State of Connecticut Executive Branch

Nurse's Aide (35 Hour) (5910HN)

$25.11-$34.04 Hourly / $1,757.48-$2,382.69 BiWeekly /
$45,870.00-$62,188.00 Yearly

PURPOSE OF JOB CLASS (NATURE OF WORK)

In a state hospital this class is accountable for rendering bedside care to the physically or chronically ill in cases where the services of a registered or licensed practical nurse are not required.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED

Works under the close supervision of a nurse of higher grade; works more independently with acquired experience.

SUPERVISION EXERCISED

Generally does not exercise supervision.

EXAMPLES OF DUTIES

  • Assists doctors and nurses in general care and well being of patients;
  • Positions, transfers, moves and lifts patients;
  • Takes and records temperatures, pulses and respirations;
  • Observes patients and reports unusual symptoms and/or behavior;
  • Ensures that restraints are correctly applied;
  • Tests urine samples for sugar;
  • Collects specimens;
  • Keeps beds, bedpans and related equipment clean;
  • Maintains unit environment for safety of patient;
  • Transports patients, specimens and other related patient items;
  • Prepares reports and correspondence including necessary forms and/or requisitions, dietary orders, death paperwork and assembly of charts;
  • May feed, bathe and massage clients as well as respond to their general needs;
  • May apply or remove braces;
  • May process billing and/or insurance information;
  • May act as triage and/or receptionist for incoming patients and telephone calls;
  • May schedule patient appointments;
  • May order supplies;
  • Performs related duties as required.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILL AND ABILITY

  • Considerable interpersonal skills;
  • Ability to
    • work with basic principles of nursing including infection control practices;
    • deal with physically and chronically ill;
    • learn safety and fire procedures.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - GENERAL EXPERIENCE

Certification as a Nurse's Aide.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - SUBSTITUTIONS ALLOWED

One (1) year of experience in patient care in a hospital or nursing home.

NOTE: The above substitution will not apply to certain positions at the University of Connecticut Health Center - certification as a Nurse’s Aide will be required for those positions.

WORKING CONDITIONS

Incumbents in this class may be required to lift patients and perform other physically tiring work, have some exposure to communicable and/or infectious diseases and strongly disagreeable conditions and to risk of injury from assaultive patients.

JOB CLASS DESIGNATION

Classified/Non-Competitive

OCCUPATIONAL GROUP

(25)-Patient and Inmate Care

BARGAINING UNIT

(10)-HEALTH NONPROF(NP-6)

EEO

(5)-Para-Professional

SALARY INFORMATION

HN 14

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

As defined by Sec. 5-196 of the Connecticut General Statutes, a job class is a position or group of positions that share general characteristics and are categorized under a single title for administrative purposes. As such, a job class is not meant to be all-inclusive of every task and/or responsibility.

CANCELLATION CLAUSE

This replaces the existing specification for the class of Nurse's Aide (35 Hour) in Salary Group HN 14 approved effective August 29, 1997. (Revised to modernize format and add Acknowledgement section) Final No. 23-089

EFFECTIVE DATE

05/01/2023
CLASS: 5910HN; REV: 5/4/2023;