Nursing Assistant - Short Stay Unit - 12hr Shifts

Fairview Health Services•Edina, MN

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Fairview is hiring a Nursing Assistant for the Short Stay Unit at M Health Fairview Southdale Hospital in Edina, Minnesota. The position is 48 hours per two weeks on the night shift, with 12-hour shifts from 7:00 p.m. to 7:30 a.m. and an every-third-weekend rotation (Friday, Saturday, and Sunday). The Short Stay Unit is a 32-bed acute care environment serving surgical and medical patients with short-term needs. The team works collaboratively with providers to deliver safe, efficient care focused on rapid recovery and discharge. The Nursing Assistant supports professional nurses and caregivers in delivering patient care, transporting patients and items, maintaining patient rooms, and stocking supplies. The role works under the direction of a professional nurse and may receive patient care assignments based on unit needs and the manager or charge nurse’s discretion.

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: successfully complete Fairview’s OnTrack Nursing Assistant training program or another Fairview-sponsored Nursing Assistant program; have six months of recent direct care experience in a long-term, home care, or acute care setting; be currently enrolled in an LPN, RN, or Nurse Practitioner program and have completed one semester of clinical rotation; or hold current certification on the Minnesota Nursing Assistant Registry upon hire.
For the direct-care experience pathway, appropriate roles may include Nursing Assistant, PCA, Resident Assistant, or Emergency Room Technician.

Responsibilities

Assist with routine personal care, including grooming, bathing, toileting, feeding, skin care, oral hygiene, and applying ointments or creams.
Collect and test specimens.
Position and ambulate patients, change linens, and 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 remove them from monitors or equipment.
Assist with patient admissions, transfers, and discharges, and orient patients and families to the environment.
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.
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.