Nursing Assistant Trainee

Job Description

Job Description

At Sunset Health Care Center, we deliver the highest quality of care for every resident through our most valuable asset: you. We seek compassionate and thoughtful individuals who share our passion for exceptional care in senior living. Sunset Health Care Center partners with a vast network of skilled nursing centers across 3 states to support our small team environment of caring professionals with the resources and benefits of a large enterprise. Your legacy of excellence begins when you join us at Sunset Health Care Center.

Sunset Health Care Center offers a paid Apprenticeship Program to support individuals to become a Certified Nurse Aide! Join our team first as a Nursing Assistant Trainee creating a warm, comforting, and responsive home environment for residents. Nursing Assistant Trainees play a vital role in strengthening the Nursing Department.

While employed, Sunset Health Care Center will pay for education to obtain certification as a Nursing Assistant Trainee. Individuals selected for the Apprentice Program must sign agreement to and acknowledgment of responsibilities for program participation and continued employment for at least one year following completion of certification. We want to help you boost your career. Sunset Health Care Center also offers tuition reimbursement up to $5000 per year for employees who desire to become a Licensed Professional Nurse or Registered Nurse. Achieve your career dreams with us!

Initial employment as Nursing Assistant Trainee pays $16.00 per hour and requires a minimum of 20 hours of work per week. Once certified, employees will earn $18.00 per hour in a full-time role of 32 or more hours per week.

Available Shifts: 

• Nights: 6:00 pm - 6:00 am

Pay, Benefits and Perks of Nursing Assistant Trainee :

• Competitive Pay Based on Experience
• Shift Differential Pay (at participating locations)
• Take home up to 75% of your net earned wages at the end of every shift
• 6 Observed Holidays with premium pay or leave + 1 Floating Holiday for full-time employees
• Up to $5,000 per in tuition/education reimbursement per calendar year for approved program of study
• 401(k) Retirement plan with company-matched contributions after 1 year of employment
• Medical (Teledoc Included), Dental, Vision, Life and other voluntary Insurances for full-time employees

Essential Functions of  Nursing Assistant Trainee :

• Conducts job responsibilities in accordance with the standards set forth in Company's Code of Business Conduct, Company policies and procedures, applicable federal and state laws, and applicable professional standards.
• Must be able to work cooperatively as a member of a team.
• Keeps confidential all patient information received.
• Makes beds.
• Keeps unit or ward order, e.g., bedside stands, closets, etc.
• Labels clothing and belongings.
• Completes admission and discharge inventory lists.
• Distributes laundry—personal and center.
• Cleans/sanitizes/labels equipment.
• Transports clean and soiled linen to the work area.
• Transports clean and soiled food trays to the work area.
• Passes meal trays. Offers basic tray set-up. May assist with feeding if competency demonstrated.
• Busses dishes in the dining room. 
• Serves in the dining room. 
• Records amount eaten in dining area.
• Assists in carrying items to and from dining areas and Dietary Department during mealtimes.
• Passes coffee, water, providing alternative means, runner from dining area to Dietary during mealtimes.
• Transports patients to dining areas, activities, patient care conferences and to their rooms.
• Passes nourishment as directed.
• Passes clean water pitchers with ice and water.
• Replenishes ice to water pitchers as directed. 
• Cleans utility rooms and other ancillary space.
• Answers call lights—provides only basic assistance; no hands-on care allowed.
• Monitors and replenishes patient care articles, e.g., powder, lotion and gloves at patient bedside.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications of  Nursing Assistant Trainee :

• Candidates must maintain a working email address and phone number for employer communication.
• Reading and comprehension at 8th grade level or equivalent.
• Previous experience in healthcare helpful, but not necessary.
• Good interpersonal skills.
• Ability to communicate in English effectively through verbal and written means.
• Ability to work under stress and in emergency situations.

EEO Statement: 

Our facility provides equal employment opportunities. We are committed to complying with all state, federal, and local laws that prohibit discrimination in employment, including recruitment, hiring, placement, promotion, transfers, compensation, benefits, training, programs, reductions in workforce, termination, and recall. Our facility strives to provide equal opportunity for employment to all individuals who are properly qualified and able to perform the duties of their employment, without regard to employees’ legally protected characteristics (“protected class”) including: age, sex, race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, pregnancy, medical condition, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, sex stereotyping, or genetic information.