Clinical Partner OR Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA)

SSM Health; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 21,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital in St. Louis is seeking a Regular, full-time CNA to provide hands-on nursing support in a fast-paced care environment. You will collaborate with clinical teams to deliver safe, patient-centered care during night shifts (7pm–7:30am) across a 12-hour schedule.

Experience is not required; education equivalency for licensing is acceptable. This position supports patient comfort, safety, and discharge planning while promoting a compassionate care approach.

Qualifications

• Education equivalency for licensing.

Responsibilities

• Receives patient care assignment from the RN and initiates delegated tasks.
• Collects and documents data for admission assessments and reassessments.
• Relays information via charting and communicates to team members.
• Informs licensed nurse of changes in patient condition or education needs.
• Assists with patient activities, hygiene, feeding, and turning.
• Prepares patients for discharge and accompanies them upon dismissal.
• Maintains supplies and assists with clerical duties as needed.
• Orients new patients and families to the nursing unit.

Skills

Patient care

Vital signs

Documentation

Communication

Team collaboration

Education

Education equivalency for licensing

Job description

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

MO-SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - 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.

In this role, you will provide hands-on support in a fast-paced care environment where every shift makes a direct impact on patients and families. Your attention to detail, compassion, and ability to work closely with clinical teams will help create safer, smoother care experience. If you enjoy interacting with patients and want to grow in a collaborative care setting, this role is perfect for you.

Department:

Clinical Partner OR Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) - SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis

Schedule

This is a full-time night-shift position working three 12-hour shifts per week with a weekend and holiday rotation. The shift is from 7pm-7:30am

Job Summary:

Assists in performing a variety of nursing care services for patients.

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 licensed nurse for analysis and validation of patient's response to care or treatment and when significant change occurs in the patient's condition.
• 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.
• 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.
• May perform point of care testing according to policies and procedures.
• Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION

• Education equivalency for licensing

Experience

• No experience required

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)

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

State of Work Location: Oklahoma

• Basic Life Support HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA)
• And
• Advanced Unlicensed Assistant - Oklahoma Board of Nursing (OBN)
• Or
• Certified Nurse Aide (CNA) - Oklahoma State Department of Health

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

Work Shift

Night Shift (United States of America)

Job Type

Employee

Department

1729010100 Prog - 4W

Scheduled Weekly Hours

36

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