Nursing Assistant – Float Pool + $1.5k Hiring Incentive

Essentia Health; Duluth (MN); On-site; USD 21,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hiring incentive

Job summary

Essentia Health in Duluth, MN is seeking a Compassionate Nursing Assistant to join our Med/Surg Float Pool at St Mary’s Medical Center. You will provide direct patient care under RN supervision, assist with hygiene, nutrition and vital signs, and maintain a safe, clean environment to promote healing.

Requirements include 6 months of nursing assistant experience or equivalent training, BLS certification (or ability to obtain within 1 month), and eligibility for state nursing assistant registry.

Qualifications

• Six months of nursing assistant experience or completion of one semester of clinical rotations within an accredited nursing program.
• Enrollment into the Essentia Health Nursing Assistant Foundation Course within 30 days of hire.
• Verifiable completion of a recognized nurse aide training program.
• Current registration on applicable state nursing assistant registry.
• BLS certification or ability to become certified within 1 month from hire date.

Responsibilities

• Providing personal hygiene care and assisting with nutritional needs.
• Providing comfort care and other assistance.
• Safely transferring patients.
• Taking vital signs and completing recordkeeping.
• Reporting changes in patient condition to the RN.
• Maintaining a safe, clean environment to promote healing.

Skills

Compassionate care

Vital signs

Patient transfer

Recordkeeping

Team collaboration

Education

Nursing Assistant Certification/State Registry

Job description

Essentia Health in Duluth, MN is seeking a Compassionate Nursing Assistant to join our Med/Surg Float Pool at St Mary’s Medical Center. You will provide direct patient care under RN supervision, assist with hygiene, nutrition and vital signs, and maintain a safe, clean environment to promote healing.

Requirements include 6 months of nursing assistant experience or equivalent training, BLS certification (or ability to obtain within 1 month), and eligibility for state nursing assistant registry.