Nurse Aide in Training - White Sands Healthcare : Job Details

Position Description

Responsible for providing nursing or nursing related services for which they have been trained and are under the supervision

of a licensed or registered nurse. Position is applicable for students enrolled in a State Approved Nurse Aide Training and

Competency Evaluation Program.

Principal Responsibilities

• Under the supervision of a licensed or registered nurse, provides residents' personal hygiene by giving bedpans,

urinals, baths, backrubs, shampoos, and shaves; assisting with travel to the bathroom; helping with showers and baths.

• Under the supervision of a licensed or registered nurse, provides for activities of daily living by assisting with serving

meals, feeding residents as necessary; ambulating, turning, and positioning residents.

• Under the supervision of a licensed or registered nurse, assists with lifting, positioning and transporting residents into

and out of beds, chairs, bathtubs, wheelchairs, lifts, etc., in keeping with specific resident safety needs; Assists

residents in preparation for and transporting to appointments, activities and social programs.

• Under the supervision of a licensed or registered nurse, participate in meal service including serving, clearing, and

cleaning the dining room; Assures that residents are positioned appropriately for meals; Assures that appropriate

utensils are within reach of residents; Serves food trays and assists with feeding as indicated; Delivers and documents

all a.m., p.m., and bedtime snacks and supplements; Provides hydration to all residents according to center policy.

• Assists nursing staff on the floor by making beds, passing ice and water, passing linens, answering call lights, passing

out meal trays, distributing resident's laundry, and providing non hand on care to residents as requested.

• Cleans and organizes equipment, wheelchairs, tray tables, etc.; Changes batteries on lifts; Makes and cleans

unoccupied beds using appropriate protocols.

• Provides 1:1 with resident under the supervision of a licensed nurse.

• Monitors residents during smoking hours (in the facility smoking room and/or designated area). Charts and keeps

track of cigarette count for each resident; updates and organizes smoking books/logs and storage.

• Ensure that residents rooms are ready for receiving the resident (i.e., bed made, name tags up, admission kit available,

etc.); Completes inventory and marks the resident's personal possessions as instructed.

• Assists residents with packing their personal possessions when they are being transferred to a new room, or when

being discharged.

• Checks residents routinely to ensure that their personal care needs are being met.

• Transporting trays to dining area when nursing staff is ready to assist with meal. Trays will be distributed to residents

by nursing staff (licensed nurse will have verified that the diet being served is as prescribed).

• At the direction of nursing staff, may perform the following tasks with training on placement of items to meet

resident needs and limitations: Passing water pitchers, delivering beverages and snacks, pouring beverages. (not to

perform these tasks for residents who require assistance with feeding or drinking or require modified food texture or

beverage consistency (i.e., thickened liquids).

• Acknowledges resident and family concerns and reports them to the clinical supervisor; Provides privacy and

maintains confidentiality.

• Organizes resident room, closet and bedside stand; Organizing room appropriately to enable residents and staff to

move about safely; Organizing resident closets to ensure the items are in the correct closet, labeled and are stored

properly. Organizing bedside stand to ensure items are separated appropriately, labeled as needed and available to

resident; Replaces missing or worn items such as toothpaste, brush, comb, personal items, etc.; Stocks rooms with

appropriate healthcare items such as gloves, gowns, disposable diapers and pads, etc.

• Disposing and safe handling of soiled linen using appropriate infection control procedures.

• Other duties, responsibilities and activities may change or assigned at any time with or without notice.