Certified Nurse Assistant, Nurse Assistant, or NA Trainee - Pulmonary 300 E South - Day Shift

CoxHealth•Springfield, MO

1d•Onsite

About The Position

CoxHealth is a leading healthcare system serving 25 counties across southwest Missouri and northern Arkansas. The organization includes six hospitals, 5 ERs, and over 80 clinics. CoxHealth has earned the following honors for workplace excellence: Named one of Modern Healthcare’s Best Places to work five times. Named one of America’s Greatest Workplaces, Greatest Workplaces in Healthcare (2025, 2026), Greatest Workplaces for Women (2023, 2024), and Greatest Workplaces for Diversity (2024) by Newsweek and Plant-A Insights Group. Acknowledged by Forbes as one of the Best Employers for New Grads. Healthcare Innovation's Top Companies to Work for in Healthcare (2025). This position involves providing basic patient care under the direction of nursing staff. Duties include taking vitals, bathing, dressing, moving patients, changing linens, and other assigned duties. The role also involves obtaining information on patient condition as requested by nursing staff and reporting any changes in patient condition. For Nurse Assistant Trainees, the role functions within a classroom and clinical learning environment to obtain training as unlicensed assistive personnel. During clinical rotation, trainees will provide basic patient care under the direction and supervision of a clinical educator and nursing staff, performing duties such as taking vitals, bathing, dressing, moving patients, changing linens, and other duties within their scope of practice as directed. Trainees will also obtain information on patient condition as requested by nursing staff or clinical educator and report any changes. A competency assessment will be administered at the end of the training to validate learning. CoxHealth is the area leader in health care and community involvement, with six hospitals, more than 80 clinics, five ERs and more than 14,000 employees throughout southwest Missouri. The company offers a wide range of treatments and services and keeps its Mission, Vision, and Values (Safety, compassion, respect, and integrity) at the center of everything they do.

Requirements

Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Exhibits valuable time management skills
Strong analytical/problem solving skills.
Flexibility and ability to work in a multi-tasking environment.
Is available for work on a consistent and timely basis (for NA Trainee)
Conscientious, thorough, accurate, and reliable when performing and completing job tasks (for NA Trainee)
BLS must be obtained within 90 days
3 months experience as a nursing assistant in an inpatient or long-term care setting, EMT, or Surgical Technologist in the past 3 years OR Completed an Unlicensed Assistive Personnel Program within the past 3 years OR Completed the “fundamentals of nursing” course with clinical in an accredited nursing program or practical nursing education program OR Must have Missouri CNA License OR Must have MO CNA Appendix AND MO CNA license must be obtained within 120 days of hire (for Certified Nurse Assistant/Nurse Assistant)

Nice To Haves

High School Diploma or Equivalent (Preferred for both roles)
Prior patient care or health care related experience (Preferred for NA Trainee)

Responsibilities

Provide basic patient care under direction of nursing staff.
Perform duties such as take vitals, bathe, dress, move patients, change linens and other duties as assigned.
Obtains information on patient condition as requested by the nursing staff, and reports any changes in patient condition.
Function within a classroom and clinical learning environment to obtain training as unlicensed assistive personnel (for Nurse Assistant Trainees).
Provide basic patient care under direction and supervision of clinical educator and nursing staff (for Nurse Assistant Trainees during clinical rotation).
During clinical rotation, may perform duties such as taking vitals, bathing, dressing, moving patients, changing linens and other duties within their scope of practice as directed (for Nurse Assistant Trainees).
While in clinical setting, obtains information on patient condition as requested by the nursing staff or clinical educator and reports any changes in patient condition (for Nurse Assistant Trainees).