Certified Nurse Assistant, Nurse Assistant, or Trainee - Float - Day Shift

Facility Information

Facility: Cox Health South: 3801 S National Ave, Springfield, Missouri, 65807

Department: 1026 Nursing Float Pool SGF

Scheduled Weekly

Hours:

40

Hours: 6:30am - 3pm

Work Shift: Day Shift (United States of America)

Cox Health 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.

Honors and recognitions:

• Named one of Modern Healthcare’s Best Places to work five times.
• Named one of America’s Greatest Workplaces in Health Care by Newsweek.
• Named one of America’s Greatest Workplaces by Newsweek in 2024.
• Recognized as the Greatest Workplace for Women in both 2023 and 2024.
• Listed as one of the Greatest Workplaces for Diversity in 2024.
• Acknowledged by Forbes as one of the Best Employers for New Graduates in 2023.
• Ranked among the Best Employers by State for Missouri.
• Healthcare Innovation's Top Companies to Work for in Healthcare in 2025.

• Medical, Vision, Dental, Retirement Plan with employer match, and many more!
• For a comprehensive list of benefits, please :
  Benefits | Cox Health

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. Obtain information on patient condition as requested by the nursing staff, and report any changes in patient condition.

Functions within a classroom and clinical learning environment to obtain training as unlicensed assistive personnel. During clinical rotation, may perform duties such as taking vitals, bathing, dressing, moving patients, and changing linens. At the end of the training, a competency assessment will be administered to validate learning.

• Up to $1,800 Sign-On Bonus
• Up to 24 hours of frontloaded PTO
• Career Ladder up to $1
• Float differential: $2.25

• 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
  • Completed an Unlicensed Assistive Personnel Program within the past 3 years
  • Completed the “fundamentals of nursing” course with clinical in an accredited nursing program or practical nursing education program
  • Must have Missouri CNA License
  • Must have MO CNA Appendix AND MO CNA license must be obtained within 120 days of hire
• Skills:
  
  Excellent verbal and written communication;
  Strong analytical/problem solving skills;
  Flexibility and ability to work in a multi‑tasking environment;
  Time management;
  Conscientious, thorough, accurate, and reliable;
  Availability for consistent and timely work.
• Licensure/Certification: BLS must be obtained within 90 days.

Certified Nurse Assistant, Nurse Assistant, or Nurse Assistant Trainees are eligible to apply.