Nursing assistant careers

When you join Duke Health, you join an organization driven by a compassionate commitment to advancing health. Through impactful innovations and tailored patient care, we positively change the lives of patients, their loved ones, and the greater community every day.

Be part of this compassionate commitment at Duke Health as a nursing assistant. Here, you can find the opportunities and support you need to advance your nursing assistant career and pursue your passions wholeheartedly. Discover nurse assisting at Duke Health and see where a career with us can take you. 

Incentives and Benefits Designed for You

Commitment Bonuses: Full-time nursing assistant positions qualify for a $5,000 commitment bonus in inpatient units.

Referral Bonuses: Team members can earn monetary rewards of up to $1,000 and other prizes for referring prospective team members to Duke Health. 

Employee Tuition Assistance Program: Nursing assistant team members can receive tuition assistance of up to $5,250 per calendar year after six months of full-time employment. 

Career Ladder: This program helps advance team members' careers through promotion.

Back-up Care Service: 10 annual days of back-up care at discounted rates using Bright Horizons' network of caregivers who provide temporary care when team members have a disruption in their regular care. Team members can use these 10 days either in-home for both child and adults for $6 per hour, or at a Bright Horizons center at $15 per child per day or $25 per family.

In addition to these incentives and benefits, Duke Health invests in all full-time team members with comprehensive benefits through our Total Rewards Program.