High School Healthcare Apprentice

Summary

Job Description:

High School Healthcare Apprentice

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The Baptist Health Paducahs Healthcare Apprenticeship Pathway is an immersive multi-disciplinary rotational program designed for current high school students exploring careers in medicine and allied health. Under direct certified supervision apprentices earn a paycheck while gaining foundational hands-on clinical and operational skills across three distinct core roles: Nursing Assistant Orderly and Phlebotomy Assistant. This pathway builds transferable competencies required for long-term careers in hospital systems long-term care facilities and outpatient clinics.

Nursing Assistant Job Duties:

• Activities of Daily Living assist patients with vital daily tasks including bathing dressing grooming feeding & toileting
• Vital Sign Monitoring Measure record and track essential health metrics like temperature blood pressure pulse and liquid intake/output under nursing supervision.
• Patient comfort Respond to patient call lights change linens and reposition bedridden individuals to ensure skin integrity.
• Clinical Reporting: Document basic patient care notes and immediately notify the supervising Registered Nurse (RN) of any changes in patient condition.

Orderly Job Duties

• Patient Transportation: Safely move patients between their rooms treatment units imaging areas and operating suites using stretchers and wheelchairs.
• Sanitation & Safety: Clean disinfect and prepare patient care rooms examination tables and medical devices according to infection-prevention standards.
• Inventory Control: Monitor restock and organize clinical supply closets and PPE stations across assigned units.
• Material Courier: Deliver medical records laboratory specimens and pharmacy items securely to authorized departments

Phlebotomy Assistant

• Specimen Collection: Perform or assist with blood draws (venipuncture and capillary punctures) for diagnostic tests transfusions or research.
• Patient Preparation: Verify patient identity explain collection steps clearly to ease anxiety and monitor the patient for adverse physical reactions.
• Lab Protocol Compliance: Match collection tubes with electronic medical orders label vials with extreme precision and prepare specimens for laboratory centrifuges.
• Disposal & Safety: Maintain sterile collection zones and dispose of needles and biohazardous waste strictly according to OSHA guidelines.
  
  

Requirements

• Must be a current high school junior or senior maintaining a minimum 2.5 GPA.
• Up-to-date immunizations (including TB screening and routine vaccines) and adherence to facility masking policies.

Additional Education or Certification Required Post Hire

• Willingness to enroll in and complete a state-approved Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) course and basic Phlebotomy certification during the program.