Certified Nursing Assistant - Float

About the role

Join a team where your work matters—every moment, every patient, every community. At SSM Health, you'll be empowered to grow, supported to thrive, and inspired to make a lasting impact. In this role, you'll make a difference through the small moments that matter most. From providing hands-on care to offering comfort and reassurance, your support will help patients feel valued, respected, and cared for throughout their healthcare journey.

Department & Schedule

• Department: Resource Pool
• Schedule: Full-time; 36 hours per week
• Shift: Rotating
• Weekend Rotation: Every other weekend
• Certification Requirement: Active Wisconsin state-issued CNA certification

Job summary

Assists in performing a variety of nursing care services for patients.

Primary responsibilities

• Receives patient care assignment from the registered nurse (RN) in charge
• Initiates delegated tasks based on demonstrated competence in performing nursing activities for specific patient age group served
• Collects and documents data for the admission assessment and reassessment at specific times for patient population
• Documents and provides appropriate data to the RN and/or LPN for analysis and validation of patient's response to care or treatment and when significant change occurs in the patient's condition
• Contributes to safety and quality care by relaying information via charting and communicating to team members
• Informs licensed nurse of any changes in patient condition/needs, of patient complaints, and of patient/significant other educational needs
• Answers patients' calls for help, takes their vital signs, and monitors their behavior and physical condition for progress or deterioration
• Assists with baths, ambulating, feeding, skin care, personal and oral hygiene and making occupied and unoccupied beds
• Performs dressing changes, enemas, ostomy care, toileting, turning, cough and deep breathing, catheter care, collection of biological specimens, measuring and recording intake and output of fluids
• Prepares patients for discharge and accompanies them upon dismissal as indicated
• Stocks and maintains supplies and equipment in keeping with patient care needs and cost containment
• Utilizes time and supplies economically and conscientiously
• Assists with delegated clerical duties such as answering telephones, relaying messages, transcription of physician orders, preparing and organizing the patient's medical record
• Orients new patients and significant others to the nursing unit
• Performs mechanical and manual operation of equipment as recommended in user's manual, with ability to recognize common mechanical problems and initiate appropriate corrective action
• May perform point of care testing according to policies and procedures
• Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner
• Performs other duties as assigned

Education & experience

• Education equivalency for licensing
• No experience required

Physical requirements

• Constant standing and walking
• Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication
• Frequent use of hearing to distinguish body sounds and/or hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
• Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs
• Frequent reaching, gripping, and keyboard use/data entry
• Frequent use of vision for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors
• Occasional bending, stooping, crawling, kneeling, sitting, squatting and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements
• Occasional use of vision to judge distances and spatial relationships
• Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs
• Occasional lifting/moving patients
• Occasional use of smell to detect/recognize odors
• Occasional driving

Required certifications

State of Work Location: Wisconsin

• Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA)
• Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) - Wisconsin Nurse Aide Registry