NURSING ATTENDANT II

NURSING ATTENDANT II

Salary

$50,376.00 - $53,184.00 Annually

Location

Los Angeles County, CA

Job Type

Full time

Job Number

Y5100U

Department

HEALTH SERVICES

Opening Date

06/16/2026

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Position/Program Information

EXAM NUMBER: Y5100U

TYPE OF RECRUITMENT:

We welcome applications from everyone!

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.

WHY WORK FOR US

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.

Explore our one system of hospitals and community health centers: Our Locations - Health Services Los Angeles County.

For additional information regarding DHS please visit www.dhs.lacounty.gov.

OUR MISSION:

To advance the health of our patients and our communities by providing extraordinary care.

What does a Nursing Attendant II do?

Provides prescribed care to patients in an inpatient care unit.

Check Out Our Outstanding Benefits! CLICK HERE to see a list of employee benefits!

Essential Job Functions

• 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 patients 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

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 isnt 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/Nurses Aide; Patient Care Assistant/Associate/Technician; Clinical Assistant/Support Associate; Nurse Technician.

• AND -

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

• AND -

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

• AND -

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

No withhold will be allowed for this examination. Applicants have to meet ALL of the requirements to qualify at the time of filing.

Physical Class 4 - Arduous: This class involves frequent heavy lifting over 25 pounds, often combined with bending, twisting, or working above ground on irregular surfaces. It includes those positions that occasionally demand extraordinary physical activity such as those in Safety positions.

DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS:

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

• Any additional experience in excess of the Requirements

SPECIAL REQUIREMENT INFORMATION:

• Applicants are required to attach a legible copy of all required certificates to the application at the time of filing. If you are unable to attach required documents at the time of filing, you may email the documents to Annette Abrom at aabrom@dhs.lacounty.gov within seven (7) calendar days of filing your online application. Please include your name (as it appears on your online application), the examination title and number in the subject of your email. Applications submitted without evidence of the required documents will not be accepted.

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

Additional Information

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

Applications will be processed as they are received and added to the list accordingly.

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 employers 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.

SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER

Federal law requires that all employed persons have a Social Security Number, so include yours when applying.

COMPUTER AND INTERNET ACCESS AT PUBLIC LIBRARIES

For candidates who may not have regular access to a computer or the internet, applications can be completed on computers at public libraries throughout Los Angeles County. Please refer to their website for updated information https://lacountylibrary.org/library-locator.

NO SHARING OF USER ID, E-MAIL, AND PASSWORD

All applicants must file their application using their own user ID and password. Using a family members or friends user ID and password may erase a candidates original application record.

ANTI-RACISM, DIVERSITY, AND INCLUSION (ARDI)The County of Los Angeles recognizes and affirms that all people are created equal and are entitled to all rights afforded by the Constitution of the United States. We are committed to promoting Anti-racism, Diversity, and Inclusion efforts to address the inequalities and disparities amongst race. We support the ARDI Strategic Plan and its goals by improving equality, diversity, and inclusion in recruitment, selection, and employment practices.

Department contacts:

• 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.

COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES

Employment Information

Any language contained in the job posting supersedes any language contained below.

This document is intended to provide general information about the recruitment process of the County of Los Angeles. Applicants with questions about a specific job posting should contact the exam analyst listed on the posting.

Equal Employment Opportunity/Non-Discrimination Statement:

The County of Los Angeles is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and is committed to non-discrimination in the County workforce, regardless of age (40 and over); ancestry; color; ethnicity; religious creed; protected family or medical leave status; disability; marital status; medical condition; genetic information; military and veteran status; national origin; race ; sex; gender; sexual orientation; or any other characteristic protected by State or federal law. For more information, please visit: https://employee.hr.lacounty.gov/eeo-programs/.

Testing Accommodations for Applicants:

The County of Los Angeles complies with all federal and state disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for qualified applicants and employees with disabilities. If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application process, please contact the testing accommodation coordinator listed on the job posting. Hearing impaired applicants with telephone teletype equipment may leave messages by calling the teletype phone number on the job posting. For more information on accommodations, please visit: https://hr.lacounty.gov/accessibility/.

Fair Chance:

The County of Los Angeles is a Fair Chance employer. Except as otherwise permissible under applicable laws, you will not be asked to provide information about conviction history unless you receive a conditional offer of employment. The County will make an individualized assessment of whether your conviction history has a direct and adverse relationship with the specific duties of the job, and will also consider potential mitigating factors, which may include, but is not limited to, evidence and extent of rehabilitation, recency of the offense(s), and age at the time of the offense(s). If asked to provide information about conviction history, any convictions or court records which are exempted by a valid court order do not have to be disclosed. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with County Fair Chance Policies and the Fair Chance Act (Gov. Code Section 12952).

Employment Eligibility:

Final appointment is contingent upon verification of U.S. citizenship or the right to work in the United States.

Career PathFinder:

Resources to help current and prospective employees plan a career with Los Angeles County are available. To explore career paths to and from nearly all job titles, please visit our interactive Career PathFinder application at http://career-pathfinder.hr.lacounty.gov.

Veteran's Credit:

Pursuant to the County Charter and County policy, in all open competitive examinations (i.e., examinations open to everyone), the County of Los Angeles will add a credit of 10 percent of the total credits specified for such examination to the final passing score of an honorably discharged veteran, as well as the spouse of a deceased or disabled veteran, who served in the Armed Forces of the United States under specific conditions.

For more information on veteran's credit, please visit: https://file.lacounty.gov/SDSInter/dhr/205102_PPG_115.pdf

Revised September 2025

For detailed information, please click here

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The information you provide on this supplemental questionnaire will be evaluated and used to determine your eligibility to participate in the next phase of the examination process.

CHECK YOUR ANSWERS CAREFULLY.

Any mistakes you make and/or any incomplete responses you provide in completing these questions will be used to disqualify your application even if you possess the qualifying experience. Be as specific as possible and include all information requested. Comments such as "see resume" or "see application" will NOT be considered as a response. All information is subject to verification at any time in the examination and hiring process. Falsification of any information may result in disqualification or dismissal. Using the verbiage from a/the job posting or classification specification will not be acceptable response/s.

Experience depicted in this supplemental questionnaire must align with that of the employment history information in the main application

• I understand the above information and instructions.

02

Many important notifications including non-acceptance letters and final results notices will be sent electronically to the email address provided on the application. It is important that you provide a valid email address. Please add info@governmentjobs.com and aharraway@dhs.lacounty.gov to your email address and list of approved senders to prevent email notifications from being filtered as spam/junk/clutter mail. Applicants have the ability to opt out of emails from L A County. If you unsubscribe, you will not receive any email notifications for any examinations for which you apply with L A County. Regardless of whether you choose to unsubscribe, you can always check for notifications by logging in to governmentjobs.com and viewing your profile inbox, which saves a copy of all emailed notices. All information is subject to verification at any time in the examination and hiring process. Falsification of any information may result in disqualification or dismissal.

• I understand the above information and instructions.

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Do you have experience as a nursing attendant in a ward or clinic?

You may still qualify even if your job title isnt 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/Nurses Aide; Patient Care Assistant/Associate/Technician; Clinical Assistant/Support Associate; Nurse Technician. Select the option that best describes your experience.

• Less than six (6) months of experience.
• Six (6) months or more.

04

Describe your experience that supports your response to the previous question in the space below. For each experience, please provide the following information: 1) Name and Address of Employer: 2) Job/Position Title: 3) Employment Dates From (mm/yyyy) - Date To (mm/yyyy): 4) Name, Title, and Contact Information of Your Supervisor: 5) Hours Worked per Week: 6) Detailed Description of your relevant experience.

This information must align with the employment history in the main application to be considered. REPEAT FORMAT OF 1-6 for each employment where you gained relevant experience. If not applicable, enter N/A in the space below.

05

Do you have a current Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) certificate issued by the California Department of Public Health (CDPH)? If yes, please be sure to complete the License and Certificate section of the application and attach a legible copy of the certificate to your application or submit it via email to the Exam Analyst at aabrom@dhs.lacounty.gov within seven (7) calendar days of submitting your application online. Be sure to include your name as it appears on your application, the exam title, and exam number. Applications submitted without the required evidence of nursing assistant certification will be rejected.

• Yes, I have attached a legible copy to my application.
• Yes, I will email a legible copy to Annette Abroma at aabrom@dhs.lacounty.gov within seven (7) calendar days from filing my application.
• Not Applicable.

06

Do you have a current Basic Life Support (BLS) certificate for Healthcare providers (CPR & AED) issued by the American Heart Association? If yes, be sure to complete the License and Certificates section of the application and attach a legible copy/image of your BLS certificate/e-card to your application at the time of filing or email a copy to the Exam Analyst at aabrom@dhs.lacounty.gov within seven (7) calendar days of submitting your application online. Be sure to include your name as it appears on your application, the exam title, and exam number. Applications submitted without the required evidence of BLS certification will be rejected.

• Yes, I have attached a legible copy to my application.
• Yes, I will email a legible copy to Annette Abroma at aabrom@dhs.lacounty.gov within seven (7) calendar days from filing my application.
• Not Applicable.

07

Have you completed a recognized training program in nursing attendant work? If yes, be sure to complete the License and Certificates section of the application and attach a legible copy/image of your training program certificate of completion to your application at the time of filing or email a copy to the Exam Analyst at aabrom@dhs.lacounty.gov within seven (7) calendar days of submitting your application online. Be sure to include your name as it appears on your application, the exam title, and exam number. Applications submitted without the required evidence of this certification will be rejected.

• Yes, I have attached a legible copy to my application.
• Yes, I will email a legible copy to Annette Abroma at aabrom@dhs.lacounty.gov within seven (7) calendar days from filing my application.
• Nor Applicable.

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Employer County of Los Angeles

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Los Angeles, California, 90010

Website http://hr.lacounty.gov