Nursing Assistant (CNA) - Orthopedics

Fairview Health Services•Woodbury, MN

5d•Onsite

About The Position

Fairview is hiring a Nursing Assistant (CNA) for the Med Surg/Ortho 3 South unit at Woodwinds Hospital in Woodbury, Minnesota. The unit has 26 private rooms and serves adults ages 18 and older, including patients recovering from 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 the professional nurse or caregiver in delivering patient care, transporting patients and equipment, preparing and maintaining patient rooms, and reordering and stocking supplies. The position 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. This is a 0.7 FTE position (56 hours per two weeks), with 8-hour day/evening shifts scheduled between 7:00 a.m.–3:30 p.m. and 3:00 p.m.–11:30 p.m. The schedule includes an every-other-weekend rotation (Friday, Saturday, and Sunday) and a holiday rotation.

Requirements

Basic Life Support (BLS for Healthcare Providers) certification through the American Red Cross or American Heart Association–Healthcare Provider; OnTrack participants must be able to obtain this certification upon completion of the program.
Meet 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; current certification on the Minnesota Nursing Assistant Registry upon hire; or successful completion of Fairview’s OnTrack Nursing Assistant training program.

Responsibilities

Provide routine basic patient care, including personal grooming, bathing, toileting, feeding, skin care, oral hygiene, specimen collection and testing, positioning and ambulating patients, and changing linens.
Partner with the patient caregiver in patient 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, 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.