Nursing Assistant - Float Pool

Fairview Health Services•Burnsville, MN

10h•Onsite

About The Position

Ridges Hospital is seeking a passionate and hardworking Nursing Assistant to join its Float Pool unit in Burnsville, Minnesota. The role works 48 hours per two-week pay period on 8-hour evening shifts from 3:00 p.m. to 11:30 p.m., with an every-other-weekend rotation (Friday, Saturday, and Sunday). The position is 0.6 FTE. The Nursing Assistant supports a professional nurse or caregiver in delivering patient care, transporting patients and equipment, preparing and maintaining patient rooms, and reordering and stocking supplies. The Nursing Assistant 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. The role provides routine basic patient care, assists nurses in monitoring patient conditions, records vital signs and other measurements, and reports unusual findings to the RN. It also supports patient admissions, transfers, discharges, orientation, transportation, and appointment attendance; maintains rooms and equipment; documents completed tasks; and performs other duties as needed.

Requirements

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.
Meet at least one of the following: 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.
The 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, clean and sterile dressing changes, applying ointments or creams, and oral hygiene.
Collect and test specimens.
Position and ambulate patients, change linens, and promptly answer call lights.
Assist nurses in monitoring patient conditions.
Accurately take and 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 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.