Nursing Assistant Med Surg Full Time Nights

Baptist Health; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 28,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Baptist La Grange is seeking a Nursing Assistant to join our Medical Surgical unit. This role supports nursing staff with clerical duties and clinical tasks under RN supervision, and offers a path for those starting in the clinical field or using prior patient care experience.

The Nurse Assistant / Unit Secretary performs selected procedures, coordinates clerical functions to optimize department operations, and participates in patient care activities during third shift at Baptist La Grange.

Qualifications

• Clerical aptitude and clinical abilities supporting nursing staff.
• High School diploma or equivalent preferred; BCLS certification within 90 days of hire.

Responsibilities

• Provides safe and efficient patient care.
• Communicates effectively with staff and patients.
• Performs scheduling, computer and clerical functions.
• Demonstrates scheduling proficiency.
• Demonstrates role accountability.

Skills

Clerical aptitude

Clinical abilities

Education

High School diploma or equivalent

Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) certification

Tools

Scheduling software

Job description

Summary Job Description: Nursing Assistant Med-Surg- Full Time, Nights Status: Full Time Shift: Third Baptist La Grange is seeking a Nursing Assistant to join our Medical Surgical unit! This is a great opportunity for candidates seeking to get their start within the clinical field or to utilize their prior patient care experience. Job Summary: The Nurse Assistant / Unit Secretary is an individual with clerical aptitude and clinical abilities that assist the nursing staff by performing selected procedures under the supervision of a Registered Nurse. Will perform clerical duties as directed to optimize department operations.

Responsibilities

• Provides Safe and Efficient Patient Care.
• Communicates effectively.
• Performs Scheduling, Computer and Clerical Functions.
• Demonstrates Scheduling Proficiency.
• Demonstrates Role Accountability.

Requirements

• High School diploma or equivalent preferred.
• Basic Cardiac Life Support required within 90 days of hire.

EEO Statement

Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, and seeks to employ individuals without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, citizenship status, military status, religious or political beliefs, protected veteran status, employment status or any other protected class identified in any federal, state, or local law. Baptist Health specifically encourages minority, female, disabled, veteran and other candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply and strengthen our team. Please note that Baptist Health is a drug-free workplace and employment with Baptist Health is subject to post offer, pre-employment drug testing.

Company Overview

Founded in 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky, Baptist Health is a full-spectrum health system dedicated to improving the health of the communities it serves. The Baptist Health family consists of 10 hospitals, employed and independent physicians, and more than 470 points of care, including outpatient facilities, physician practices and services, urgent care clinics, outpatient diagnostic and surgery centers, home care, fitness centers, and occupational medicine and physical therapy clinics. Baptist Health’s eight owned hospitals include more than 2,300 licensed beds in Corbin, Elizabethtown, La Grange, Lexington, Louisville, Paducah, Richmond and New Albany, Indiana. Baptist Health also operates two joint venture hospitals: the 410-bed Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville in Madisonville, Kentucky with Deaconess Health System based in Evansville, Indiana, and the Baptist Health Rehabilitation Hospital, a 40-bed inpatient rehabilitation facility with Encompass Health, based in Birmingham, Alabama. Baptist Health employs more than 24,000 people in Kentucky and surrounding states. Baptist Health is the first health system in the U.S. to have all of its hospitals recognized by the American Nursing Credentialing Center with either a Magnet® or Pathway to Excellence® designation for nursing excellence. Baptist Health’s employed provider network, Baptist Health Medical Group, has more than 1,820 employed providers offering care in 78 specialties, including approximately 862 physicians and 958 advanced practice clinicians. Baptist Health’s physician network also includes more than 2,000 independent physicians.

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Persons with hearing and speech impairments can contact Baptist Health facilities by using the Kentucky Relay Service, a toll-free telecommunication device for the deaf (TDD). For voice to TDD, call 800.648.6057. For TDD to voice, call 800.648.6056.

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