Nursing Assistant Trainee

About This Role

This full-time Nursing Assistant Trainee position at Good Samaritan Pine River offers a learning experience designed to develop confidence and competence in providing personal care to clients. Working under the supervision of a licensed nurse and in partnership with a preceptor, the trainee delivers holistic, client-centered care that promotes independence and client rights in a safe, caring, and efficient manner.

Responsibilities

• Provide personal care to clients within the role of a non-certified nursing assistant
• Fulfill all training requirements in the designated timeframe of the formal nursing assistant program
• Perform services only after being trained and found proficient by the instructor
• Serve as a member of the nursing team and follow location-specific standards for infection prevention and control, personal protective equipment use, safety, and privacy
• Follow written and verbal instructions
• Do detailed work correctly, handle stress, demonstrate critical thinking, and prioritize responsibilities
• Work with clients and their families to ensure their physical, cognitive, spiritual, emotional, and social needs are met
• Deliver age-appropriate care to meet the physical, psychological, and restorative needs of the client as defined in the care plan
• Assist the care team and document client care when appropriate
• Communicate changes in client condition and care-related concerns to a licensed nurse
• Assist with basic health care needs and activities of daily living such as bathing, toileting, grooming, dressing, undressing, obtaining vital signs, providing psychosocial support, and delivering other personal care as assigned
• Assist the client in transferring, repositioning, range of motion exercises, and walking using appropriate transfer techniques and equipment
• Assist clients with meals and snacks and provide water and nutritional supplements as appropriate
• Assist with housekeeping, laundry services, and other duties as assigned within the non-certified nursing assistant role

Requirements

• High school graduate or general equivalency diploma (GED) preferred, but not required
• Will need to pass the state CNA exams for further hire as CNA

Benefits

• Paid training for the CNA certificate
• CNA position when certified
• Direct access to your earnings daily

Important Details

• Scheduled Weekly Hours: 32
• Shift Details: Days or Evening shifts available
• Schedule: Every other weekend and holiday

About the Company

Sanford Health is the largest rural health system in the United States, dedicated to transforming the health care experience and providing access to world-class health care. Good Samaritan Pine River is one of the nation's largest nonprofit providers of senior care and services since 1922, with a vision to provide quality, dependable care.