Certified Nursing Assistant / Patient Care Associate

Mosaic Life Care; Maryville (MO); On-site; USD 10,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading health care system in northwest Missouri as a Certified Nursing Assistant / Patient Care Associate. In this position, you will provide quality patient care under the direction of an RN or LPN, assisting with daily activities and ensuring exceptional service. This role offers opportunities for full-time, part-time, or PRN status, meeting both patient and employee needs effectively.

Benefits

Concierge services

Employee lounge

Wellness programs

Free covered parking

Free on-site health clinics

Qualifications

• H.S. Diploma or higher required.
• Unlicensed Assistive Personnel training or nursing program certification.
• BCLS required within 90 days of hire.

Responsibilities

• Assists patients with activities of daily living.
• Records patient vital signs and food intake.
• Transports and repositions patients as necessary.

Skills

Personal hygiene

Vital signs monitoring

Patient transportation

Education

High School Diploma

Certified Nursing Assistant certification

BCLS - Basic Life Support

Job description

Mosaic Life Care is a health care system in northwest Missouri. With a vision of transforming community health by being a life-care innovator, Mosaic places the holistic needs of patients first by providing the right care at the right time and place, offering high value and quality health care.

Mosaic has a wide array of benefits to meet each employee’s individual needs. Our benefits were designed by listening to people just like you. Mosaic also offers several perks with a focus on ensuring our employees feel valued, including concierge services, employee lounge, wellness programs, free covered parking, free on-site and virtual health clinics and many more. When paired with compensation and recognition, it is what continues to make us the employer of choice for employees at any stage of their journey.

Details

• Certified Nursing Assistant / Patient Care Associate
• Medical Center
• Full Time / Part Time / PRN Status
• Day/ Night
• Pay: $16.48 - $20.60 / hourly

Summary

• This position works under the direction of an RN\LPN or Provider and administers quality patient care according to established standards.May be required to work in other areas according to skill of staff and acuity of patients. Provides exceptional service to all patients and customers.
• This position works under the supervision of the Director and is employed by Mosaic Health System.

Duties

• Completes daily Activities of Daily Living to meet patient’s needs i.e. personal hygiene, dressing patients, linen change.
• Feeding patients as indicated; Records food and fluid intake and output when appropriate.
• Takes and records vital signs including pulse oximetry.
• Transports patients as appropriate.
• Lifts, turns, repositions and ambulates patients, alone or with assistance.
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• All required education is a minimum requirement. Higher levels of education are acceptable.H.S. Diploma required.
• PCA education requirements:
  a.an Unlicensed Assistive Personnel (UAP) training program in the last three years, or
  b.a fundamentals of nursing course, or
  c.a certified nursing assistant program with obtainment of certification (C.N.A.), or
  d.a graduate of a professional or practical nursing program who did not pass the state licensure examination in the past three years or
  e.A graduate of a professional or practical nursing program outside the United States and awaiting licensure in this country.
• BCLS - Basic Life Support required within 90 days of hire.Non-Violent Crisis Intervention and any other required training by the organization within 90 days of hire is required.
• In lieu of a. through e. listed above in the Education section, documented experience as a nurse assistant, emergency medical technician, or surgical technician in the past three (3) years is required.In Home Health, 6 months of Hospital/Nursing Home experience is preferred.