NURSING ASSISTANT - 4W NEURO

Aspirus Health•Duluth, MN

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Aspirus St. Luke’s Hospital in Duluth, Minnesota, is seeking a Nursing Assistant to join the 4W Neuro team. Under the direction of an RN, the Nursing Assistant applies knowledge of the role in team-based patient care as defined by the Minnesota Board of Nursing and St. Luke’s policies. The position helps provide activities of daily living and comfort measures according to a written plan of care, assists with technical patient-care activities and services, and supports daily unit activities and order. The role is scheduled for an 8-hour day/evening rotation, with work every other weekend. It is part-time at 0.40 FTE, or 32 hours biweekly. The listed hourly salary range is $18.00–$26.12, and the posting offers a $1,000 sign-on bonus. Aspirus St. Luke’s is a 267-bed hospital in Duluth and part of Aspirus Health, a nonprofit, community-directed health system. Aspirus’s mission is to heal people, promote health, and strengthen communities.

Requirements

For employees hired after December 1, 2017, be listed on the Minnesota Department of Health Nursing Assistant Registry or Wisconsin Nurse Aide Registry at hire (renewal is not required); alternatively, be currently enrolled in an accredited nursing program and have completed one semester of clinical rotations; or meet the experience alternative referenced in the posting.
Six months of verifiable clinical experience.
BLS certification designated as BLS Provider or Healthcare Provider from the American Heart Association, American Red Cross, or Military Training Network.
Knowledge of basic mathematical computations and skill in taking temperatures, pulse, respirations, blood pressure, and weight.
Legible printing and/or handwriting.
Ability to comprehend and follow verbal and written instructions; observe and report deviations from normal or expected; communicate and work harmoniously with patients, families, and health team members; and maintain confidentiality.
Intermediate reading ability to read and interpret documents such as operating and maintenance instructions and procedure manuals.
Basic writing and speaking skills, including writing simple correspondence and speaking simple sentences.
Basic mathematical skills, including adding and subtracting two-digit numbers and multiplying and dividing with 10s and 100s, using units of money, weight, volume, and distance.
Intermediate reasoning skills to follow written, oral, or diagram-form instructions and address problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
Ability to assess and understand growth and development, provide age-appropriate care, and maintain age-specific competency with a passing score annually.
Ability to hear, see, stand, walk, bend, and lift up to 50 pounds; the role includes prolonged standing and walking, patient transfers, lifting supplies and equipment, and reaching, stooping, bending, kneeling, and crouching.

Responsibilities

Assist with activities of daily living and comfort measures according to a written plan of care for assigned patients.
Assist with patient-care activities and services of a technical nature.
Assist with daily unit activities and order.
Observe and report anything that varies from normal or expected.
Provide care appropriate to the ages of patients served in the clinical environment and maintain competency with annual age-specific independent-study requirements.