Certified Nurse Assistant, Nurse Assistant, or Trainee - Med Surg 700 E South - Day Shift

CoxHealth is a leading healthcare system serving 25 counties across southwest Missouri and northern Arkansas. The organization includes six hospitals, 5 ERs, and over 80 clinics. CoxHealth has earned the following honors for workplace excellence:

• Named one of Modern Healthcare’s Best Places to work five times.

• Named one of America’s Greatest Workplaces, Greatest Workplaces in Healthcare (2025, 2026), Greatest Workplaces for Women (2023, 2024), and Greatest Workplaces for Diversity (2024) by Newsweek and Plant-A Insights Group. 

• Acknowledged by Forbes as one of the Best Employers for New Grads.

• Healthcare Innovation's Top Companies to Work for in Healthcare (2025).

Job Description

Certified Nurse Assistant, Nurse Assistant, or Nurse Assistant Apprentices are eligible to apply
 
Nurse Assistant Apprenticeship 
Job Summary 
Functions within a classroom and clinical learning environment to obtain training as unlicensed assistive personnel. While in the clinical learning environment, will provide basic patient care under direction and supervision of clinical educator and nursing staff. During clinical rotation, may perform duties such as taking vitals, bathing, dressing, moving patients, changing linens and other duties within their scope of practice as directed. While in clinical setting, obtains information on patient condition as requested by the nursing staff or clinical educator and reports any changes in patient condition. At the end of the training, a competency assessment will be administered to validate learning.
 
Job Requirements 
Education
Preferred: High School Diploma or Equivalent
 
Experience
Preferred: Prior patient care or health care related experience
 
Skills  
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Exhibits valuable time management skills
  • Strong analytical/problem solving skills.
  • Flexibility and ability to work in a multi-tasking environment.
  • Is available for work on a consistent and timely basis
  • Conscientious, thorough, accurate, and reliable when performing and completing job tasks
 
  Licensure/Certification/Registration 
  • BLS must be obtained within 90 days
 
Certified Nurse Assistant/Nurse Assistant 
Job Summary

Provide basic patient care under direction of nursing staff. Perform duties such as take vitals, bathe, dress, move patients, change linens and other duties as assigned. Obtains information on patient condition as requested by the nursing staff, and reports any changes in patient condition.

Job Requirements
 
Education
Preferred: High School Diploma or Equivalent
 
Experience
Required:  
  • 3 months experience as a nursing assistant in an inpatient or long-term care setting, EMT, or Surgical Technologist in the past 3 years OR
  • Completed an Unlicensed Assistive Personnel Program within the past 3 years OR
  • Completed the “fundamentals of nursing” course with clinical in an accredited nursing program or practical nursing education program OR
  • Must have Missouri CNA License OR
  • Must have MO CNA Appendix AND MO CNA license must be obtained within 120 days of hire
 
Skills          
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Exhibits valuable time management skills
  • Strong analytical/problem solving skills.
  • Flexibility and ability to work in a multi-tasking environment.
 
Licensure/Certification/Registration 
  • BLS must be obtained within 90 days