Thank you for considering joining the Tucson Medical Center nursing family! We are a diverse team of professionals dedicated to providing exceptional patient care and developing our staff is essential to that work. Our training program is designed to take those without hospital-based health care experience through a STEP-WISE program, culminating in the achievement of Licensed Nursing Assistant Status.

Develop your skills and knowledge as a Nursing Assistant in a six-week training program. Nursing Assistants at TMC work in a care team with an RN to provide patient care. Typical tasks include taking vital signs, helping patients with activities of daily living, and keeping patients clean. At the completion of the training program, individuals will eligible to take the Licensed Nursing Assistant Examination. Below is a video to learn more about the Nursing Assistant responsibilities.

PCT Video

Training Breakdown:

The Nursing Assistant program is a 4 week program designed to introduce you to healthcare in general, and specifically to the role of the NA at TMC. The first two weeks of the program are spent in the classroom and skills lab learning the basics for the role of patient care technician/assistant. The classroom and skill experiences are led by the TMC Clinical Education team at several locations on the TMC campus.

Week 3 occurs in the clinical setting on a TMC Unit to integrate theory/skills learned in a classroom/skills lab environment and transition to a clinical setting. Week 4 includes a combination of clinical practice, with additional classroom experience for specialty skills, such as Crisis Prevention Intervention (CPI) and a final exam and testing of skills learned.

Candidates must be available between 8:00am - 4:30pm for training and will be assigned a 12 hour shift at the completion of the program on days or nights. *All Nursing Assistant Training Program candidates sign a one year contract