Employment Postings Details
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Working Title
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Exam Actor Actress
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Campus
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DCTC
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Working Title
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Exam Actor Actress
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Location
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Dakota County Technical College
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Duties
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Skill tasks that Require an Actor:
• Ambulation from Bed to Wheelchair or Wheelchair to Bed using a Gait Belt, Walker or Cane – Actor will be assisted to take at least ten steps from the bed to the wheelchair or from the wheelchair to the bed.
• Applying an Anti-embolic Stocking to One Leg – Actor will have an anti-embolic knee-high stocking applied to one leg.
• Bedpan and Output – Actor will remain fully clothed. Actor will be placed on a bedpan (standard or fracture) by the candidate. Once the bedpan is removed by the candidate, the RN Test Observer will pour a premeasured amount of fluid into the bedpan while the candidate is holding it.
• Dressing a Dependent Resident – Actor will remain fully clothed, with large oversized clothing used to demonstrate dressing technique.
• Foot Care – Actor will have one foot washed, dried and lotion rubbed onto foot.
• Pivot-transfer from Bed to Wheelchair or Wheelchair to Bed using a Gait Belt – Actor will be a weight bearing, non-ambulatory resident but stable when standing and will be assisted to the wheelchair from bed, or from the bed to wheelchair.
• Range of Motion Exercises—upper (one shoulder) and lower (one hip and knee) extremities.
• Mouth Care
• Feeding
• Face/Arm Wash
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Qualifications
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Who can be an actor?
• Actors need to understand that they are not able to sit for the State NA competency rest for six (6) months from the date that they last worked as an actor
• Actors must be of legal working age in the State they are working.
• Actors must fill out and sign a Confidentiality and Actor Training Affidavit form
• An Actor may NOT be a NA test Candidate who has not tested
• An Actor may NOT be a student in any NA Training program
• Actors can be registry active NA’s testing team family members, volunteers, etc
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| Work Schedule |
Exams during the school semester may be on a Saturday from 9:00 am – 3:00 pm or a Wednesday evening from 3:00 pm – 9:00 pm
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Start Date
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8/14/2024
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End Date
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5/16/2025
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Number of Positions
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1
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Hours Per Week
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10-15
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Contact Name
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Gina Zimmer
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Contact Phone
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651-423-8279
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Contact Email
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Gina.zimmer@dctc.edu
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