Position Summary
The Nursing Assistant performs patient care to patients under the direction and supervision of the Licensed Practical Nurse or Registered Nurse.
Location: Orlando Health Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women & Babies, Orlando, FL
Department: Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) – Level II
Type: Variable Full-Time (36 hours) 3, 12 hour shift
Shift: Days
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Our 142-bed NICU has an array of specialized services including a program dedicated to the care of micro-preemies, and neonatal transport and ECMO programs. Orlando Health Winnie Palmer is proudly home to one of the largest award-winning neonatal intensive care units in the country and is recognized as a “Best Children’s Hospital” in Neonatology by U.S. News & World Reports.

Why Choose Us?
🏆 Recognized Excellence: Our NICU is named one of the “Best Children’s Hospitals in Neonatology” by U.S. News & World Report.
📈 Room for Growth: We foster leadership development and offer free continued education and certification opportunities.
💰 Competitive Compensation: Enjoy shift differentials for evenings, nights, and weekends.
🎓 Benefits from Day 1: Comprehensive coverage starts on your first day, including student loan repayment, tuition reimbursement, backup childcare, elder care, pet insurance, and more!
🌟 Work with the Best: Be part of a Magnet®-designated hospital with a Just Culture that encourages learning and accountability.
Responsibilities
Essential Functions
- 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 healthcare 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 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.
- May have limited access to areas storing medications.
- Maintains reasonably regular, punctual attendance consistent with Orlando Health policies, the ADA, FMLA and other federal, state and local standards.
- Maintains compliance with all Orlando Health policies and procedures.
Other Related Functions
- Enthusiastically supports and participates in planned changes.
- Participates in nursing Performance Improvement activities as assigned.
- Demonstrates awareness of legal issues, patient rights and compliance with the standards of regulatory and accrediting agencies.
- Consistently utilizes time and resources effectively and efficiently.
- Receives and processes incoming calls, patient calls and guest requests.
- Attends hospital, unit staff meetings and in-services according to policy.
- Completes all mandatory training.
- Demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to provide appropriate care based on principles of growth and development over the life span.
- Possess the ability to assess data reflective of the patient’s status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient’s requirements relative to his or her age-specific needs
Qualifications
Education/Training
High school graduate or equivalent
One (1) year of nursing assistant work experience the past five years substituted the below trainings
- Nursing Assistant or Patient Care Assistant Program; or
- State of Florida Certified Nursing Assistant certification; or
- State of Florida Licensed Practical Nurse; or
- Graduate of an approved school of nursing; or
- Medical Corpsman, Emergency Medical Technician or Paramedic; or
- Medical personnel licensed outside the United States Licensure/Certification
Licensure/Certification
Maintains current BLS/HealthCare Provider certification.
Experience
One (1) year of experience within the past five years in a relevant healthcare setting. No experience required for graduates of an approved school of nursing, or other trainings listed in training requirements.