Certified Nurse Assistant, Nurse Assistant, or Trainee - Weekend Option - Med Surg 700 E South - Day Shift

Facility: CoxHealth South, 3801 S National Ave, Springfield, Missouri, 65807
Department: Med Surg 700 E South
Scheduled Weekly Hours: 36
Shift: Day Shift, 6:30 AM–7:00 PM

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 departments, 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

• Medical, vision, and dental coverage
• Retirement plan with employer match (available for employees working 20+ hours per week)
• Up to $1,800 sign-on bonus for qualified candidates
• Up to 24 hours of front-loaded paid time off
• Up to $3,000 relocation bonus
• Career ladder opportunities up to $1 additional per hour

About the Role

Provide basic patient care under the direction of nursing staff. Perform duties such as taking vitals, bathing, dressing, moving patients, changing linens, and other assigned tasks. Obtain information on patient condition as requested by nursing staff and report any changes.

Nurse Assistant Training Program

Functions within a classroom and clinical learning environment to obtain training as unlicensed assistive personnel. During clinical rotations, provides basic patient care under the direction and supervision of a clinical educator and nursing staff. Duties may include taking vitals, bathing, dressing, moving patients, changing linens, and other tasks within scope of practice. Obtains and reports information on patient condition as requested. At the end of training, a competency assessment will validate learning.

Requirements

For Certified Nurse Assistant / Nurse Assistant:

• Preferred: High school diploma or equivalent
• Required: One of the following:
  • 3 months of experience as a nursing assistant in an inpatient or long-term care setting, EMT, or surgical technologist in the past 3 years
  • Completion of an unlicensed assistive personnel program within the past 3 years
  • Completion of the “fundamentals of nursing” course with clinical in an accredited nursing or practical nursing education program
  • Missouri CNA license
  • Missouri CNA Appendix (MO CNA license must be obtained within 120 days of hire)
• BLS certification must be obtained within 90 days of hire

For Nurse Assistant Trainees:

• Preferred: High school diploma or equivalent
• Preferred: Prior patient care or healthcare-related experience

Skills

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong time management and ability to work in a multi-tasking environment
• Analytical and problem-solving skills
• Flexibility, conscientiousness, thoroughness, accuracy, and reliability
• Consistent and timely availability for work