Nursing Station Technician-PACU

Fairview Health Services • Minneapolis, MN

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About The Position

This position is a 0.75 FTE (60 hours per 2 week pay period), Set schedule from 09:00-21:30 with alternating week pattern (Week 1 of pay period is Monday/Tuesday; Week 2 is Wednesday/Thursday/Friday): Week 1: Monday & Tuesday, 09:00-21:30 Week 2: Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, 09:00-21:30 The University of Minnesota Medical Center is looking for Nursing Station Technicians to join our perianesthesia team. The University of Minnesota Medical Center is the flagship location for University of Minnesota Health providing breakthrough medicine and transforming the health of our community. Perianesthesia Department, three phases of care: Pre & Post has 22 beds providing care for same day surgery patients, inpatients and surgical admits Post anesthesia care unit (PACU) has 21 beds and cares for 30-50 patients/day About the Job The Nursing Station Technician is a combined position consisting of both Nursing Assistant and Health Unit Coordinator roles to deliver direct patient care and administrative duties. In this role, you will work under the direct supervision of a professional nurse to demonstrate excellent customer service, teamwork and communication skills with patients, families, and the healthcare team on a fasted paced unit. Other job duties include: Patient care such as personal hygiene, vitals, daily activities, repositioning, transporting, and feeding Maintaining unit desk area functions such as answering phones, processing admissions, discharging and transferring forms, transcribing orders, assembling patient charts and ordering tests Setting up and maintaining patient rooms Ordering and stocking of supplies

Requirements

• Basic Life Support (BLS for Healthcare Providers) certification required. Ontrack participants much be able to obtain Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers certification upon completion of the OnTrack program.
• 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. (Appropriate roles may include, Nursing Assistant, PCA, Resident Assistant or Emergency Room Technician)
• Current enrollment in an LPN, RN or Nurse Practitioner program, and completion of one (1) semester of clinical rotation within the program
• Current certification on the Minnesota Nursing Assistant Registry upon hire. This requirement does not need to be maintained throughout employment and is not required if subsequently transferring into another Nursing Assistant or Nursing Station Tech or Nursing Station Attendant position.

Nice To Haves

• Previous experience as a Health Unit Coordinator, Nursing Assistant, or other related experience

Responsibilities

• Patient care such as personal hygiene, vitals, daily activities, repositioning, transporting, and feeding
• Maintaining unit desk area functions such as answering phones, processing admissions, discharging and transferring forms, transcribing orders, assembling patient charts and ordering tests
• Setting up and maintaining patient rooms
• Ordering and stocking of supplies

Benefits

• medical
• dental
• vision
• PTO/vacation and Safe and Sick Time
• tuition reimbursement
• retirement

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees