Baptist Health Walker Hospital:   

Being a nurse assistant is more than just a job — it's a calling. It’s about making a real difference in people’s lives, providing comfort and compassionate care to those who need it most, and being part of a dedicated team that saves lives every day.

If you enjoy working with people, are seeking a meaningful career with opportunities for growth, and want to have a lasting impact, consider joining Baptist Health in one of our Nursing Support roles.  Together, we bring hope, healing, and humanity to every patient we serve.

Essential Functions include:

• Assists patient with hygiene, mobility, hydration, elimination, and nutritional needs.
  Provides routine treatments and maintains a safe, clean, neat, and organized patient environment.
• Maintains safety and security of patients, families, self, and other members of the healthcare team.
  Assures patient privacy, rights, and confidentiality.
• Follows standard precautions, always washes hands between patients.
• Assists with admission, transfer, and discharge of patients.
• Takes and records temperature, blood pressure, pulse, respiratory rates, food and fluid intake and output as directed.
• Obtains data and accurately documents pertinent patient information according to Orlando Health specific policies and guidelines.
• Recognizes and communicates appropriate information and safety concerns regarding the patient’s condition to the RN and or other members of the health care team.
• Participates in handoff report and purposeful hourly rounding of patients.
• Provides exceptional service and or care to all patients, families, customers, and team members.
• Demonstrates competency in specific tasks and skills as defined Baptist Health by Orlando Health and unit specific competencies.
• Maintains a clean, neat, safe, and organized nursing unit.
• Receives and processes incoming phone calls, patient call lights and guest requests.
• Transports and delivers items, equipment, blood products, and medications (excluding controlled substances and IV chemotherapy drugs) throughout the facility.

Education Required:  High school graduate or equivalent.   One (1) year of nursing assistant work experience within the past five years may be substituted for completion of one of the below trainings
• Nursing Assistant or Patient Care Assistant Program; or
• State of Alabama Certified Nursing Assistant certification