Nursing Station Technician - 7C Med/Surg

Fairview Health Services•Minneapolis, MN

4d•Onsite

About The Position

Fairview is hiring a Nursing Station Technician for the Med/Surg 7C unit at M Health Fairview University of Minnesota Medical Center - East Bank in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This Nursing Assistant/Health Unit Coordinator position is 0.7 FTE (56 hours every two weeks), with 8-hour day/evening shifts and an every-other-weekend rotation. Full benefits are offered. The 38-bed 7C unit cares for adult patients requiring general medical care, including pulmonary, rheumatology, renal, infectious disease, gastroenterology, endocrinology, and cardiac monitoring. The unit cares for patients undergoing diagnostic and therapeutic procedures and interventions, performs advanced monitoring using current technology, and manages complex medication and infusion therapies. Patient ratios are 7–9 patients on day and evening shifts and 9–10 patients on night shifts. The Nursing Station Technician provides direct patient care as a Nursing Assistant and is cross-trained for Health Unit Coordinator duties. Working under the direct supervision of a professional nurse, the technician demonstrates customer service, teamwork, and communication with patients, families, and the healthcare team on a fast-paced unit. The University of Minnesota Medical Center is an integrated academic healthcare system comprising two hospitals and dozens of adult specialty clinics on the East and West banks of the UMMC campus in Minneapolis. It is Fairview’s flagship facility.

Requirements

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.
Meet one of the following qualification pathways: successfully complete Fairview’s OnTrack Nursing Assistant training program or another Fairview-sponsored Nursing Assistant program; have six months of recent direct-care experience in a long-term, home-care, or acute-care setting in an appropriate role such as Nursing Assistant, PCA, Resident Assistant, or Emergency Room Technician; be currently enrolled in an LPN, RN, or Nurse Practitioner program and have completed one semester of clinical rotation; or hold current certification on the Minnesota Nursing Assistant Registry upon hire. The registry certification does not need to be maintained throughout employment and is not required if subsequently transferring into another Nursing Assistant, Nursing Station Tech, or Nursing Station Attendant position.

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

Provide direct patient care, including personal hygiene, taking vital signs, assisting with daily activities, repositioning, transporting, and feeding patients.
Maintain unit desk functions, including answering phones, processing admission, discharge, and transfer forms, transcribing orders, assembling patient charts, and ordering tests.
Set up and maintain patient rooms.
Order and stock supplies.
Demonstrate customer service, teamwork, and communication skills with patients, families, and the healthcare team.