Highlights
Under the direction of a Registered Nurse (RN) or other licensed care team member, provides direct patient care and related support by performing selected nursing procedures and routine duties to assist medical and nursing personnel in the examination, treatment, and care of patients. The Staffing Office plays a critical role in ensuring the optimal allocation of nursing and support staff across all departments.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Lexington, KY |
| Job Type | Full-time |
| Company Size | 1001 - 5000 |
| Headquarters | Lexington, KY, US |
| Website | https://bhs.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/careers |
Description
Job Description:
Nursing Assistant
Full-Time
Day Shift and Night Shift available
The Staffing Office plays a critical role in ensuring the optimal allocation of nursing and support staff across all departments.
Under the direction of a Registered Nurse (RN) or other licensed care team member, provides direct patient care and related support by performing selected nursing procedures and routine duties to assist medical and nursing personnel in the examination, treatment, and care of patients.
Benefits:
- Health, Vision, Dental and Pet Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Short Term and Long-Term Disability and Life Insurance
- Identity Theft Protection
- Tuition Reimbursement up to $6,000 annually
- Company paid Maternity and Paternity Leave
- 5 days of Paid Time Off available upon hire
- Bereavement Leave (includes pets)
- PTO Sell Back Program
- Compassionate Leave Sharing Program (PTO Donation)
- Employee Support Fund, for employees in need of emergency financial support
- Retirement with Company Match
Job Responsibilities
Job Description:
Provides direct patient care, including hygiene, toileting, feeding, positioning, and mobility assistance.
Assists with patient transfers, admissions, discharges, and ambulation.
Performs delegated clinical procedures, including blood glucose monitoring, EKGs, and venipuncture.
Assist nurses and physicians with patient care and procedures.
Documents patient care and reports changes or concerns to nursing staff.
Provides compassionate, respectful, and responsive patient care.
Qualifications
Minimum Education, Experience, Training, and Licensures Required:
- High School Diploma or equivalent.
- Current Kentucky Nurse Aide Certification (SRNA, CNA) required or successful completion of first year of a Nursing program and validation of a clinical rotation consistent with level of education.
- Basic Life Support- Applicants will have 30 days from their hired date to provide completion of this certification if they don’t have it already.
Benefits
On Site Cafeteria, Paid Time-Off, 401K Match, Parking, Tuition Reimbursement, 401K, Parental Paid Leave, Medical, Dental, Vision
About Company
Baptist Health is a system of hospitals across the state of Kentucky and Southern Indiana. We are committed to being a top employer, as well as care provider in the markets we serve.
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 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.
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