Nursing Assistant - Float Pool

Fairview Health Services•Burnsville, MN

21h•Onsite

About The Position

Ridges Hospital is seeking a passionate and hardworking Nursing Assistant to join its Float Pool. The position is based in Burnsville, Minnesota, and works 0.75 FTE, or 60 hours per two-week pay period, on 12-hour night shifts from 7:00 p.m. to 7:30 a.m. The schedule includes an every-third-weekend rotation (Friday, Saturday, and Sunday). The Nursing Assistant supports a professional nurse or caregiver in delivering patient care. The role also includes transporting patients and equipment, preparing and maintaining patient rooms, and ordering and stocking supplies. The Nursing Assistant works under the direction of a professional nurse rather than autonomously, and may receive a patient-care assignment based on unit needs and the discretion of the manager or charge nurse. Fairview offers benefits that include medical, dental, and vision plans; life and disability insurance; paid time off and Sick and Safe Time; tuition reimbursement; retirement benefits; and early access to earned wages. Other benefits may also be available.

Requirements

Successful completion of Fairview’s OnTrack Nursing Assistant training program or another Fairview-sponsored Nursing Assistant program; or six months of recent direct-care experience in a long-term, home-care, or acute-care setting; or 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.
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.

Responsibilities

Provide routine patient care, including grooming, bathing, toileting, feeding, skin care, oral hygiene, specimen collection and testing, positioning, ambulation, and changing linens.
Respond promptly to call lights.
Assist nurses in monitoring patient condition.
Measure and record weights, intake and output, blood pressure, temperature, pulse, respiration, and oxygen saturation accurately.
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.
Account for and document patients’ belongings upon admission, transfer, and discharge.
Transport patients, equipment, specimens, and supplies, and help patients arrive on time for appointments.
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.