Certified Nurse Assistant, Nurse Assistant, or Trainee - Night Shift - 900 W

CoxHealth • Springfield, MO

5d • Onsite

About The Position

Provide basic patient care under the direction of nursing staff. Duties include taking vital signs, bathing and dressing patients, moving patients, changing linens, and other assigned tasks. Obtain information about patient condition as requested by nursing staff and report any changes. This position is on the 900 West adult medical-surgical unit, a 30-bed unit specializing in post-operative gastrointestinal and genitourinary surgical care and recognized as a Center of Excellence for bariatric surgery. The unit has private and semi-private rooms and emphasizes patient-centered care, collaboration, and teamwork; it does not provide telemetry or cardiac monitoring.

Nurse Assistant trainees work in classroom and clinical learning environments to train as unlicensed assistive personnel. In clinical settings, trainees provide basic patient care under the direction and supervision of a clinical educator and nursing staff, perform duties within their scope of practice, report changes in patient condition, and complete a competency assessment at the end of training.

Requirements

• For the Certified Nurse Assistant/Nurse Assistant role, meet one of the following: have 3 months of nursing assistant experience in an inpatient or long-term care setting, EMT experience, or Surgical Technologist experience in the past 3 years; complete an Unlicensed Assistive Personnel Program within the past 3 years; complete the fundamentals of nursing course with clinical in an accredited nursing or practical nursing education program; hold a Missouri CNA License; or hold a Missouri CNA Appendix and obtain the MO CNA license within 120 days of hire.
• Obtain BLS within 90 days.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Time management skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Flexibility and ability to work in a multitasking environment.
• For trainees, be available for work on a consistent and timely basis and be conscientious, thorough, accurate, and reliable when performing and completing tasks.

Nice To Haves

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Prior patient care or health care-related experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide basic patient care under the direction of nursing staff.
• Take and report vital signs; bathe and dress patients; move patients; and change linens.
• Obtain information about patient condition as requested by nursing staff or a clinical educator and report any changes.
• As a trainee, complete classroom and clinical learning and a competency assessment.

Benefits

• Medical, vision, and dental benefits (for employees working 20 or more hours per week).
• Retirement plan with employer match (for employees working 20 or more hours per week).
• Additional benefits, described as 20+ benefits.
• Up to $900 sign-on bonus.
• Up to 12 hours of front-loaded paid time off.
• Up to $3,000 relocation bonus.
• $3 night differential.
• Career ladder with increases up to $1.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed