Nursing Assistant Trainee - Long Term Care - Full Time Evening
The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society
Howard Lake, Minnesota
The Nursing Assistant Trainee is enrolled in a learning experience designed to develop the confidence and competence to serve as a caregiver that provides personal care to clients.
Posted Oct 2 · New grads welcomed
- Shift and hours
- 8-hour evening shifts · Evenings, 2:00 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. 8 Hours - Evening Shifts (United States of America) Shift: Evenings, 2:00 p.m. - 10:30 p.m.32 hours a week (64 hours per two-week pay period)
- Unit and setting
- Long Term Care
- License
- CNA license Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) license required within four months of employment.CNA license within four months of employment
- Term
- Permanent Nursing Assistant Trainee - Long Term Care - Full Time EveningFull time
Do you qualify?
- New grads
- Welcomed
- License
- CNA license within four months of employmentAfter hire · within four months of employment Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) license required within four months of employment.
- Also asks
- Minimum age 16 Minimum age of 16.
- Also asks
- UAP Registry registration where applicable When applicable, for applicable states, certified and registered with the Unlicensed Assistive Person (UAP) Registry.
- Also asks
- May require motor vehicle report and driver's license Dependent on facility and required responsibilities, this role may classify as a Sanford Category II Driver requiring a motor.
Preferred
- Experience
- Prior clinical or nursing assistant experience in long-term care Prior clinical or nursing assistant experience in long-term care preferred.
- Also asks
- High school diploma or GED High school graduate or general equivalency diploma (GED) preferred, but not required.
What it pays
- Pay differential
- Additional $1.25 per hour for weekend hours and hours worked after 6:00pm. Additional $1.25 per hour for weekend hours and hours worked after 6:00pm.
- Extra pay
- $1.25 per hour extraweekend hours and hours worked after 6:00pm
- Pay reviews
- Certified CNA wage starts at $22.60 per hour Certified CNA wage starts at $22.60 per hourafter CNA certification
- Pay reviews
- CNA training is paid Paid CNA Training!
Benefits
- Paid CNA Training
The role and schedule
- Union
- Non-union
- Day to day
- Bathing, toileting, grooming, dressing, undressing, vital signs, psychosocial support
- Day to day
- Transferring, repositioning, range of motion, walking clients The trainee assists the client in transferring, repositioning, range of motion exercises, and walking using appropriate transfer techniques and equipment.
- Day to day
- Assists with meals and snacks, provides water and nutritional supplements The trainee assists clients with meals and snacks and provides water and nutritional supplements as appropriate.
- Day to day
- Housekeeping and laundry services The trainee assists with housekeeping, laundry services, and other duties as assigned within non-certified nursing assistant role.
- Day to day
- Reports changes in client condition to a licensed nurse The trainee communicates changes in client condition and care-related concerns to a licensed nurse.
- Day to day
- Assists care team and documents client care when appropriate The trainee assists the care team and documents client care when appropriate.
- Hours stated
- Evenings, 2:00 p.m. - 10:30 p.m.
- Weekends
- Every other Saturday & Sunday Weekend rotation: Every other Saturday & Sunday weekend rotation required.
- Employment
- Full-time CNA once certified Once certified, you'll work as a full-time CNA:
- Holidays
- Holiday rotation required Holiday rotation required.
- Details
- Hybrid training: online curriculum plus hands-on skills The program is delivered in hybrid format which includes an online curriculum and hands on skills development.
- Details
- No services until instructor finds trainee proficient The Trainee is not allowed to perform any service(s) unless they have been trained and found to be proficient by the instructor.
Support on this unit
The posting does not state the assignment size, and nothing published names it for this unit.
- Your preceptor
- A preceptor is assigned to you
The workplace
Your fit
Questions to ask
- Can you walk me through the pay period for the posted pay range and differentials?
- What are the call requirements?
- What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?
Original listing
Posted on The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society’s careers page.
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Sanford Health, the largest rural health system in the United States, is dedicated to transforming the health care experience and providing access to world-class health care in America’s heartland.
Work Shift
8 Hours - Evening Shifts (United States of America)
Scheduled Weekly Hours
32
Compensation
Salary Range: $19.09 - $23.00
Union Position
No
Department Details
Come join one of the nation’s largest nonprofit providers of senior care and services since 1922. At the Howard Lake Care Center, our vision is to provide quality, dependable care at just the right time. You can help us accomplish this!
Position available for NA Trainee program
- Paid CNA Training!
- Uncertified Nursing Assistant wage is $19.09 per hour.
Once certified, you'll work as a full-time CNA
Schedule
8 shifts (64 hours) per two-week pay period
- Shift: Evenings, 2:00 p.m. - 10:30 p.m.
- Weekend rotation: Every other Saturday & Sunday weekend rotation required. Holiday rotation required.
- Additional $1.25 per hour for weekend hours and hours worked after 6:00pm.
- Certified CNA wage starts at $22.60 per hour
Summary The Nursing Assistant Trainee is enrolled in a learning experience designed to develop the confidence and competence to serve as a caregiver that provides personal care to clients. Under the supervision of a licensed nurse, the trainee, in partnership with a preceptor, provides holistic client-centered care that promotes independence and client rights in a safe, caring, and efficient manner. The trainee is required to work within the role of a non-certified nursing assistant.
Job Description
The trainee is enrolled in a formal nursing assistant program and is required to fulfill all training requirements in the designated timeframe. The Trainee is not allowed to perform any service(s) unless they have been trained and found to be proficient by the instructor. The program is delivered in hybrid format which includes an online curriculum and hands on skills development.
Trainees learn the skills and processes needed to provide care and assistance to clients. At completion of the training program, participants will be prepared to take state knowledge and skills exams to obtain the Certified Nursing Aide (CNA) or other state certification designation. While in the Nursing Assistant Training Program, the trainee serves as a member of the nursing team and will be held accountable to know and follow location-specific standards for infection prevention and control, personal protective equipment use, safety, and privacy.
The trainee demonstrates the ability to follow written and verbal instructions. This role requires an ability to do detailed work correctly, handle stress, demonstrate critical thinking, and prioritize responsibilities. The trainee works with clients and their families to ensure their physical, cognitive, spiritual, emotional, and social needs are met.
The trainee delivers age-appropriate care to meet the physical, psychological, and restorative needs of the client as defined in the care plan. The trainee assists the care team and documents client care when appropriate. The trainee communicates changes in client condition and care-related concerns to a licensed nurse.
The trainee assists 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. The trainee assists the client in transferring, repositioning, range of motion exercises, and walking using appropriate transfer techniques and equipment. The trainee assists clients with meals and snacks and provides water and nutritional supplements as appropriate.
The trainee assists with housekeeping, laundry services, and other duties as assigned within non-certified nursing assistant role. Qualifications High school graduate or general equivalency diploma (GED) preferred, but not required. Minimum age of 16. Prior clinical or nursing assistant experience in long-term care preferred.
Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) license required within four months of employment. When applicable, for applicable states, certified and registered with the Unlicensed Assistive Person (UAP) Registry. Dependent on facility and required responsibilities, this role may classify as a Sanford Category II Driver requiring a motor.
Vehicle report and proof of valid driver’s license. Must be medically qualified to perform the essential driving functions of this position as per our Sanford Driving Policy per the leaders request. Sanford is an EEO/AA Employer M/F/Disability/Vet.
If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation for help with your online application, please call 1-877-949-5678 or send an email to talent@sanfordhealth.org.
What's around it?
Howard Lake, MN
Living costs about the same as the US average