Nursing Assistant (CNA) - Orthopedics

Fairview Health Services•Woodbury, MN

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Fairview is hiring a Nursing Assistant (CNA) at Woodwinds Hospital in Woodbury, Minnesota. The position is 0.9 FTE (72 hours per two weeks), with 8-hour day/evening shifts from 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. or 3:00 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. The schedule includes an every-other-weekend rotation (Friday, Saturday, and Sunday) and a holiday rotation. The role is on the Med Surg/Ortho 3 South unit, which has 26 private rooms and serves adults age 18 and older. Its patient population includes people undergoing hip, knee, spine, and shoulder surgeries, as well as general medical/surgical and orthopedic patients. The average patient stay is 1–3 days. The Nursing Assistant supports a professional nurse or caregiver in delivering patient care, transporting patients or equipment, preparing and maintaining patient rooms, and reordering and stocking supplies. The role works under the direction of a professional nurse and does not work autonomously. Patient-care assignments may be made based on unit needs and the discretion of the manager or charge nurse.

Requirements

Basic Life Support (BLS for Healthcare Providers) certification through the American Red Cross or American Heart Association–Healthcare Provider is required. OnTrack participants must be able to obtain this certification upon completing the OnTrack program.
Meet at least one of the following qualifications: six months of recent direct-care experience in a long-term, home-care, or acute-care setting; current enrollment in an LPN, RN, or Nurse Practitioner program with one semester of clinical rotation completed; current certification on the Minnesota Nursing Assistant Registry upon hire; or successful completion of Fairview’s OnTrack Nursing Assistant training program.
Appropriate direct-care roles may include Nursing Assistant, PCA, Resident Assistant, or Emergency Room Technician.
Minnesota Nursing Assistant Registry certification need not 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, partnering with the patient’s caregiver in care and decision-making.
Assist with personal grooming, bathing, toileting, feeding, skin care, oral hygiene, specimen collection and testing, positioning, ambulation, and changing linens.
Perform clean and sterile dressing changes and apply ointments or creams as needed.
Answer call lights promptly.
Assist the nurse in monitoring patient condition.
Accurately take and record weights, intake and output, blood pressure, temperature, pulse, respiration, and oxygen saturation.
Place patients on and remove them from monitors or other equipment.
Report unusual findings to the registered nurse 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.