Certified Nursing Assistant - Continuum of Care

SSM Health; Maryland Heights (MO); On-site; USD 22,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

SSM Health is seeking a Nursing Assistant to provide hands-on care in a home health and hospice setting. You will support registered nurses by performing delegated nursing tasks, monitoring patients, and helping with daily activities to ensure comfort and safety.

A valid nurse aide training program completion is required, with no experience necessary. This 32-hour-per-week day-shift position offers teamwork with clinicians and families, patient-centered care, and opportunities to contribute to

Qualifications

• Completion of an approved nurse aide training program.
• No experience required.
• Proof of motor vehicle liability insurance upon hire and upon request.

Responsibilities

• Receives patient care assignment from the RN in charge and initiates delegated tasks.
• Collects data for admissions and reassessments and communicates findings to the RN/LPN.
• Contributes to safety and quality care by charting and team communication.
• Informs licensed staff of changes in patient condition or educational needs.
• Assists with activities of daily living, vital signs, and basic nursing tasks.
• Assists with discharge prep and accompanying patients upon dismissal.

Education

Nurse aide training program

Job description

It's more than a career, it's a calling

MO-Visiting Nurse Association of Greater St Louis

It's more than a career, it's a calling

MO-Visiting Nurse Association of Greater St Louis

Worker Type

Regular

Job Highlights

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.

Join a team where your caregiving skills truly matter. In this role, you'll provide essential support to patients receiving home health and hospice services, helping them achieve comfort, safety, and the highest quality of life possible. From assisting with daily care needs to collaborating with nurses and family members, your work will have a lasting impact. If you're looking for a meaningful career where compassion meets purpose, we'd love to meet you.

Department

Visiting Nurse Association of Greater St Louis

Schedule

Full-time; scheduled 32 hours a week as a day shift

Job Summary

Assists in performing a variety of nursing care services for patients in a home health and hospice setting.

Job Responsibilities and Requirements

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.
• Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION

• Completion of an approved nurse aide training program and passing grade on state of work location required exam.

Experience

• No experience required

Additional Requirements

• Proof of motor vehicle liability insurance that meets minimum state requirements upon hire and upon request.

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 Professional License And/Or Certifications

State of Work Location: Illinois

• Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA)
• And
• Certified Nurse Aide (CNA) - Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH)
• And
• Driver’s License – State of Issuance
• And
• Driving Record – Motor Vehicle Report (MVR)

State of Work Location: Missouri

• Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA)
• And
• Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA) - Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services
• And
• Driver’s License – State of Issuance
• And
• Driving Record – Motor Vehicle Report (MVR)

State of Work Location: Oklahoma

• Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA)
• And
• Certified Nurse Aide (CNA) - Oklahoma State Department of Health
• And
• Driver’s License – State of Issuance
• And
• Driving Record – Motor Vehicle Report (MVR)

State of Work Location: Wisconsin

• Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA)
• And
• Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) - Wisconsin Nurse Aide Registry
• And
• Driver’s License – State of Issuance
• And
• Driving Record – Motor Vehicle Report (MVR)

Work Shift

Day Shift (United States of America)

Job Type

Employee

Department

1910000217 Hospice-St Louis

Scheduled Weekly Hours

32

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