Certified Nursing Assistant, Nurse Assistant, or NA Trainee - Maternity 200 West Tower South - Day Shift
Facility: CoxHealth South, 3801 S National Ave, Springfield, Missouri, 65807
Department: Maternity 200 West Tower South
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
Medical, vision, dental, retirement with employer match, and more (available for employees working 20+ hours per week).
About the Role
Provide basic patient care under the direction of nursing staff. Perform duties such as taking vitals, bathing, dressing, moving patients, and changing linens. Obtain information on patient condition as requested by nursing staff and report any changes.
Responsibilities
- Take patient vitals
- Assist with bathing, dressing, and moving patients
- Change linens and perform other assigned duties
- Obtain and report information on patient condition as requested by nursing staff
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, and changing linens. At the end of the training, a competency assessment will be administered to validate learning.
Requirements
Certified Nurse Assistant / Nurse Assistant
- 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
- OR completion of an Unlicensed Assistive Personnel Program within the past 3 years
- OR completion of the “fundamentals of nursing” course with clinical in an accredited nursing program or practical nursing education program
- OR a Missouri CNA License
- OR a MO CNA Appendix (MO CNA license must be obtained within 120 days of hire)
Nurse Assistant Trainees
- High School Diploma or Equivalent (preferred)
- Prior patient care or healthcare-related experience (preferred)
Skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Strong time management skills
- Analytical and problem-solving abilities
- Flexibility and ability to work in a multi-tasking environment
- Consistent and timely availability for work
- Conscientious, thorough, accurate, and reliable when performing job tasks
Certifications
- BLS must be obtained within 90 days of hire
Schedule
- Scheduled Weekly Hours: 36
- Shift: Day Shift, 6:30 AM to 7:00 PM