Nursing Assistant - Short Stay Unit - 12hr Shifts

Fairview Health Services•Edina, MN

72d•Onsite

About The Position

Fairview is hiring a Nursing Assistant for the Short Stay Unit at M Health Fairview Southdale Hospital in Edina, Minnesota. The position is 48 hours per two weeks, working 12-hour day shifts and an every-third-weekend rotation that includes Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. The Short Stay Unit is a 32-bed acute care environment serving surgical and medical patients with short-term needs. The collaborative team works with providers to provide safe, efficient care focused on recovery and discharge. Southdale Hospital serves the southwest Twin Cities metro area and offers more than 40 specialty services. The Nursing Assistant supports professional nurses in delivering patient care and works under their direction rather than autonomously. Patient assignments may be made based on unit needs and the discretion of the manager or charge nurse. The role also involves transporting patients and equipment, maintaining patient rooms, and stocking supplies.

Requirements

Basic Life Support (BLS for Healthcare Providers) certification is required. OnTrack participants must be able to obtain this certification upon completion of the 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.
For the six-month direct-care experience option, appropriate roles may include Nursing Assistant, PCA, Resident Assistant, or Emergency Room Technician.

Responsibilities

Provide routine personal care, including grooming, bathing, toileting, feeding, skin care, oral hygiene, and applying ointments or creams.
Perform clean and sterile dressing changes.
Collect and test specimens.
Position and ambulate patients, change linens, and promptly answer call lights.
Assist the nurse in monitoring patient condition.
Accurately measure and record weight, intake and output, blood pressure, temperature, pulse, respirations, and oxygen saturation.
Place patients on and take them off monitors or 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 tasks performed on the appropriate form.
Perform other tasks as needed.