MUST BE A CERTIFIED NURSE AIDE.

The Restorative Nurse Aide is a certified nurses aide who has specialized training in restorative care.

The Restorative Nurse Aide helps patients recover their physical, emotional and mental health by providing rehabilitation care.

The Restorative Nurse Aide helps patients increase their strength and mobility

The primary role of the Restorative Nurse Aide is to assist patients with exercises that improve the use of limbs and body functions. These exercises are designed by the nursing or rehabilitation department where the patient belongs. A restorative aide's duties and responsibilities include assisting patients with transfers, walking, strength training and range of motion exercises, documenting service and changes in the patient's conditions, assisting patients with dressing or grooming, applying and monitoring splinting and helping with amputation and prosthesis care.

The Restorative Nurse Aide follows a patient care plan suited for each patient. When necessary, they remove splints or prostheses when relocating the patient. They help the patient have a good body alignment when placed on walkers or in wheelchairs, and they monitor and report a patient's daily activities and progress. The nature of the job requires restorative aides to stand, walk and use their hands and arms frequently.

Plus any other duties assigned.