Nursing Assistant
bhs baptist healthcare
📍 lexington kentucky united states🕐 27d ago🔗 workday
Job Description
**Summary**
**Job Description:**
Job Description
**Unit Description:**
4H is a 20 bed telemetry unit, with 3 beds admitting progressive care populations (PCU). This unit specializes in post-op CABG patients, post-op cardiac surgery, valve replacement/repair, vascular surgeries, CHF and moderate risk chest pain patients. The population has multiple co-morbidities and complex care. The patient population is transferred from ICU, ED, and PACU.
**Shift:** Full Time, Nights
**Job Description:**
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.
* Performs routine duties to assist medical and nursing personnel in the examination, treatment, and care of patients.
**Minimum Education, Experience, Training and Licensures Required:**
* High School Diploma or equivalent.
* Current Kentucky Nurse Aide Certification required or successful completion of first year of a Nursing program and validation of a clinical rotation consistent with level of education.
* Must provide a letter from their school verifying the completion of their first year clinicals.
* 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:**
* 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
### _If you would like to be part of a growing family focused on supporting clinical excellence, teamwork and innovation, we urge you to apply now!_
### Baptist Health is an _Equal Employment Opportunity_ employer.