Nursing Assistant - 3rd Floor Ortho Specialty Unit - 12hr Shifts

Fairview Health Services•Edina, MN

12d•Onsite

About The Position

Fairview is hiring a Nursing Assistant for the Ortho Specialty Unit at M Health Fairview Southdale Hospital in Edina, Minnesota. The role is 60 hours every two weeks, with 12-hour day shifts from 7:00 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. and work every third weekend. The 3rd Floor Orthopedic Surgical Specialty Unit is a newly built, 26-bed adult medical/surgical unit focused on total joint replacement and postoperative recovery. Staff also care for medical patients with a variety of diagnoses and care needs. The unit offers a team-oriented environment and support from leadership and education specialists. The Nursing Assistant supports a professional nurse or caregiver in delivering patient care and works under a professional nurse’s direction rather than autonomously. Assignments may be based on unit needs and the discretion of the manager or charge nurse. The role also includes transporting patients and equipment, maintaining patient rooms, and reordering and stocking supplies.

Requirements

Basic Life Support certification from the American Heart Association, Red Cross, or MTN. 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: successfully complete Fairview’s OnTrack Nursing Assistant 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 individuals who have completed a Nursing Assistant program and are scheduled to take the NA Registry exam, become active on the Minnesota Nursing Assistant Registry within 90 days post-hire.

Nice To Haves

Vocational school education.
Associate of Arts or Associate of Science degree.
One or more years of previous Nursing Assistant or Nursing Station Tech experience.

Responsibilities

Assist with routine patient care, including grooming, bathing, toileting, feeding, skin care, oral hygiene, specimen collection and testing, positioning, and ambulation.
Partner with the patient caregiver in care and decision-making.
Promptly answer call lights and assist with changing linens.
Assist the nurse in monitoring patient condition and accurately record weights, input 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, equipment, specimens, and supplies, and help ensure patients arrive at appointments on time.
Use a transfer belt when assisting patients with transfers or ambulation.
Set up and maintain patient rooms and reorder and stock supplies.