Nurse Assistant or Trainee - Float - CARE - Night Shift

CoxHealth•Springfield, MO

2d•Onsite

About The Position

This position is for a Nurse Assistant or Trainee in the Nursing Float Pool at CoxHealth South. The role involves providing basic patient care under the direction of nursing staff. Duties include taking vital signs, assisting with bathing, dressing, and moving patients, changing linens, and other assigned tasks. The position also requires obtaining information on patient condition and reporting any changes to the nursing staff. The training program for trainees involves classroom and clinical learning to become unlicensed assistive personnel. While in the clinical environment, trainees will provide basic patient care under supervision and perform duties within their scope of practice. Upon completion of training, a competency assessment will be administered.

Requirements

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
BLS must be obtained within 90 days

Nice To Haves

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

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.