NURSING ATTENDANT II

The application filing period will begin on June 16, 2026 – Continuous. 

We will keep accepting applications until the position is filled. The application window may close unexpectedly once we have enough qualified candidates.

LA Health Services is LA County’s integrated healthcare system and the second-largest public health system in the nation. Our system includes four public hospitals, more than 20 community health centers, Emergency Medical Services (EMS), Correctional Health Services, and community-based programs that connect people to care where they are. 

We serve as the safety net for more than 10 million residents, providing care regardless of ability to pay, insurance coverage, or immigration status. As one connected system, we deliver extraordinary care—from prevention and primary care to emergency, specialty, trauma, and recovery services across Los Angeles County. 

With more than 2.9 million visits annually and a workforce of over 23,000 dedicated staff, LA Health Services is proud to deliver high-quality, compassionate, and accessible care to everyone, no matter how they come through our doors.

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• Contributes to patient comfort and well-being by rearranging bedding and changing linen, serving, and removing meal trays and responding to requests for personal services, such as filling water containers, making mechanical adjustments of bed and providing assistance in changing position in bed, furnishing bedpans and urinals, and giving baths, shampoos, and back rubs.
• Perform a limited prescribed range of technical nursing tasks, such as collecting urine, stool, and sputum specimens, monitoring the physical condition of patients and reporting changes to the charge nurse, measuring, and recording patients' food and liquid intake and output, taking and recording vital signs, and recognizing manifest signs of anxiety, stress or indications of change in emotional state of behavior.
• Provides limited therapeutic services for patients as directed by a charge nurse or physician, such as turning and positioning patients to prevent pressure sores and to facilitate drainage, applying hot or cold compresses, applying bandages, giving baths, administering oxygen, giving bowel and bladder training.
• Maintains a sanitary environment for patients by cleaning up minor spills, washing and cleaning bedpans, urinals and emesis basins, cleaning bathtubs and hydrotherapy tanks, cleaning up operating rooms after use, and washing as well as cleaning instruments/equipment such as catheters or tubing’s.
• Performs support tasks such as taking inventory and replenishing ward supplies like thermometers, gloves, and needles. Inspects, folds, packages, and sterilizes dressings. Assists in patient admission, transfer, and discharge by listing and distributing clothing and valuables. Performs incidental clerical duties. 
• Helps patients as may be required in all the usual activities of daily living such as eating, brushing teeth, dressing, and undressing, and eliminating.
• Carries on prescribed structured interaction with patients which is crafted to provide an environment in which behavioral modification may take place; observes and reports patient's response.
• Protect patients and staff by intervening in ward disturbances, calming agitated patients and restraining combative patients.
• Connect with patients and members of their families and with members of the hospital staff in a manner conducive to achieving and maintaining a patient environment which is free of stress and emotional tension.
• Administers passive exercises to or helps patients to perform exercises and activities prescribed by a physician, licensed therapist, or registered nurse; assists patients in sitting up, getting out of bed, and ambulating.
• Encourages patients to resume normal functioning at a pace in keeping with their capability.

• As an incident to other duties described above, escorts patients to outside clinics, schools, recreational therapy, and other pertinent approved off-site locations.

• Assists physicians in performing medical procedures positioning and draping of patients such as but not limited to restraining patients during procedure and passing instrument/supplies to the physician as requested.

Requirements to Qualify:

Six (6) months of experience as a nursing attendant in a ward or clinic.  

You may still qualify even if your job title isn't exactly the same as the one listed.  Your experience should involve similar responsibilities which requires comparable skills and knowledge.  Please provide a clear explanation of your experience to demonstrate that you performed comparable duties.  

Other titles considered to be performing nursing attendant work include Nursing Assistant; Nursing Aide/Nurse's Aide; Patient Care Assistant/Associate/Technician; Clinical Assistant/Support Associate; Nurse Technician.

Completion of a recognized training program* in nursing attendant work.

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Certification as a Nursing Assistant (CNA) issued by the California Department of Public Health (CDPH).*

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A current certification in Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers (CPR & AED) issued by the American Heart Association.* 

DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS:
Additional credit will be given to applicants that possess the following desirable qualification:

• Any additional experience in excess of the Requirements

Ensure the Certificates and Licenses Section of the application is completed. List the title, license number, issue date, expiration date, and issuing agencies for all required certificates. Required certificates must be active and unrestricted, or your application will not be accepted.  

Training programs recognized by the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) can be found and verified at the following website: https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CHCQ/LCP/Pages/Certified-Nurse-Assistant-Training-Programs.aspx

EXAMINATION CONTENT: 

Training & Experience (T&E) Evaluation: This assessment type will evaluate the training, experience, and education you list on a questionnaire and assign a score based on a standardized scoring system. This part of the assessment is worth 100% of your total score and assesses: Requirements, Desirable Qualifications, and Supplemental Questionnaire.

Applicants achieving a passing score of 70% or higher on the examination will be included on the eligible list.

ELIGIBILITY AND VACANCY INFORMATION

Applicants who passed the assessment(s) are placed on a list for a period of twelve (12) months. We will use this list to fill vacancies in the Department of Health Services as they occur.

SPECIAL INFORMATION
Appointees may be required to work any shift, including evenings, nights, weekends, and holidays.

APPLICATION AND FILING INFORMATION
We only accept applications filed online. Applications submitted by U.S. mail, fax, or in person are not accepted. Apply online by clicking on the green "Apply" button at the top right of this posting. This website can also be used to get application status updates. 

Please fill out the application completely. Provide relevant job experience including employer's name and address, job title, beginning and ending dates, number of hours worked per week, and description of work performed.  

We may verify information included in the application at any point during the examination and hiring process, including after an appointment has been made. Falsification of information could result in refusal of application or rescission of appointment. Copying verbiage from the Requirements or class specification as your work experience will not be sufficient to demonstrate meeting the requirements. Doing so may result in an incomplete application and may lead to disqualification. Comments such as “See Resume” or referencing other unsolicited materials/documents will not be considered a response.

• For any inquiries about the position or assistance with the application process, please contact Annette Abrom at aabrom@dhs.lacounty.gov. 
• Department Contact Phone: (213) 288-7000
• Teletype Phone: (800) 735-2929
• California Relay Services Phone: (800) 735-2922
• For Accommodation requests, please contact our Accommodation Coordinator, via (323) 914-6365
• Please reference Exam Number: Y5100U in all communications during the application process.