Nursing Assistant Weekend Program Short Stay Unit

BHS Baptist Healthcare System; Elizabethtown (KY); On-site; USD 21,000 - 30,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Tuition Assistance reimbursement

Paid Time Off

Maternity/Paternity Leave

Bereavement Leave

Employee Assistance Program

Retirement plans with company match

Job summary

Baptist Health in Elizabethtown, KY is seeking a Nursing Assistant for a Weekend Program on the Short Stay Unit. This part-time role supports patient care under the guidance of a Registered Nurse, including vital signs, hygiene assistance, and mobility support to ensure patient comfort and safety.

The position offers weekend and night differentials, with opportunities for skill development and growth within a major regional health system established since 1924.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED is required.
• BLS certification required within 90 days of hire.

Responsibilities

• Assist with activities of daily living, including hygiene and mobility.
• Take and document vital signs in a timely manner.
• Turn and position patients every 2 hours and promote patient safety.
• Provide age-appropriate care under RN supervision.
• Complete hourly rounds to ensure safety and comfort.

Skills

Patient care

Vital signs

Mobility assistance

Communication

Education

High school diploma or GED

BLS certification

Job description

Summary Job Description: Nursing Assistant Weekend Program - Short Stay Unit Part-Time 7p - 7a 15% Shift Differential 25% Weekend Differential The Nursing Assistant performs designated tasks in the provision of age-appropriate care for patients under the direction and supervision of a Registered Nurse. Obtains and documents reported height and weighs patient on admission and documents. Turns and positions patients every 2 hours as indicated, using proper body mechanics. Assists and promotes activity, ambulation, up in chair and other activities as ordered. Assists patients with personal hygiene, including as showering, bathing, shaving, shampooing, perianal-care, catheter care and oral care. Takes and records vital signs accurately within established time frame. Consistently performs hourly rounds to ensure patient safety and promote customer satisfaction.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent (GED).
• Basic Life Support (BLS) required within 90 days of hire.

Preferred Qualifications

• Certified Nursing License (CNA) preferred.
• Six months experience in a hospital or long-term care facility preferred.

Benefits

• Tuition Assistance reimbursement program
• Paid Time Off available for use upon hire
• Company paid Maternity and Paternity Leave
• Bereavement Leave (includes pets)
• Employee Assistance Program
• Retirement plans with company match

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-beds Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville in Madisonville, Kentucky with Deaconess Health System based in Evansville, Indiana, and the Baptist Health Rehabilitation Hospital, a 40-beds 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.

Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.

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.

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.

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