Nursing Assistant - Intermediate Care Unit

Fairview Health Services•Edina, MN

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Fairview is hiring a Nursing Assistant for the Intermediate Care Unit at M Health Fairview Southdale Hospital in Edina, Minnesota. The position is 56 hours per two weeks, working 8-hour night shifts and every other weekend. The Intermediate Care Unit is a fast-paced, 30-bed surgical specialty unit providing patient-centered care through multidisciplinary collaboration. The team cares for complex surgical and medical patients, including patients recovering from vascular, thoracic, and open-heart procedures, as well as cardiac and respiratory patients requiring advanced monitoring. The unit has telemetry capabilities and a progressive training approach. The Nursing Assistant supports the professional nurse or caregiver in delivering patient care and works under the direction of a professional nurse rather than autonomously. Patient assignments may be made based on unit needs and the manager’s or charge nurse’s discretion. The role also includes 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 it 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 a long-term, home care, or 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.
Appropriate direct care 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, specimen collection and testing, positioning, ambulation, and changing linens.
Promptly answer patient call lights.
Assist the nurse in monitoring patient condition.
Accurately measure and record weights, intake and output, blood pressure, temperature, pulse, respiration, and oxygen saturation.
Place patients on and remove them from 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 patients’ belongings upon admission, transfer, and discharge.
Transport patients, equipment, specimens, and supplies, and help 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.