Fairview Health Services-posted 3 months ago
Entry Level
Minneapolis, MN
5,001-10,000 employees

At Fairview, we provide plenty of opportunities for you to follow your passion as a Nursing Assistant in Acute Rehab. Located at the University of Minnesota Medical Center - West Bank Campus, we are committed to delivering outstanding healthcare in a setting where we specialize in innovation. Our partnership with the University of Minnesota Medical School and University of Minnesota Physicians allows us to specialize in breakthrough treatments, surgical techniques, and lifesaving therapies while training tomorrow's physicians. Our Acute Rehab Center features 30 beds of inpatient rehab, serving multiple diagnoses including neuro, ortho, oncology, amputee, spinal cord injury, and transplant, primarily for adults but also for adolescents ages 13 and up. We have approximately 50 therapy and tech staff at the two post-acute units, and we emphasize collaboration among all disciplines to achieve the primary goal of getting patients home.

  • Provides basic patient care by performing routine duties including personal grooming, bathing, toileting, and feeding.
  • Assists with skin care needs, including clean and sterile dressing changes and applying ointments/creams.
  • Conducts oral hygiene and specimen collection/testing.
  • Positions and ambulates patients, changes linens, and promptly answers call lights.
  • Assists nurses in monitoring patient conditions and accurately records vital signs such as weights, input/output, blood pressure, temperature, pulse rates, respiration, and oxygen saturation.
  • Places patients on/off monitors or equipment and reports unusual findings to the RN in a timely manner.
  • Assists with admissions, transfers, and discharge of patients, and orients patients/families to the environment.
  • Ensures patients' belongings are accounted for and documented upon admission, transfer, and discharge.
  • Transports patients, equipment, specimens, and supplies, ensuring timely arrival to appointments.
  • Uses transfer belts when assisting patients with transfers and/or ambulation.
  • Cleans, sets up, and maintains rooms and equipment, and orders and stocks supplies.
  • Accurately documents tasks performed in the appropriate form.
  • Current on the MN CNA Registry
  • BLS (basic life support) for healthcare providers
  • Experience in a hospital setting
  • Medical insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • Vision insurance
  • Paid time off (PTO)
  • Vacation time
  • Safe and Sick Time
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Retirement plans
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