Nursing Assistant - Med/Surg Medical - 12hr Shifts

Fairview Health Services•Edina, MN

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Fairview is hiring a Nursing Assistant for the Med/Surg Medical unit at M Health Fairview Southdale Hospital in Edina, Minnesota. The position is 60 hours per two weeks, on the night shift, working 12-hour shifts and every third weekend. It is eligible for benefits. The Med/Surg Medical unit is a high-volume, 32-bed medical unit with 18 telemetry beds. Its care team serves a diverse adult patient population, including patients with respiratory and gastrointestinal conditions, infectious diseases, and substance use disorders. The unit emphasizes teamwork, communication, professional development, and patient- and family-centered care. The Nursing Assistant supports a professional nurse or caregiver in delivering patient care and works under a professional nurse’s direction rather than autonomously. A patient care assignment may be made based on unit needs and the manager’s or charge nurse’s discretion. Duties include routine patient care, monitoring and reporting patient information, assisting with patient transitions and transportation, maintaining rooms and equipment, and stocking supplies.

Requirements

Basic Life Support (BLS for Healthcare Providers) certification is required. OnTrack participants must be able to obtain BLS for Healthcare Providers certification upon completion of the OnTrack 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.
For the direct-care experience option, appropriate roles may include Nursing Assistant, PCA, Resident Assistant, or Emergency Room Technician.
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 patient care, including grooming, bathing, toileting, feeding, skin care, clean and sterile dressing changes, applying ointments or creams, oral hygiene, specimen collection and testing, positioning, and ambulation.
Promptly answer call lights.
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 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 their families to the environment.
Ensure patient belongings are accounted for and documented 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.