Nurse Assistant or NA Trainee -300 West Tower South - Day Shift

L.E. Cox Medical Centers•Springfield, MO

8d•Onsite

About The Position

CoxHealth is seeking a Nurse Assistant or Nurse Assistant Trainee to provide basic patient care under the direction of nursing staff. This role involves performing duties such as taking vital signs, bathing, dressing, moving patients, and changing linens. The Nurse Assistant will also obtain information on patient condition and report any changes. For trainees, the role involves functioning within a classroom and clinical learning environment to obtain training as unlicensed assistive personnel. While in the clinical learning environment, trainees will provide basic patient care under the direction and supervision of a clinical educator and nursing staff. Upon completion of the training, a competency assessment will be administered.

Requirements

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
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
Conscientious, thorough, accurate, and reliable when performing and completing job tasks

Nice To Haves

Prior patient care or health care related experience
High School Diploma or Equivalent

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.
Functions within a classroom and clinical learning environment to obtain training as unlicensed assistive personnel.
While in the clinical learning environment, will provide basic patient care under direction and supervision of clinical educator and nursing staff.
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.
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.
At the end of the training, a competency assessment will be administered to validate learning.