Nurse Tech; CNA - PRN​/Nights at SSM Health Shawnee, KS

Nurse Tech (CNA) – PRN/Nights – SSM Health, Shawnee, KS

It’s more than a career, it’s a calling.

Assists in performing a variety of nursing care services for patients.

• Receives patient care assignment from the registered nurse (RN) in charge and initiates delegated tasks based on demonstrated competence for specific patient age groups.
• Collects and documents data for admission assessment and reassessment at specific times and provides appropriate data to the licensed nurse for analysis and validation.
• Relays information via charting and communicates to team members.
• Informs licensed nurse of any changes in patient condition/needs, patient complaints, and patient/significant other educational needs.
• Answers patients’ calls for help, takes vital signs, and monitors behavior and physical condition for progress or deterioration.
• Assists with baths, ambulating, feeding, skin care, personal and oral hygiene, and making occupied and unoccupied beds.
• Performs dressing changes, enemas, ostomy care, toileting, turning, cough and deep breathing, catheter care, collection of biological specimens, and measuring and recording intake and output of fluids.
• Prepares patients for discharge and accompanies them upon dismissal as indicated.
• Stocks and maintains supplies and equipment in keeping with patient care needs and cost containment.
• Assists with delegated clerical duties such as answering telephones, relaying messages, and transcription of physician orders.
• Orients new patients and significant others to the nursing unit.
• Performs mechanical and manual operation of equipment as recommended in the user’s manual, with the ability to recognize common mechanical problems and initiate corrective action.
• May perform point‑of‑care testing according to policies and procedures.
• Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

• Education equivalency for licensing.
• No experience required.

• Constant standing and walking.
• Frequent use of hearing and speech for oral communication.
• Frequent use of hearing to distinguish body sounds and alarms.
• Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0–25 lbs.
• Frequent reaching, gripping, and keyboard use/data entry.
• Frequent use of vision for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) to identify colors.
• Occasional bending, stooping, crawling, kneeling, sitting, squatting and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
• Occasional vision use to judge distances and spatial relationships.
• Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25–50 lbs.
• Occasional lifting/moving patients.
• Occasional use of smell to detect/recognize odors.
• Occasional driving.

• State of Illinois
  • Basic Life Support Health Care Provider (BLS HCP) – American Heart Association (AHA)
  • Certified Nurse Aide (CNA) – Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH)
• State of Missouri
  • Basic Life Support Health Care Provider (BLS HCP) – American Heart Association (AHA)
  • Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA) – Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services
• State of Oklahoma
  • Basic Life Support Health Care Provider (BLS HCP) – American Heart Association (AHA)
  • Advanced Unlicensed Assistant – Oklahoma Board of Nursing (OBN)
  • Certified Nurse Aide (CNA) – Oklahoma State Department of Health
• State of Wisconsin
  • Basic Life Support Health Care Provider (BLS HCP) – American Heart Association (AHA)
  • Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) – Wisconsin Nurse Aide Registry

Night Shift (United States of America)

Employee (PRN)

Acute Care-2nd Floor

• Paid Parental Leave – one week of paid parental leave for newborns or newly adopted children (pro‑rated based on FTE).
• Flexible Payment Options – voluntary benefit through Daily Pay offering instant access to earned, unpaid base pay (fees may apply) before payday.
• Upfront Tuition Coverage – coverage through Flex Path Funded for eligible team members.

SSM Health is an equal opportunity employer. SSM Health does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.