Nursing Assistant (Sponsorship Opportunity) – Earn While You Learn!  Your Pathway to a Healthcare Career.

​Are you looking to start a rewarding career in healthcare without the burden of tuition costs? Mount Nittany Health is proud to offer a Nursing Assistant Sponsorship Program in partnership with the Central Pennsylvania Institute of Science and Technology (CPI).

​This unique opportunity allows you to get paid while attending classes and clinicals. You will begin your journey as a Casual employee while completing your education and, upon successful graduation and certification, you will transition into a Full-Time Nursing Assistant position within our health system.

The Sponsorship Advantage

• Paid Training: Receive a regular wage for all 120 hours of classroom and clinical time.  (comprising classroom theory, lab skills, and hands-on clinical experience)
• Tuition Covered: Mount Nittany Health sponsors your enrollment at CPI—no out-of-pocket tuition for you.
• Status: You will be hired as a Casual employee for the duration of the CPI program. Get paid while you learn
• Guaranteed Placement: Upon graduation, you will bid into a Full-Time (FT) Nursing Assistant position on one of our dynamic clinical units.
• Fast Track: Complete your training and be ready for your new career in approximately 5 weeks.
• The Transition: After successfully completing the program and passing the PA State Nurse Aide Competency Exam, you will transition to a Full-Time role with a set schedule (including rotation/weekends as per unit needs).

Please ensure you review the application questions carefully.  We request that you attach your resume, complete the assessment and complete the essay question as part of this application process.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

1. Provides direct patient care.
   1. Provides basic hygienic care such as bathing, oral hygiene and skin care.
   2. Prepares patient for transport and transports as directed.
   3. Assists patients with activities of daily living (A.D.L) such as getting in and out of bed, feeding, undressing/dressing.
   4. Responds to patients call lights and requests and relays patients messages appropriately to team leader or charge nurse.
   5. Takes and records vital signs, height and weight as directed.
   6. Changes linens as needed.
   7. Correctly measure and record Intake and Output.
   8. Distributes drinking water/nourishment to patients.
   9. Administers sitz baths and hot and cold applications as directed.
   10. Assists in the admission, discharge and transfer process as directed.
   11. Assists patient with handling and care of clothing and other personal property (including dentures, glasses, hearing aids, prosthetic devices) throughout their hospital stay.
   12. Labels patient belongings and personal care items, (i.e., urinal, bedside commode, etc.)
   13. Records and reports basic hygienic care provided, patient complaints, and observations.
   14. Provides equipment set-up when trained.
   15. Performs pre-operative shaving of patients as directed.
   16. Performs Bedside Glucose (BSG) testing.
2. Maintains safe environment.
   1. Keeps patient side rails up after giving patient care.
   2. Keeps patient call bell and needed articles within reach, such as water, tissues, etc.
   3. Keeps patient's rooms neat and uncluttered.
   4. Reports any changes in patient’s physical or mental level of function to team leader or charge nurse.
   5. Keeps hallways clear of chairs, excess wheelchairs and litters.
3. Provides indirect patient care.
   1. Cooperates with other team members in resupplying stock, delivery specimens to the lab, assembling new charts, delivering requisitions to other departments and running errands.
   2. Cleaning instruments.
   3. Answer telephone and relay messages.
   4. Perform other duties as assigned.
   5. Documents care provided.

NON-ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Performs related and miscellaneous duties as assigned.