Nursing Assistant I - Patient Monitoring Unit Night Shift

UNC Health Care; Raleigh (NC); On-site; USD 25,000 - 3,397,000; Full time

Job summary

UNC Health Care is seeking a compassionate Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) for the Patient Monitoring Unit Float Pool on the night shift. This per diem role supports multiple hospital units across UNC Rex Raleigh and UNC Rex Holly Springs Campus, with 7:00 PM to 7:00 AM shifts.

Responsibilities include assisting nurses, observing patients, and providing direct personal care as needed. Prior hospital experience and BLS certification are preferred.

Qualifications

• Fluent in verbal and written English.
• Prefer six months of nursing assistant experience.
• BLS certification required or as provided by employer.

Responsibilities

• Assist in routine patient care and observation.
• Support nursing staff across units including ICU and ED.
• Document patient information and report changes to RN/physician.
• Assist with admission, orientation, and discharge of patients.
• Provide personal care and daily living activities as outlined in care plan.
• Maintain clean work areas, restock supplies, and transport patients/supplies.

Skills

Fluent English

Nursing assistant experience

Basic computer skills

Tools

Basic computer skills

Job description

Description

Your passion belongs at UNC Health. Join more than 56,000 teammates working together to improve the health and well-being of the communities we serve across North Carolina.

Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) - Patient Monitoring Unit (Float Pool) | Per Diem (Night Shift)

Are you a compassionate and adaptable CNA who enjoys variety and making a meaningful impact? Join our Patient Monitoring Unit Team on the night shift and play a vital role in delivering high-quality patient care across multiple hospital units. This position offers flexibility, diverse experiences, and the opportunity to grow your skills while supporting patients throughout the hospital during overnight hours.

Where You'll Work

The ideal candidate must be willing to float between UNC Rex Raleigh and UNC Rex Holly Springs Campus. Nightly assignments are based on operational needs at both hospitals.

Your Role

As a CNA in the Patient Monitoring Unit, you will work closely with nurses, fellow CNAs, patient sitters, and other healthcare professionals to support patient care across a variety of settings. Units may include, but are not limited to:

• Medical-Surgical units
• Intensive Care Units (ICU)
• Emergency Departments
• Patient Monitoring Unit (Float Pool)

This role may include providing one-to-one patient observation and supporting behavioral health patients as needed. Prior hospital experience is preferred.

Schedule & Commitment

• Per diem position
• 7:00 PM - 7:00 AM shifts
• Must be able to work at least three (3) 12-hour shifts every six-week scheduling period

Why Join Us?

• Broad clinical exposure across multiple units
• Flexible scheduling
• Collaborative, team-focused environment
• Opportunities for skill development and professional growth
• Meaningful work that directly impacts patient safety and care

If you're flexible, dependable, work well independently, and thrive in a fast-paced environment, we'd love to hear from you.

Summary:
Provides routine direct and indirect patient care in a hospital, clinic or home health care setting. All work performed is under the direct supervision of a registered nurse or physician.

Responsibilities:
1. Assist physicians and other health care providers with routine examinations and procedures, as well as procurement of equipment and supplies during emergency situations.
2. In the psychiatric setting, aids patients in reality orientation, participates in behavior modification plans/therapy, provides informal support therapy to patients/families, provides verbal de-escalation of potentially aggressive patients, aids in the physical management of aggressive/out-of-control patients, facilitates age appropriate play for children, and monitors the therapeutic milieu activities on assigned unit to ensure that emotional and safety needs of patients are met.
3. Observes, collects, and documents patient information obtained while providing care and promptly report significant changes in the patient's condition to a registered nurse or physician.
4. Provides assistance to patients and their families during admission to the clinical area, orientation to the hospital/clinic/home health experience, and discharge
5. Provides care/ treatments to patients as outlined in plan of care including, but not limited to, the measurement of vital signs, height and weight, specimen collection, skin preps/scrubs, catheter care, capillary blood glucose checks, simple wound care, range of motion exercises, postural drainage, and supportive 11 patient and family interactions.
6. Provides direct personal care to patients as outlined in plan of care for routine activities of daily living such as bathing, dressing, feeding and assisting with ambulation.
7. Provides indirect care to patients and assigned area to include, but not limited to, cleaning the work area, changing linens, re-stocking supplies, cleaning/sterilizing instruments, transporting patients/ supplies/ specimens, assisting in the orientation of new employees and students, and some routine clerical functions.
8. Reinforces routine teaching given to patients by the registered nurse or physician and document patient understanding of instructions. Distributes patient education materials at the request of patients and/or health care providers.

Other Information

Other information:

Education Requirements

* None required as long as all other position requirements are met.

Licensure/Certification Requirements

* Listed as Nursing Assistant I with the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services

* Basic Life Support (BLS) certification

Professional Experience Requirements

* Prefer six (6) months of nursing assistant experience

Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements

* Fluent in verbal and written English language and able to develop basic computer skills.

Job Details

Legal Employer: NCHEALTH

Entity: UNC REX Healthcare

Organization Unit: Rex Patient Monitoring

Work Type: Per Diem

Standard Hours Per Week: 8.00

Salary Range:$18.00 - $24.66 per hour (Hiring Range)

Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity

Work Assignment Type: Onsite

Work Schedule: Night Job

Location of Job: US:NC:Raleigh

Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: No

This position is employed by NC Health (Rex Healthcare, Inc., d/b/a NC Health), a private, fully-owned subsidiary of UNC Heath Care System. This is not a State employed position.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran or political affiliation.

UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities.