Certified Nurse Assistant, Nurse Assistant, or Nurse Assistant Trainee - Step Down Unit Branson - Night Shift

Facility: Cox Medical Center Branson, 525 Branson Landing Blvd., Branson, Missouri, 65616

Department: Step Down Unit Branson

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 24 (6:30 PM - 7:00 AM, Night Shift)

About the Organization

CoxHealth is a leading healthcare system serving 25 counties across southwest Missouri and northern Arkansas. The organization includes six hospitals, five emergency rooms, 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)

Benefits

Eligible for medical, vision, dental, retirement with employer match, and more (20+ hours/week). For a comprehensive list of benefits, visit Benefits | CoxHealth.

About the Role

Certified Nurse Assistant, Nurse Assistant, or Nurse Assistant Apprentices are eligible to apply.

Nurse Assistant Apprenticeship

Job Summary: Functions within a classroom and clinical learning environment to obtain training as unlicensed assistive personnel. While in the clinical learning environment, provides basic patient care under the direction and supervision of a 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. Obtains information on patient condition as requested by nursing staff or clinical educator and reports any changes. At the end of the training, a competency assessment will be administered to validate learning.

Certified Nurse Assistant / Nurse Assistant

Job Summary: Provides basic patient care under the direction of nursing staff. Performs duties such as taking vitals, bathing, dressing, moving patients, changing linens, and other duties as assigned. Obtains information on patient condition as requested by nursing staff and reports any changes.

Requirements

Nurse Assistant Apprenticeship

• Education: High School Diploma or Equivalent (Preferred)
• Experience: Prior patient care or healthcare-related experience (Preferred)
• Skills:
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Strong time management skills
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Flexibility and ability to work in a multi-tasking environment
  • Available for work on a consistent and timely basis
  • Conscientious, thorough, accurate, and reliable when performing job tasks
• Licensure/Certification/Registration: BLS must be obtained within 90 days

Certified Nurse Assistant / Nurse Assistant

• Education: High School Diploma or Equivalent (Preferred)
• Experience:
  • 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
• Skills:
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Strong time management skills
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Flexibility and ability to work in a multi-tasking environment
• Licensure/Certification/Registration: BLS must be obtained within 90 days