State Tested Nurse Aide (Stna General)

POSITION DESCRIPTION

This position is providing personal care services to an employee of the Ohio Department of Health during work/business hours. The personal care services include assistance with setting up the workstation at beginning of the workday, packing up workstation at the end of the day, lunch/breaks (feeding), and restroom care/personal hygiene. The work schedule of this position is APPROXIMATELY from 8AM – 4:30PM, Monday through Friday (1/2-hour unpaid lunch) and you must be onsite with the ODH employee for the entire shift. The position will work between the employee's central Ohio residence (3 days a week) and from the office which is in downtown Columbus (2 days a week). In this position you can wear business casual clothing, scrubs are not required. The employee does have cats, so please be sure you do not have any allergies to cats/dogs.

JOB DUTIES IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE:

Provide direct patient care and assist with provisions of personal hygiene and activities of daily

living (i.e. feeds, bathes, dresses, moves/lifts patients, provides preventative skin care, brushes

teeth, cleans/trims fingernails, changes bedding and incontinence pads/briefs, collects vital

signs, measures height & weight, measures fluid intake/output); makes observations of patient

condition and timely reports/documents all findings; assists with doctor's sick call and doctor's

rounds; responds to emergency by providing emergency care and cardiopulmonary

resuscitation; documents all patient care; makes beds; maintains cleanliness of patient

area/equipment; escorts patients as needed; communicates with patients to assess and

communicate patient needs; provides assistance to healthcare staff; reviews shift report from

preceding shift(s); performs other duties as assigned.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS – Listed on Ohio Nurse Aide Registry and possess CPR certification for the healthcare professional; 6 months of work experience as an STNA.