Nursing Assistant - Operating Room
Responsibilities
The Nursing Assistant performs assigned patient care tasks and other related unit duties, defined and delegated under the direction of a Registered Professional Nurse/Licensed Professional Nurse.
Qualifications
- Minimum Education: Completion of a recognized Nursing Assistant Program or equivalent preparation and/or experience required.
- High School graduate or G.E.D. equivalent required for Nursing Assistants hired as of January 1, 2026.
- Minimum Experience: 1 year of prior acute care experience preferred or CNA or completion of first clinical course in RN/LPN program.
- Required Certification/Registration: CNA certificate preferred if experience is minimal. BLS certification current and ongoing. Internal Crisis Intervention training required.
- Float Pool Only: Must attend hospital crisis training program within three (3) months of hire or transfer and annually thereafter.
Physical Requirements
- Prolonged, extensive, or considerable standing/walking.
- Lifts, positions, pushes and/or transfers patient.
- Considerable reaching, stooping, bending, kneeling, crouching.
- Ability to pass pre-hire physical assessment.
Benefits
Salaries shown on independent jobs related websites reflect market averages and do not represent information obtained directly from Garnet Health Medical Center. We invite and encourage each candidate to discuss salary/hourly specifics during the application and hiring process. The range for the role is $25.79 - $26.57 hourly.
Garnet Health System provides a compensation range to comply with the New York State law on Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements. The range or contractual rate listed does not include bonuses/incentive, differential pay or other forms of compensation or benefits. When determining a team member’s compensation and/or rate, several factors may be considered as applicable (e.g., location, specialty, service line, years of relevant experience, education, credentials, negotiated contracts, budget and internal equity).