Nursing Assistant - PACU

Fairview Health Services•Edina, MN

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Fairview is hiring a Nursing Assistant for the Pre and Post Op Care Unit at M Health Fairview Southdale Hospital in Edina, Minnesota. The unit includes inpatient and outpatient rooms, and Nursing Assistants may work throughout the unit. They assist patients with activities of daily living, obtain weights and vital signs, and help set up, clean, and stock rooms. This is a Nursing Assistant position, not a Nursing Station Technician position. The position is 64 hours per two weeks, with eight-hour shifts on a day/evening schedule and a weekend rotation every fourth weekend. Start times vary: 5:30 a.m.–2:00 p.m. for Pre Op, 8:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m. for SDS, and 10:00 a.m.–6:30 p.m. or 2:00 p.m.–10:30 p.m. for Main. The Nursing Assistant supports the professional nurse or caregiver in delivering patient care, transporting patients and materials, maintaining patient rooms, and reordering and stocking supplies. The role works under the direction of a professional nurse and may receive a patient care assignment based on unit needs and the discretion of the manager or charge nurse. Fairview describes Southdale Hospital as serving the southwest Twin Cities metro area and offering more than 40 specialty services.

Requirements

Basic Life Support (BLS for Healthcare Providers) certification is required; OnTrack participants must be able to obtain the certification upon completion of the program.
Meet at least one of the following: 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 with completion of one semester of clinical rotation; or current certification on the Minnesota Nursing Assistant Registry upon hire.
Relevant direct care roles may include Nursing Assistant, PCA, Resident Assistant, or Emergency Room Technician.

Nice To Haves

Current PACU experience.

Responsibilities

Assist the professional nurse or caregiver in delivering patient care under their direction.
Provide basic care, including grooming, bathing, toileting, feeding, skin care, dressing changes, application of ointments or creams, oral hygiene, specimen collection or testing, positioning, ambulation, and changing linens.
Answer call lights promptly.
Assist the nurse in monitoring patient condition and report unusual findings to the RN in a timely manner.
Measure and accurately record weight, intake and output, blood pressure, temperature, pulse, respiration, and oxygen saturation.
Place patients on and remove them from monitors or equipment.
Assist with patient admissions, transfers, and discharges; orient patients and families to the environment; and account for and document patient belongings at 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.
Set up, clean, and maintain rooms and equipment.
Order and stock supplies.
Accurately document tasks performed on the appropriate form.
Perform other tasks as needed.