Nursing Assistant assists nursing team with a variety of patient care activities and related services necessary in caring for the personal needs, comfort, and safety of patients. Assists patients in dressing, undressing, bathing, eating, walking, and other activities. Being a Nursing Assistant ensures patients' well-being and comfort. Changes bed linens and assists with patient transportation to tests and procedures. Additionally, Nursing Assistant may serve and collect food trays and provide patients with between-meal nourishment. May record temperature or vital signs under the direction of a nurse. Requires a high school diploma. Typically reports to a registered nurse or supervisor. The Nursing Assistant works under the close direction of senior personnel in the functional area. Possesses a moderate understanding of general aspects of the job. May require 0-1 year of general work experience. (Copyright 2024 Salary.com)
In this entry level role, you would be providing hands on resident care, completes assignments as assigned and assists in maintaining a positive physical and psychosocial environment for the residents of our care center/community. You would be collaborating with other team-oriented care providers to love and serve our residents in their time of need.
Why join the Prestige Care Family in the Nursing Assistant role and what can we offer you?
In this job, every day you will…
1. Provide resident care under the direction of the Charge Nurse (and other nursing leadership), to include assisting with personal care, assisting residents in the dining room, assisting in the delivery of trays to resident rooms while ensuring that all services are delivered with dignity and promoting resident rights.
2. Assist with ADL’s, using Cooperative Service Plans and Acuity of Daily Living Flow Sheets as a guide, and accurately documents care provided on flow sheets.
3. Perform assigned restorative procedures including range of motion, assisting resident in self-care or bowel and bladder programs, and transporting residents to dining room and activities.
4. Regularly observes the resident’s physical and mental condition, reporting changes in resident to charge nurse and/or director of nursing.
5. Take and evaluate vital signs, responds to assistance pages promptly and perform emergency first-aid and CPR only if certified under these programs.
6. Participate in the building safety program, follows facility fire safety program and follows the building infection control practices, promptly reporting any unsafe conditions or equipment, and incidents and accidents.
7. Assist with resident laundry, and dining room and kitchen clean up and maintenance as assigned and general building cleaning tasks.
Education & Experience you need to qualify:
Ways you can advance beyond the Nursing Assistant role:
Once you master this role, you could consider the Certified Nursing Assistant, Staffing Coordinator, Central Supply, LPN, RN, or Staff Development Coordinator jobs with Prestige Care.
EOE/M/F/VETS/DISABLED – At Prestige, it is our promise to personally touch lives every day. It is a philosophy of caring based on our core values of integrity, trust, commitment, and respect, that are at the center of all that we do. We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce that represents all of us, coming from different experiences, cultures, backgrounds, and viewpoints. Inclusion is the way we treat one another and how we celebrate what makes us different.
Prestige is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.
Coast Fork Nursing Center
Coast Fork Nursing Center is located just 30 minutes from the heart of downtown Eugene!
Coast Fork Nursing Center is a National Quality Award Winning Facility by the American Healthcare Association National Center for Assisted Living. Ask any member of the Coast Fork Nursing Center staff what they enjoy most about their work and they will all answer – the residents! They are the reason why our dedicated staff love their job and have worked here for as long as 40 years.
At Coast Fork, we foster a fun and loving environment where spending time at the center is like joining a group of life-long friends for coffee. The laughter spills over into the hallways, the appreciation for one another rings in every word you hear, and the commitment to the future is evident in every heart.
If working in a home-like setting, with a robust team atmosphere, and with a national award-winning employer that has a great promote-from-within culture, then Coast Fork is the place for you.
Who Is Prestige Care?
Prestige Care is a family of over 75 skilled nursing post-acute care centers, as well as assisted living and memory care communities in 8 Western states. We are an organization of over 5,000 team members who serve thousands of residents, where we have the privilege of personally touching their lives every day.
Benefits
Beginning January 2023, Prestige is excited to offer a great medical plan with low monthly premiums for Full Time (32 hr ) Oregon Skilled Nursing Center employees and dependents!
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Our comprehensive benefit package includes:
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