Nursing Assistant - Float Pool

Fairview Health Services•Burnsville, MN

10h•Onsite

About The Position

Ridges Hospital is seeking a passionate and hardworking Nursing Assistant to join its Float Pool unit in Burnsville, Minnesota. The role works 0.6 FTE, or 48 hours per two-week pay period, on 8-hour night shifts from 11:00 p.m. to 7:30 a.m., with an every-other-weekend rotation (Friday, Saturday, and Sunday). The Nursing Assistant supports professional nurses and caregivers in delivering patient care. Working under a professional nurse’s direction rather than autonomously, the Nursing Assistant may receive a patient care assignment based on unit needs and the manager’s or charge nurse’s discretion. Duties include providing routine personal care, assisting with monitoring and documenting patient condition, helping with admissions and transitions, transporting patients and supplies, and maintaining patient rooms and equipment.

Requirements

Basic Life Support (BLS for Healthcare Providers) certification is required. OnTrack participants must be able to obtain certification upon completion of the OnTrack program.
Meet at least one of the following qualifications: successful completion of Fairview’s OnTrack Nursing Assistant training program or another Fairview-sponsored Nursing Assistant program; 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 and completion of one semester of clinical rotation; or current certification on the Minnesota Nursing Assistant Registry upon hire.
Direct care roles that may qualify include Nursing Assistant, PCA, Resident Assistant, or Emergency Room Technician.

Responsibilities

Provide routine patient care, including grooming, bathing, toileting, feeding, skin care, dressing changes, applying ointments or creams, oral hygiene, specimen collection and testing, positioning, and ambulation.
Promptly answer call lights.
Assist nurses in monitoring patient condition and report unusual findings to the RN in a timely manner.
Accurately measure and record weights, intake and output, blood pressure, temperature, pulse, respiration, and oxygen saturation.
Place patients on and off monitors or other equipment.
Assist with patient admissions, transfers, and discharges.
Orient patients and families to the environment.
Account for and document patient belongings upon admission, transfer, and discharge.
Transport patients, equipment, specimens, and supplies, and ensure patients arrive at appointments on time.
Use a transfer belt when assisting patients with transfers or ambulation.
Clean, set up, and maintain rooms and equipment.
Order and stock supplies.
Accurately document tasks performed on the appropriate form.
Perform other tasks as needed.