Nursing Assistant (CNA) - ICU

Fairview Health Services•Woodbury, MN

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Fairview is hiring a Nursing Assistant at Woodwinds Hospital in Woodbury, Minnesota. The role is 0.6 FTE (48 hours every two weeks), with 12-hour day shifts from 7:00 AM to 7:30 PM and an every-third-weekend rotation covering Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. The position is in an 18-bed Telemetry and ICU unit serving patients aged 18 and older. The typical length of stay is three to four days, and the patient population includes patients requiring ventilators or experiencing codes, ventilator failures, sepsis, shock, and unstable post-surgical conditions. The Nursing Assistant supports professional nurses and caregivers in delivering patient care, transporting patients or equipment, preparing and maintaining patient rooms, and restocking supplies. The role works under the direction of a professional nurse and is not autonomous. Patient care assignments may be made according to unit needs and the discretion of the manager or charge nurse.

Requirements

Basic Life Support (BLS for Healthcare Providers) certification is required. OnTrack participants must be able to obtain this certification upon completion of 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 completion of one semester of clinical rotation; or current certification on the Minnesota Nursing Assistant Registry upon hire.
Individuals who have completed a Nursing Assistant program and are scheduled to take the NA Registry exam have 90 days after hire to become active on the Minnesota Nursing Assistant Registry, with the stated West Bank exception.

Responsibilities

Partner with the patient care giver in patient care and decision-making.
Provide personal grooming, bathing, toileting, and feeding assistance.
Meet skin care needs, including clean and sterile dressing changes and applying ointments or creams.
Provide oral hygiene.
Collect and test specimens.
Position and ambulate patients.
Change linens.
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 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.