Nursing Assistant (CNA) - Float Pool

Fairview Health Services•Woodbury, MN

9h•Onsite

About The Position

Fairview is hiring a Nursing Assistant (CNA) for the Float Pool at Woodwinds Hospital in Woodbury, Minnesota. This role offers experience with a wide range of patient populations and varied day-to-day work. The Nursing Assistant supports professional nurses and caregivers by providing patient care, transporting patients or equipment, preparing and maintaining patient rooms, and reordering and stocking supplies. The role works under the direction of a professional nurse and is not autonomous. Patient care assignments may be made according to unit needs and the discretion of the manager or charge nurse. This is a 0.7 FTE position, equivalent to 56 hours every two weeks, working eight-hour day shifts from 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The schedule includes every other weekend.

Requirements

Basic Life Support certification from the American Heart Association or Red Cross. OnTrack participants must be able to obtain Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers certification upon completing the OnTrack program.
Meet at least one of the following qualifications: 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.
Relevant direct-care 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 basic patient care, including grooming, bathing, toileting, feeding, skin care, oral hygiene, specimen collection and testing, positioning, ambulation, and changing linens.
Partner with the patient caregiver in care and decision-making.
Promptly answer patient call lights.
Assist nurses in monitoring patient condition.
Accurately take and record patient 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 registered nurse 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 and/or equipment, set up and maintain patient rooms, and reorder and stock supplies.