Nursing Assistant Observation Unit Full Time Nights

BHS Baptist Healthcare System; New Albany (IN); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Baptist Health Floyd in New Albany, IN is seeking a Nursing Assistant for the Observation Unit, nights 7pm-7am, full-time. You will work on-shift with nurses, provide delegated patient care, and assist with unit maintenance.

The unit is a 32-bed area affiliated with the ED, caring for a range of patients. High school diploma preferred; BLS certification required; training provided.

Baptist Health offers competitive salaries and benefits; EOE.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent preferred.
• BLS certification required; training provided.

Responsibilities

• Assist nursing staff with patient care on the observation unit.
• Perform routine non-patient care tasks.
• Maintain unit cleanliness and ensure equipment readiness.

Skills

Nursing Assistant

BLS certification

Teamwork

Patient care

Communication

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

Summary

Seeking Nursing Assistant! Baptist Health Floyd, Observation Unit Full-Time (36 Hours/Week), Nights (7pm-7am)

Job Duties

The Observation Unit Nursing Assistant functions as an on-shift team member under the direction of the nurse by providing delegated aspects of patient care and routine non-patient care unit maintenance tasks.

About the Unit

The Observation Unit is a 32-bed unit affiliated with the Emergency Department and observes patients who are expected to be in the hospital less than 24 hours. This unit cares for a variety of patients including chest pain, cardiac arrhythmias, heart catheterizations, laparoscopic cholecystectomies, UTIs, and DVTs. The unit is staffed with a provider between the hours of 7 AM and 5 PM each day of the week to provide support and high-level care.

Qualifications

High school diploma or equivalent preferred. BLS certification from approved BLS course required, will provide training.

We offer competitive salaries and excellent benefits. We are conveniently located 10 minutes from downtown Louisville at 1850 State Street, New Albany, IN 47150.

EOE. Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.

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.

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.

NOTICE OF NONDISCRIMATION AND ACCESSIBILITY TO SERVICES

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.