Nursing Assistant

Summit Orthopedics•Eagan, MN

1d•Onsite

About The Position

At Summit Orthopedics, we recognize the impact each member of the Summit Family has on one another and on our patients every day. Join a patient-first environment where our values — Better together, Own it, Nimble, Excellence, and Service — are lived down to our BONES. At Summit, team members feel respected, valued, and connected to meaningful work, contributing to a collaborative, community-centered culture built on mutual respect and enjoyment. The Nursing Assistant may provide direct hands on care and perform delegated nursing care tasks set forth by the Board of Nursing in administrative rules. In surgery, the Nursing Assistant may work under the supervision of a perioperative registered nurse. The licensed nurse may need to limit the range of tasks based on patient needs, situation, or available resources and shall supervise all nursing tasks, functions, and activities. The Nursing Assistant works collaboratively with the perioperative, pre- and post-op nursing staff, Clerical staff and Material Management. This is a part-time, 0.6 FTE Nursing Assistant opportunity based at our Eagan Surgery Center. 12 hour night shifts, 7:30 PM to 7:30 AM. This position may require flexibility to float to other Summit locations as needed.

Requirements

Delegated nursing care tasks set forth by the Board of Nursing in administrative rules.
Works under the supervision of a perioperative registered nurse.
Works collaboratively with the perioperative, pre- and post-op nursing staff, Clerical staff and Material Management.
Flexibility to float to other Summit locations as needed.
Ability to transfer patients weighing up to 200 lbs independently via wheelchair or other available modes of transportation.
Ability to assist in the safe transfer of patients from cart to chair, from chair to wheelchair.
Ability to restock, label, and maintain inventory.
Ability to collect and distribute instruments, trays, crash carts, and facility medical equipment.
Ability to perform environmental maintenance duties.
Ability to assist in maintaining inventory levels.
Ability to respond to requests for assistance from professional staff.
Ability to verify that equipment functions properly.
Ability to requisition for repair or replacement of surgical instrumentation.
Ability to remove defective instrumentation from general service.
Ability to maintain a clean and orderly work area.
Ability to dispose of filled suction and trash containers.
Ability to empty full linen hampers.
Ability to document maintenance activities when required.
Ability to assist with maintaining established departmental policies and procedures, objectives, and quality.

Responsibilities

Transfers the discharged patient weighing up to 200 lbs to awaiting transportation independently via wheelchair or other available modes of transportation.
Assists in the safe transfer of patients from cart to chair, from chair to wheelchair.
Functions as assistant to RN who is recovering pediatric patients.
Restocks, labels, and maintains inventory; submit requisitions; collects and distributes instruments, trays, crash carts, and facility medical equipment.
Performs environmental maintenance duties and assists in maintaining inventory levels throughout the Center.
Responds to requests for assistance from the professional staff to the level of competence attained.
Verifies that equipment functions properly.
Requisitions for repair or replacement of surgical instrumentation; removes defective instrumentation from general service.
Maintains a clean and orderly work area.
Disposes of filled suction and trash containers; empties full linen hampers.
Documents maintenance activities when required to do so.
Assists with maintaining established departmental policies and procedures, objectives, and quality.