Nursing Assistant (CNA) - Float Pool

Fairview Health Services•Woodbury, MN

14d•Onsite

About The Position

Fairview is hiring a Nursing Assistant for the Float Pool at Woodwinds Hospital in Woodbury, Minnesota. The role offers varied experience across a wide range of patient populations. Woodwinds Health Campus is an 86-bed hospital located on 30 acres of wetlands and serves the southeast metro area with comprehensive community health care. The Nursing Assistant supports professional nurses and caregivers in delivering patient care, transporting patients or 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 according to unit needs and the discretion of the manager or charge nurse. This is a 0.6 FTE position, equivalent to 48 hours every two weeks, with 8-hour day shifts from 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. An every-other-weekend requirement applies.

Requirements

Basic Life Support certification from the American Heart Association or Red Cross. OnTrack participants must be able to obtain Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers certification upon completion of the OnTrack program.
Meet at least one of the following qualification pathways: 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 in an appropriate role such as Nursing Assistant, PCA, Resident Assistant, or Emergency Room Technician; 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.
Minnesota Nursing Assistant Registry certification does not need to be maintained throughout employment and is not required if subsequently transferring into another Nursing Assistant, Nursing Station Tech, or Nursing Station Attendant position.

Responsibilities

Provide routine basic patient care, including grooming, bathing, toileting, feeding, skin care, dressing changes, applying ointments or creams, and oral hygiene.
Collect and test specimens.
Position and ambulate patients, change linens, and promptly answer call lights.
Partner with the patient caregiver in care and decision-making.
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 remove them from monitors or 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.