Nursing Assistant - Medical Surgical - 24 or 36 Hours/Week - Nights

Why work for Nebraska Methodist Health System?

At Nebraska Methodist Health System we focus on providing exceptional care to the communities we serve and the people we employ. We call it “The Meaning of Care” – a culture that sets us apart. Whether it’s helping families grow by making each delivery special, conveying a difficult diagnosis with compassion, going above and beyond for a patient’s needs, or celebrating a patient’s recovery, we strive to make a real difference. We offer competitive pay, excellent benefits, and a great work environment where all employees are valued.

Job Summary

Location: Methodist Hospital, 8303 Dodge St, Omaha, NE

Work Schedule: 24 or 36 hours per week, 6:45 pm to 7:15 am

Helps patients by supporting personal hygiene and daily living needs; providing comfort, transportation, and vital‑sign monitoring. Also cleans and prepares treatment spaces while ensuring patient safety.

Incentives may include shift differentials, tuition assistance, and free parking.

Responsibilities

• Provides age‑specific care to ensure patient understanding and comfort.
• Delivers individualized customer service and patient care.
• Completes age‑specific competency assessments.
• Exhibits excellent interpersonal relations with patients, co‑workers, physicians, and guests.
• Responds promptly and courteously to patient needs.
• Obtains feedback from patients and visitors regarding their hospital experience.
• Communicates patient issues to the appropriate staff.
• Maintains a positive attitude while responding to requests in a timely and accurate manner.
• Coordinates with other health‑care team members (food service, secretaries, housekeeping, etc.) as needed.
• Participates actively in the report process.
• Completes clinical activities identified in the patient’s plan of care to meet comfort, activity, sleep, and other clinical needs as delegated.
• Reports patient comfort needs to the nurse promptly.
• Ensures skin is clean and dry; reports any skin changes.
• Provides personal care and assists with activities of daily living (ADL).
• Assists with repositioning, turning, and chair transfers.
• Supports ambulation as necessary.
• Completes vital signs and weighs patients per the plan of care.
• Reinforces patient education.
• Provides transportation assistance.
• Reports any variation from the patient’s plan of care to professional staff.
• Attends to patient amenities such as newspapers and mail.
• Documents all data collected in Cerner and/or worksheets accurately, completely, and timely.
• Ensures documentation reflects patient responses and care delivered before the end of shift.
• Performs housekeeping activities to maintain a safe, efficient, and sanitary patient environment.
• Cleans rooms daily (high dusting, vacuuming, mopping hard surfaces, disinfecting vertical surfaces, spot cleaning).
• Keeps rooms neat, free of clutter, and removes trash and soiled linen each shift.
• Maintains patient environment (spills, temperature) or utilizes Integrated Services team.
• Distributes linens to servitors and restocks patient care areas per par levels.
• Answers call lights promptly and relays requests to appropriate resources.
• Performs other duties as delegated by professional staff.
• Ensures coverage of duties when staff are off the unit.
• Assists team members when own work is complete.
• Reports incidents appropriately.
• Utilizes Standard Precautions and Transmission‑based Precautions consistently.
• Applies the 4 Rights of Delegation (right task, right person, right communication, right feedback) when