Employment Type: Full Time

Shifts Available: Day Shift

Hours:  7am to 7pm

Location: St. Joseph Medical Center—Kansas City, MO 

Are you passionate about both patient care and healthcare operations? Join our team as a Unit Secretary/Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA)—a dynamic dual-role opportunity that blends clinical support with administrative excellence. In this vital CNA position, you’ll play a key role in ensuring smooth day-to-day unit secretary operations while providing compassionate, hands-on care to patients under the guidance of licensed nursing professionals.

This is a great opportunity for a CNA who thrives in a fast-paced healthcare environment, enjoys multitasking, and is committed to delivering exceptional service to patients, families, and care teams.

Here are some of the benefits of working at Prime Healthcare:

• Health, dental, and vision insurance options
• Paid vacation, sick time and holidays
• Bereavement leave, FMLA, and other leave options
• Employer 401(k) options
• Tuition reimbursement options
• Life, disability, and other insurance options
• Many other amazing benefits

Full benefits at Prime Healthcare: https://www.primehealthcare.com/careers/benefits/

Essential Duties and Responsibilities (includes, but are not limited to):

Unit Secretary Duties:

• Answer and direct phone calls professionally and promptly.
• Greet and assist visitors, patients, and staff.
• Maintain and organize patient records and charts.
• Schedule appointments, tests, and procedures as directed.
• Order and maintain unit supplies and equipment.
• Assist with admission, discharge, and transfer processes.
• Communicate effectively with interdisciplinary team members.

Certified Nursing Assistant Duties:

• Provide basic patient care, including bathing, dressing, feeding, and toileting.
• Assist with mobility, positioning, and ambulation.
• Take and record vital signs, weight, and intake/output.
• Report changes in patient condition to nursing staff.
• Support patients with emotional and physical comfort.
• Maintain a clean and safe environment for patients.

Before we go any further, we do have some deal-breakers. You must have:

• Current Certified Nursing Assistant certificate upon hire, required.
• Current BLS upon hire and maintain current.
• Possesses knowledge of medical terminology.
• Minimum six months of previous experience in an acute care hospital or physician’s office preferred.

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