Nursing Assistant (CNA) - Float Pool

Fairview Health Services•Woodbury, MN

15h•Onsite

About The Position

Fairview is hiring a Nursing Assistant (CNA) for the Float Pool at Woodwinds Hospital in Woodbury, Minnesota. The role provides experience with a wide range of patient populations. The position is 0.8 FTE (64 hours per two weeks), working eight-hour night shifts from 11:00 p.m. to 7:30 a.m., with an every-other-weekend requirement. The Nursing Assistant supports a professional nurse or caregiver in delivering patient care, transporting patients and equipment, preparing and maintaining patient rooms, and restocking supplies. The Nursing Assistant works under the direction of a professional nurse and does not work autonomously. Patient assignments may be made according to unit needs and the discretion of the manager or charge nurse. Woodwinds Health Campus is an 86-bed hospital in Woodbury, Minnesota, opened in August 2000. The campus is located on 30 acres of wetlands and provides health care services for the community.

Requirements

Basic Life Support certification from the American Heart Association or Red Cross. OnTrack participants must be able to obtain Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers certification upon completion of the OnTrack program.
Successful completion of Fairview’s OnTrack Nursing Assistant training program or another Fairview-sponsored Nursing Assistant program; or six months of recent direct care experience in a long-term, home care, or acute care setting; or current enrollment in an LPN, RN, or Nurse Practitioner program and completion of one semester of clinical rotation; or current certification on the Minnesota Nursing Assistant Registry upon hire.
Appropriate direct care roles may include Nursing Assistant, PCA, Resident Assistant, or Emergency Room Technician.
The Minnesota Nursing Assistant Registry certification requirement does not need to be maintained throughout employment and is not required if subsequently transferring into another Nursing Assistant, Nursing Station Tech, or Nursing Station Attendant position.

Responsibilities

Provide routine basic patient care, including personal grooming, bathing, toileting, feeding, skin care, oral hygiene, specimen collection and testing, positioning, ambulation, and changing linens.
Partner with the patient caregiver in care and decision-making.
Promptly answer call lights.
Assist the nurse in monitoring patient condition.
Accurately take and record weights, intake and output, blood pressure, temperature, pulse rates, respiration, and oxygen saturation.
Place patients on and off monitors or other equipment.
Report unusual findings to the RN in a timely manner.
Assist with patient admissions, transfers, and discharges.
Orient patients and families to the environment.
Ensure patient belongings are accounted for and documented upon admission, transfer, and discharge.
Transport patients and/or equipment, set up and maintain patient rooms, and reorder and stock supplies.