Nursing Assistant - Med/Surg Medical

Fairview Health Services•Edina, MN

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Fairview is hiring a Nursing Assistant for the Med/Surg Medical unit at M Health Fairview Southdale Hospital in Edina, Minnesota. The position is 56 hours per two weeks, with 8-hour evening shifts and work every other weekend. The role is eligible for benefits. The Med/Surg Medical unit is a high-volume, 32-bed medical unit with 18 telemetry beds. Its care team supports a diverse adult patient population, including patients with respiratory and gastrointestinal conditions, infectious diseases, and substance use disorders. The unit emphasizes teamwork, communication, professional development, and patient- and family-centered care. The Nursing Assistant supports a professional nurse or caregiver in delivering patient care and does not work autonomously. Assignments may be based on unit needs and the discretion of the manager or charge nurse. The position also involves transporting patients and equipment, maintaining patient rooms, and ordering and stocking supplies.

Requirements

Basic Life Support (BLS for Healthcare Providers) certification is required; OnTrack participants must be able to obtain the certification upon completion of the program.
Meet at least one of the following: 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 long-term care, home care, or an acute-care setting; current enrollment in an LPN, RN, or Nurse Practitioner program and 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.

Responsibilities

Provide routine patient care, including grooming, bathing, toileting, feeding, skin care, oral hygiene, specimen collection and testing, positioning, ambulation, and changing linens.
Promptly answer patient call lights.
Assist nurses in monitoring patient condition.
Accurately measure and record 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 RN in a timely manner.
Assist with patient admissions, transfers, and discharges.
Orient patients and families to the environment.
Account for and document patient belongings at 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 completed tasks on the appropriate form.
Perform other tasks as needed.