Nursing Assistant (CNA) - Float Pool

Fairview Health Services•Woodbury, MN

15h•Onsite

About The Position

Fairview is hiring a Nursing Assistant for the Float Pool at Woodwinds Hospital in Woodbury, Minnesota. The role offers experience with a wide range of patient populations, with responsibilities supporting professional nurses in patient care, transporting patients or equipment, preparing and maintaining patient rooms, and reordering and stocking supplies. Nursing Assistants work under the direction of a professional nurse and do not work autonomously. Patient assignments may be made according to unit needs and the discretion of the manager or charge nurse. The position is 0.75 FTE, or 60 hours per two weeks, working 12-hour day shifts from 7:00 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. An every-third-weekend commitment is required. Woodwinds Health Campus is an 86-bed hospital in Woodbury, Minnesota, situated on 30 acres of wetlands. It provides comprehensive health care services for the southeast metro 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 with completion of one semester of clinical rotation; or current certification on the Minnesota Nursing Assistant Registry upon hire.
Six months of recent direct-care experience may be in an appropriate role such as Nursing Assistant, PCA, Resident Assistant, or Emergency Room Technician.
Work 60 hours per two weeks on 12-hour day shifts, with an every-third-weekend requirement.

Responsibilities

Provide routine basic patient care, including grooming, bathing, toileting, feeding, skin care, oral hygiene, specimen collection and testing, positioning, ambulation, and changing linens.
Partner with the patient’s caregiver in care and decision-making.
Promptly answer call lights.
Assist nurses in monitoring patient condition.
Accurately obtain and record weights, intake and output, blood pressure, temperature, pulse, 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.
Reorder and stock supplies.