Nursing Station Technician (NST) - Critical Care Flex Team

Fairview Health Services•Minneapolis, MN

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Fairview is hiring a Nursing Station Technician for its Critical Care Flex Team at the University of Minnesota Medical Center East Bank Hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The role supports professional caregivers in delivering patient care, transporting patients and equipment, preparing and maintaining patient rooms, and stocking supplies. In critical care settings, the technician may assist with Mass Transfusion Protocols and Code Blue Responses, prepare for ECMO/ECPR admissions, and help rapidly transfer patients out of intensive care units. The position also performs clerical, transcription, and unit-desk maintenance duties and coordinates communication on the patient care unit. The NST works under the direction of a professional nurse and may or may not receive a patient care assignment, depending on unit needs and manager or charge nurse discretion. The schedule is 60 hours per pay period, with 12-hour variable shifts on the day shift and every third weekend. The position provides basic patient care, helps monitor patient condition, coordinates unit communications and procedures, transcribes physician orders, and maintains patient-care areas and equipment.

Requirements

Current BLS certification.
Meet at least one of the following: six months of recent hands-on patient care experience in acute care, long-term care, or home care; enrollment in an LPN, RN, or NP program with at least one completed clinical semester; active listing as a Certified Nursing Assistant on the Minnesota Registry; or completion of Fairview’s OnTrack Nursing Assistant training program.
Familiarity with medical terminology and abbreviations.

Nice To Haves

Previous experience as a Health Unit Coordinator, Nursing Assistant, or in a related role.

Responsibilities

Facilitate timely communication and coordination of services on the patient care unit.
Answer telephone calls and patient intercoms promptly, clarify information, and relay messages and patient requests courteously and accurately.
Coordinate desk-area communication and assign and maintain unit communication technology, including pagers and Ascom phones.
Schedule tests, laboratory work, and other patient or department procedures; arrange and assist with patient transport; and use the EHR.
Prepare charts for patient discharges and transfers.
Prepare and maintain unit information sources, such as brainboards, census information, and computer information.
Transcribe physician orders accurately and promptly, including recognizing orders requiring transcription, ordering services, tests, and equipment, and signing off orders according to procedure.
Use medical terminology, abbreviations, and symbols accurately and prioritize transcription tasks according to established routines.
Maintain the desk area, patient supplies, equipment, and patient-care areas according to designated standards.
Order individual patient supplies as directed by a nurse or indicated in physician orders.
Notify the appropriate department about equipment requiring maintenance and follow up on its status.
Follow designated cost-containment and cost-control standards.
Participate in orienting new nursing staff, physicians, and students to the patient care unit.
Provide basic patient care, including grooming, bathing, toileting, feeding, skin care and dressing changes, applying ointments or creams, oral hygiene, specimen collection or testing, positioning and ambulating patients, changing linens, and responding to call lights.
Assist nurses in supervising patient condition.
Assist professional caregivers with acute care needs and changes in critical care patients, including Mass Transfusion Protocols, Code Blue Responses, ECMO/ECPR admission preparation, and rapid transfers out of ICUs.
Transport patients and equipment and set up and maintain patient rooms.