Nursing Assistant II - Med/Surg Unit

Situated in the heart of St. Cloud, Florida, Orlando Health St. Cloud Hospital is a 92-bed acute-care community hospital offering comprehensive emergency, inpatient, and outpatient care. The hospital has been recognized as an outstanding employer in the healthcare industry, receiving Modern Healthcare’s Best Places to Work award for five consecutive years (2022–2026).

About the Role

The Medical Unit is a 34-bed Med-Tele/Med-Surg unit caring for a diverse adult patient population with both acute and chronic medical conditions. Common diagnoses include complex medical conditions such as pancreatitis, appendicitis, GI/stomach conditions, chronic illnesses, and patients undergoing or preparing for stress tests or cardiac/tele monitoring.

Responsibilities

• Assists patients with hygiene, mobility, hydration, elimination, and nutritional needs.
• Provides routine treatments and maintains a safe, clean, neat, and organized patient environment.
• Maintains safety and security of patients, families, self, and other members of the healthcare team.
• Ensures patient privacy, rights, and confidentiality.
• Follows standard precautions, including handwashing between patients.
• Assists with admission, transfer, and discharge of patients.
• Takes and records vital signs (temperature, blood pressure, pulse, respiratory rates) and tracks food/fluid intake and output as directed.
• Obtains data and accurately documents pertinent patient information according to Orlando Health policies.
• Recognizes and communicates patient condition concerns to the RN or healthcare team.
• Participates in handoff report and purposeful hourly rounding of patients.
• Provides exceptional service and care to all patients, families, customers, and team members.

Requirements

• High school graduate or equivalent.
• One of the following:
  • One (1) year of nursing assistant work experience in the past five years, or
  • Completion of a Nursing Assistant or Patient Care Assistant Program, or
  • State of Florida Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) certification, or
  • State of Florida Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) license, or
  • Graduate of an approved school of nursing, or
  • Medical Corpsman, Emergency Medical Technician (EMT), or Paramedic certification, or
  • Medical personnel licensed outside the United States.
• Maintains current BLS/HealthCare Provider certification.

Nursing Assistant experience preferred but not required.

Benefits

• All-inclusive benefits starting day one, including:
  • Student loan repayment and tuition reimbursement.
  • FREE college education programs.
  • Retirement savings plan.
  • Paid paternity leave and fertility benefits.
  • Backup elder and childcare, plus pet insurance.
  • Paid time off (PTO) and holidays.
• Available for both full-time and part-time employees (contact recruiter for details).

Schedule

Variable full-time, three 12-hour shifts (7:00 AM – 7:00 PM) with rotating weekends.