Certified Nurse Assistant, Nurse Assistant, or Nurse Assistant Trainee - Cardiac 400 W South - Day Shift
About CoxHealth
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; and Healthcare Innovation's Top Companies to Work for in Healthcare (2025).
Benefits
Medical, Vision, Dental, Retirement with Employer Match and more (20+ hrs/week).
Nurse Assistant Training Program – Job Summary
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.
Nurse Assistant Training Program – Education & Experience
Education Preferred: High School Diploma or Equivalent.
Experience Preferred: Prior patient care or health care related experience.
Nurse Assistant Training Program – Skills
- 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
Nurse Assistant Training Program – Licensure/Certification
- BLS must be obtained within 90 days
Certified Nurse Assistant/Nurse Assistant – Job Summary
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.
Certified Nurse Assistant/Nurse Assistant – Education & Experience
Education Preferred: High School Diploma or Equivalent.
Experience Required:
- 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
Certified Nurse Assistant/Nurse Assistant – Skills
- 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
Certified Nurse Assistant/Nurse Assistant – Licensure/Certification
- BLS must be obtained within 90 days
Additional Information
For qualified candidates: up to $4,000 Sign-On Bonus; up to 40 hours of front-loaded Paid Time Off; up to $3,000 Relocation bonus; Career Ladder up to $1. Certified Nurse Assistant, Nurse Assistant, or Nurse Assistant Trainees are eligible to apply.