Nursing Assistant - Float Pool

Fairview Health Services•Burnsville, MN

10h•Onsite

About The Position

Ridges Hospital is hiring a Nursing Assistant for its Float Pool unit in Burnsville, Minnesota. The Nursing Assistant supports professional nurses and caregivers in delivering patient care, transporting patients and equipment, maintaining patient rooms, and stocking supplies. The role does not work autonomously and operates under the direction of a professional nurse. Patient assignments may be made according to unit needs and the discretion of the manager or charge nurse. The position is 0.6 FTE, or 48 hours per two-week pay period, with 12-hour night shifts from 7:00 p.m. to 7:30 a.m. and a rotation every third weekend (Friday, Saturday, and Sunday).

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: 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 in an appropriate role such as Nursing Assistant, PCA, Resident Assistant, or Emergency Room Technician; 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 personal care, including grooming, bathing, toileting, feeding, oral hygiene, and skin care such as clean and sterile dressing changes and applying ointments or creams.
Collect and test specimens; position and ambulate patients; and change linens.
Respond promptly to call lights.
Assist nurses in monitoring patient condition and report unusual findings to the RN in a timely manner.
Accurately take and record weights, intake and output, blood pressure, temperature, pulse, respirations, and oxygen saturation.
Place patients on and off monitors or equipment.
Assist with patient admissions, transfers, and discharges, and orient patients and families to the environment.
Account for and document patient belongings during admission, transfer, and discharge.
Transport patients, equipment, specimens, and supplies, and ensure patients get to 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.