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 0.75 FTE (60 hours per two weeks), working 12-hour night shifts from 7:00 PM to 7:30 AM, with an every-third-weekend rotation that includes Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. The position is in an 18-bed Telemetry and ICU unit serving patients aged 18 and older. The unit’s patient population includes patients requiring ventilator care and those experiencing codes, ventilator failures, sepsis, shock, or unstable post-surgical conditions. Average length of stay is three to four days. The Nursing Assistant supports a professional nurse or caregiver in delivering patient care, transporting patients and equipment, setting up and maintaining patient rooms, and reordering and stocking supplies. The position does not work autonomously; duties are performed under the direction of a professional nurse. 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: 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 Nursing Assistant Registry exam have 90 days after hire to become active on the Minnesota Nursing Assistant Registry, subject to the stated West Bank exception.

Responsibilities

Partner with the patient’s caregiver in care and decision-making.
Provide routine personal care, including grooming, bathing, toileting, feeding, skin care, oral hygiene, specimen collection and testing, positioning, and ambulation.
Perform clean and sterile dressing changes and apply ointments or creams as needed.
Change linens and promptly answer call lights.
Assist the nurse in monitoring patient condition.
Accurately take and record weights, intake and output, blood pressure, temperature, pulse rate, 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.