Nurse Aide - Grand Forks, United States - Altru Health

Description

Location:
Altru Hospital

1200 S.Columbia Rd.

Grand Forks, ND 58201

Summary:
LRSC CNA Students get the costs of your nursing education covered while gaining hands-on experience

Hours: flexible around school schedule
Deadline to apply: July 8, 2024

The CNA apprenticeship is a partnership between Altru Health System and Lake Region State College. The applicant must be accepted into the Lake Region State College CNA academic program prior to start date.

This position moves through three steps of apprenticeship, each acquired based on knowledge and skills of Lake Region State College's academic program. The Nurse Aide Apprentice performs skills under the supervision of a Registered Nurse (RN) or a Licensed Practice Nurse (LPN) with a RN onsite.

Essential Job Functions:

• Contributes to and assists in implementing plan of care that reflects the patient's physical, psychological, social, educational, developmental and rehabilitative needs based on patient's age, ethnic origin, economic status, lifestyle, creed or philosophical beliefs.
• Demonstrates competency and ability to carry out department specific functions in accordance to the department's standards of care, policies and procedures. Performs other duties as assigned to meet the needs of the department/organization.
• Contributes to the assessment of the health status of patients, including interactions with patient's family members by collecting basic subjective and objective data from observations and interviews, including taking vital signs and reporting and recording appropriately.
• Identifies basic signs and symptoms of deviations from normal health status and provides basic information which licensed nurses use in identification of problems and needs.
• Reports the patient's self-report/symptoms of pain promptly according to standard operating procedure.

Certification:

• Nurse Aide | North Dakota Department of Health | Within 4 Months of Start Date | HR Primary Sources
• Basic Life Support (BLS) | American Heart Association (AHA) | Prior to Start Date | Learning Management System

Notes:

• The applicant must be accepted into the Lake Region State College CNA academic program prior to start date.

Physical Demands :

• Sit: Occasionally (5-33%)

• Stand: Frequently (34-66%)

• Walk: Frequently (34-66%)

• Stoop/Bend: Frequently (34-66%)

• Reach: Frequently (34-66%)

• Crawl: Not Applicable

• Squat/Crouch/Kneel: Occasionally (5-33%)

• Twist: Occasionally (5-33%)

• Handle/Finger/Feel: Continuously %)

• See: Continuously %)

• Hear: Continuously %)

Weight Demands:

• Lift -Floor to Waist Level: Medium pounds)

• Carry: Medium pounds)

• Push/Pull: Medium pounds)

• Slide/Transfer: Medium pounds)

Working Conditions:

• Indoor: Continuously %)

• Outdoor: Not Applicable

• Extreme Temperature: Not Applicable

Driving Requirement Definitions:

• Professional Drivers: Persons who drive as their main responsibility OR transport passengers or hazardous materials.
• Frequent Drivers: Persons whose main responsibility is not driving, but drive daily or almost daily.
• Occasional Drivers: Persons who drive from once per month to as frequently as once per week.
• Infrequent Drivers: Persons who are generally not expected to drive.

Driving Requirement for this position:
Infrequent Driver

Reference ID: R2935