Full-Time
Nursing Assistant
Medical Surgical
Posted on 5/9/2026
Methodist Health System
No salary listed
Papillion, NE, USA
In Person
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- High School diploma or General Educational Development (GED) preferred.
- Completion of first clinical rotation as Nursing Assistant preferred.
- Successful completion of the 75-hour state approved Nurse Assistant course or 6 months Nurse Assistant experience required.
- Will consider high school students 16 years or older who have completed the above requirements.
- Previous customer service, cleaning, food service and/or patient related experience preferred.
- One to three months on the job experience to learn hospital procedures and work routines preferred.
- Previous experience in patient care setting such as hospital, clinic or nursing home preferred.
- Previous experience with direct patient contact preferred.
- Orientation and on the job experience will be provided to learn hospital procedures and work routines.
- Current American Heart Association or American Red Cross Basic Life Support (BLS) strongly preferred at time of hire, required within 3 months of hire.
- Require the ability to understand and carry out instructions, follow schedules, communicate information, read simple and clear instructions and complete reports.
- Must be able to collect, record, and report patient needs to the appropriate caregiver.
- Requires ability to demonstrate critical thinking skills commensurate with job description.
- Participate in mandatory in-services and continuing education programs as mandated by policies and procedures/external agencies and as directed by supervisor.
- Provides appropriate care specific to the age of the customer/patient, to ensure understanding and comfort level of treatment, as outlined in the Age Specific Criteria.
- Gives individualized customer service/patient care.
- Completes age specific competency assessment.
- Exhibits excellent interpersonal relations with patients, co-workers, physicians, and guests to ensure effective communications.
- Responds to patient needs promptly and courteously.
- Obtains feedback from patients and visitors regarding their hospital experience.
- Communicates patient issues to the appropriate staff.
- Maintains a positive attitude while responding to requests in a timely and accurate manner.
- Communicates with other members of the health care team (food service, secretaries, housekeeping, etc.) as indicated.
- Actively participates in report process.
- Completes clinical activities identified in the patient's plan of care to meet patients' comfort/activity/sleep needs and other clinical patient needs as delegated by professional staff.
- Reports patient comfort needs to nurse in a timely manner.
- Assures that skin is clean and dry.
- Reports any noticed skin changes.
- Provides personal care and assists with ADL (activities of daily living).
- Provides assistance with repositioning, turning and chair transfers.
- Assists as necessary with ambulation.
- Completes vital signs per patient's plan of care.
- Weighs patients per patient's plan of care.
- Reinforce patient education.
- Provides transportation assistance.
- Reports any variation from patient's plan of care to professional staff.
- Attends to patient amenities; e.g., newspaper, mail.
- Documents all data collected, in Cerner and/or on worksheets, accurately, completely, and in a timely manner to provide an accurate record of patient activities and response to activities.
- Documentation is completed in an ongoing basis prior to end of shift.
- Documentation reflects patient's responses to activities according to patient's plan of care.
- Documentation reflects care delivered.
- Provides housekeeping activities to contribute to a safe, efficient, effective and sanitary patient care environment.
- Completes daily room cleaning according to established procedures for high dusting, vacuuming, mopping hard surface floors, disinfecting vertical surfaces, and spot cleaning vertical surfaces.
- Keep rooms neat and tidy, free of clutter.
- Removes trash and soiled linen from room each shift and as needed.
- Maintains patient environment, such as spills and room temperature, or actively utilizes Integrated Services team to do so properly.
- Distributes linens to servitors per par levels.
- Straightens and restocks patient care areas per par levels.
- Attends to patient amenities; e.g., newspapers, mail, watering plants.
- Consistently recognizes and utilizes measures to provide for safe, efficient, patient care and work environment.
- Answers Call Lights in a timely manner and response to the patient request and/or relays request to appropriate resource when necessary.
- Performs other duties as delegated/under the direction of the professional staff.
- Assures coverage of all duties when self or other staff are off the nursing unit.
- Assists other team members when own work is complete.
- Appropriately reports incidents.
- Utilizes Standard Precautions and Transmission-based Precautions infection control techniques correctly and consistently.
- Directly responsible to the staff nurse and assists in the care of the patient by performing delegated activities utilizing the reciprocal process of the 4 Rights of Delegation.
- Right task (within the scope of practice, according to the job description, and based on the desired outcome, task routine, non-complex, low risk and predictable outcome).
- Right person (assess competency by certification/licensure, job description, skills checklist, demonstrated skill).
- Right communication (clear, concise, correct, complete).
- Right feedback: The Reciprocal Process (timely, specific, checkpoints).
- Prepares exam rooms and equipment to facilitate treatment and examination of patients by setting up instruments/equipment and supplies.
- Prepares exam rooms and medical equipment according to provider protocol 95% of the time.
- Rooms are cleaned and prepped in a timely manner.
- Independently manages all sterilization needs for department by working with sterile processing and ensures all equipment is retuned to the appropriate room/are within acceptable times.
- Maintains work areas to ensure healthy environment conditions by cleaning and organizing equipment, rooms and work spaces.
- Organizes and maintains all clinical care stock.
- Organizes, cleans, and restocks clinical care areas independently.
- Keeps supplies up to date.
- Covers the front reception area as directed.
- Serves as back up office assistant.
- Answers phone professionally and utilizes message center as appropriate and accurately transcribes messages for providers from patients.
- Assist with intake, scheduling, and other duties as assigned.
- High School diploma or General Educational Development (GED) preferred.
- Completion of first clinical rotation as Nursing Assistant preferred.
- Previous customer service, cleaning, food service and/or patient related experience preferred.
- One to three months on the job experience to learn hospital procedures and work routines preferred.
- Previous experience in patient care setting such as hospital, clinic or nursing home preferred.
- Previous experience with direct patient contact preferred.
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What believers are saying
- Community partnerships build loyalty in high-need Oak Cliff and South Dallas markets.
- Scalable mobile health model expands preventive care access without major infrastructure investment.
- Stacy Covitz's marketing appointment signals investment in brand positioning and market expansion.
What critics are saying
- Baylor Scott & White's aggressive primary care expansion diverts insured patients from Methodist.
- Texas Medicaid cuts effective January 2026 eliminate funding for charity care programs.
- New Burn Center underutilizes against Parkland's established unit, generating $15M annual losses.
What makes Methodist Health System unique
- Mobile mammography unit model screens 200+ underserved women since June 2022.
- Golden Cross Academic Clinic integrates food security with multi-specialty medical care.
- Patient navigation system connects uninsured patients to low-cost follow-up services.
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The Storehouse expands access to life-saving mammograms through partnership with Golden Cross Academic Clinic and Methodist Health System. By The Storehouse Community Center Plano, Texas - This Breast Cancer Awareness Month, The Storehouse Community Center is shining a light on the power of partnership and prevention. Through its collaboration with Golden Cross Academic Clinic and Methodist Health System's Mobile Mammography Unit, The Storehouse offers free on-site mammograms three times a year - making life-saving screenings accessible to women who might otherwise go without. "Our partnership with Golden Cross Academic Clinic first began in 2022, enabling us to refer our neighbors to healthcare services at their clinic as well as to provide health education classes through our Academy education program," said Candace Winslow, CEO of The Storehouse Community Center. "Through Project Hope, our case management arm, we're able to walk alongside our neighbors and connect them to resources beyond food and clothing - including medical care. We are deeply grateful to Golden Cross and Methodist Health System for their partnership and for bringing critical breast health services directly to our campus - ensuring that more women have access to life-saving screenings." The mammography unit's first visit to The Storehouse occurred in June of 2022. Since then, more than 200 neighbors have received screenings. If a concern is identified, the clinic refers neighbors to appropriate follow-up care through a patient navigation process, helping connect them to low-cost services whenever possible. For Storehouse neighbor Nancy Ferguson, who lost her mother to breast cancer and is considered high risk, finding the mammography unit at The Storehouse was a "gift from God." Nancy Ferguson (left) checks in with Vanessa Tovar at The Storehouse. 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"She explained that the cars were there for the food pantry program at The Storehouse and told me about other resources like classes and clothing. She gave me a flyer with a QR code, and I learned more. This is such a difficult time we live in, so I started coming regularly to get food for my family - wonderful food...meat, eggs, fruit and more. It was so organized, and everyone was so happy and kind." Nancy Ferguson (left) checks in with Vanessa Tovar at The Storehouse. "Then on the day I drove by and saw the big mammography bus parked in front of The Storehouse, I could not believe it!" said Ferguson. "It was like God had put it there for me! I went inside to see if they had time to see me and was able to make an appointment! I felt so blessed." "My mother had breast cancer twice," she continued. "We were living in Honduras, and I was a teenager when she found a lump on Christmas Day. She was only 35. My mother felt ill, and when she put her hands on her chest, she felt a lump in her left breast. She had a mastectomy, and I dropped out of college to care for her because my dad needed to work. Years later when she was 60, it came back aggressively as stage 3 cancer. She had a second mastectomy and lived for three more years." "Then my dad developed prostate cancer, which metastasized, and he only lived another three years, passing away at 68," continued Ferguson. "I also cared for him." Cancer has touched many in her extended family. Her mother's brother developed skin cancer; her dad's brother developed testicular cancer and passed away, and that uncle's daughter developed ovarian cancer. "I have always done self-exams, but a screening is so important," added Ferguson. "Twenty years ago, I had extensive screening and genetic testing, and the doctor told me I was a miracle because I didn't have cancer. He told me to get checked every six months, and I've worked hard to stay on top of it!" Ferguson is deeply grateful to The Storehouse Community Center and Methodist Health System for making lifesaving screenings accessible. "My advice to other women is simple - don't wait!" she said. "Cancer is real, and it's very bad. Be healthy for yourself and your family. The Storehouse provides this at no cost, and that can save your life." Project Hope Neighbor Care Coord. Vanessa Tovar (left) and Nancy Ferguson. Today, Ferguson focuses on maintaining a healthy lifestyle - eating well, exercising, managing stress, and cherishing time with her family. "All during October, I wear something pink in memory of my mother," she added. "It might be a shirt, a bow, or a bracelet. Everyone needs to know how important it is to check yourself and get annual screenings. The Storehouse has helped me in so many ways - with food, clothing, mammograms, doctor visits, and referrals, and everyone has taken such good care of me. I feel truly blessed." The Methodist Dallas Medical Center Golden Cross Academic Clinic is an outpatient department of Methodist Dallas Medical Center and provides a location for a multi-specialty clinic serving patients in Oak Cliff, South Dallas, and surrounding neighborhoods, offering services in acute care, primary care, and chronic conditions. "Since partnering with The Storehouse, we've seen firsthand how access changes outcomes," said Dr. Elizabeth Brewer, Medical Director of Internal Medicine, Golden Cross Academic Clinic. "Working together, we are providing both women and men access to ongoing medical care, education, and preventive services. Programs like the mobile mammography unit help us meet neighbors where they are, empowering them to take charge of their health." For more information on mammography screenings at The Storehouse, email [email protected], complete the request form available at www.thestorehousecc.org under "I need more," or call 469-385-1813. The Storehouse Community Center (formerly The Storehouse of Collin County) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to serving the community through food, clothing, resources, education, and employment support. By creating strong partnerships and offering transformational programs, TSCC works to address the root causes of food insecurity and empower neighbors to achieve self-sufficiency. During its previous fiscal year, The Storehouse served 166,124 unduplicated neighbors with the support of more than 2,000 volunteers. Visit www.thestorehousecc.org. The Storehouse EIN: 27-1883333
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