Nursing Assistant - Float Pool

Fairview Health Services•Burnsville, MN

3h•Onsite

About The Position

Ridges Hospital is seeking a passionate, hardworking Nursing Assistant to join its Float Pool in Burnsville, Minnesota. The position is 0.8 FTE, or 64 hours per two-week pay period, and works 8-hour evening shifts from 3:00 p.m. to 11:30 p.m., with an every-other-weekend rotation that includes Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. The Nursing Assistant supports professional nurses and caregivers in delivering patient care. Working under the direction of a professional nurse rather than autonomously, the Nursing Assistant may receive a patient care assignment based on unit needs and the discretion of the manager or charge nurse. Duties include routine patient care, monitoring and documenting patient information, assisting with admissions and discharges, transporting patients and supplies, and maintaining patient rooms and equipment.

Requirements

Meet at least one of the following qualification pathways: 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.
Basic Life Support (BLS for Healthcare Providers) certification is required. OnTrack participants must be able to obtain this certification upon completion of the OnTrack program.

Responsibilities

Provide routine personal care, including grooming, bathing, toileting, feeding, skin care, oral hygiene, specimen collection and testing, positioning, and ambulation.
Perform clean and sterile dressing changes and apply ointments or creams as needed.
Promptly answer patient call lights.
Assist nurses in monitoring patient condition.
Accurately take and record weights, intake and output, blood pressure, temperature, pulse rates, 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 during 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 patient rooms and equipment.
Order and stock supplies.
Accurately document tasks performed on the appropriate form.
Perform other tasks as needed.