Resident Care Training Aide

Selectminds; Port Huron (MI); On-site; USD 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

McLaren Health Care in Michigan offers a position for a trainee Certified Nurse Aide. The program trains individuals to deliver essential caregiver tasks while working full-time.

Responsibilities include assisting with personal care, monitoring vital signs, and maintaining patient safety. Candidates must meet state requirements, pass background checks and drug screens, and be at least 18 with a high school diploma or GED. Schedule is 7:30AM-3:30PM, full-time, with no on-call duties.

Qualifications

• Pass a criminal background check.
• Pass a negative drug screen.
• Have a negative tuberculosis test within a year.
• Have a valid Michigan driver’s license or State ID card.
• Be able to attend all scheduled classes.
• High School Diploma or GED required.
• Must be 18 years old; consideration for 17 with parental consent.

Responsibilities

• Assist residents with bathing, dressing, grooming, toileting, eating, and drinking.
• Monitor vital signs such as blood pressure, temperature, and pulse; glucose monitoring.
• Maintain hygiene and safety to protect patients from infection.
• Demonstrate empathy, patience, and effective communication with residents.
• Respect resident rights and protect privacy; secure belongings; support patient choices.
• Learn to use mobility aids and assist with mobility tasks.
• Record treatments and medical information for nurses and doctors.
• Change bed linens to keep patients comfortable and clean.
• Safely transfer patients from bed to wheelchair, chair, or toilet.

Skills

Vital signs monitoring

Personal care

Hygiene and safety

Interpersonal skills

Patient privacy

Mobility assistance

Record keeping

Bed linens handling

Transfers

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

McLaren Health Care, headquartered in Grand Blanc, Michigan, is a $7.3 billion, fully integrated health care delivery system committed to quality, evidence-based patient care and cost efficiency. The McLaren system includes 12 hospitals in Michigan, ambulatory surgery centers, imaging centers, a 640-member employed primary and specialty care physician network, commercial and Medicaid HMOs covering more than 732,838 lives in Michigan and Indiana, home health, infusion and hospice providers, pharmacy services, a clinical laboratory network and a wholly owned medical malpractice insurance company. McLaren operates Michigan’s largest network of cancer centers and providers, anchored by the Karmanos Cancer Institute, a National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer centers. McLaren has 20,000 full-, part-time and contracted employees and more than 113,000 network providers throughout Michigan, Indiana and Ohio.

Position Summary

Completes a minimum training program that teaches a curriculum to become a Certified Nurse Aide in the state of Michigan. Will be trained on the essential functions as listed below.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

• Personal care: Learn how to assist residents with tasks like bathing, dressing, grooming, using the toilet, eating, and drinking
• Vital signs: Tracking vital signs like blood pressure, temperature, and pulse, blood glucose monitoring
• Hygiene and safety: Understanding hygiene to protect yourself and patients from infection
• Interpersonal skills: Being patient, understanding, and empathetic, and communicating effectively
• Resident rights: Respecting patient privacy, maintaining the security of their belongings, and promoting their right to make choices
• Mobility: Learning how to use mobility aids and helping patients learn how to use them
• Record keeping: Recording treatments and medical information to share with nurses and doctors
• Bed linens: Changing bed linens to keep patients comfortable and clean
• Transfers: Safely transferring patients from a bed to a wheelchair, chair, or toilet

Qualifications: Required

• Pass a criminal background check
• Pass a negative drug screen
• Have a negative tuberculosis test within a year
• Have a valid Michigan driver’s license or State ID card
• Be able to attend all scheduled classes
• High School Diploma or GED required
• Must be 18 years old; consideration given to a minor of 17 years old with parental consent

Additional Information

• Schedule: Full-time
• Daily Work Times: 7:30AM-3:30PM
• On Call: No

McLaren Health Care is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identification, age, sex, marital status, national origin, disability, genetic information, height or weight, protected veteran or other classification protected by law.

McLaren Health Care is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employmentwithout regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identification, age, sex, marital status,national origin, disability, genetic information, height or weight, protected veteran or other classificationprotected by law.