Nursing

Preferred : Education - High School Diploma / GED Equivalent in General Studies

Experience - 1+ years of related experience

Physical Requirements : Heavy work - Exerting up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and / or up to 50 pounds of force frequently, and / or up to 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects.

Job Category : Nursing

Job Family : Nursing Support

Department : MHSC-ST Long Term Care-Skilled Nursing

Scheduled Weekly Hours : 36

Shift

Employee Type : Regular

Monument Health is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or protected Veteran status.