Nursing Assistant - Intermediate Care Unit - 12hr Shifts

Fairview Health Services•Edina, MN

10h•Onsite

About The Position

Fairview is hiring a Nursing Assistant for the Intermediate Care Unit at M Health Fairview Southdale Hospital in Edina, Minnesota. The role is 60 hours per two weeks on the day shift, with 12-hour shifts and every third weekend. The Intermediate Care Unit is a fast-paced, 30-bed surgical specialty unit that provides patient-centered care through multidisciplinary collaboration. The team cares for complex surgical and medical patients, including people recovering from vascular, thoracic, and open-heart procedures, as well as cardiac and respiratory patients requiring advanced monitoring. The unit has telemetry capabilities and a progressive training approach. The Nursing Assistant supports professional nurses in delivering patient care, transporting patients and equipment, preparing and maintaining patient rooms, and ordering and stocking supplies. The position works under the direction of a professional nurse rather than autonomously. Patient-care assignments may be made according to unit needs and the discretion of the manager or charge nurse.

Requirements

Basic Life Support (BLS for Healthcare Providers) certification is required. OnTrack participants must be able to obtain certification upon completion of 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.
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.
Work under the direction of a professional nurse; the position does not work autonomously.

Responsibilities

Provide basic care, including grooming, bathing, toileting, feeding, skin care, dressing changes, applying ointments or creams, oral hygiene, specimen collection and testing, positioning, ambulation, and changing linens.
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 take them off monitors or other equipment.
Report unusual findings to the RN promptly.
Assist with patient admissions, transfers, and discharges.
Orient patients and families to the environment.
Account for and document patient belongings upon admission, transfer, and discharge.
Transport patients, equipment, specimens, and supplies.
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 completed tasks on the appropriate form.
Perform other tasks as needed.