Nursing Station Technician - General Surgery - 12hr Shifts

Fairview Health Services•Edina, MN

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Fairview is hiring a Nursing Station Technician for the 2nd Floor General Surgery Unit at M Health Fairview Southdale Hospital in Edina, Minnesota. This is a 60-hour-per-two-week position on the day shift, with 12-hour shifts and work every third weekend. The role combines Nursing Assistant and Health Unit Coordinator duties to provide direct patient care and administrative support. The technician works under the direction of a professional nurse and may receive a patient care assignment depending on unit needs and the discretion of the manager or charge nurse. The 30-bed General Surgery Unit cares for postoperative general surgical patients and has telemetry capability for 26 patients. The team cares for patients in Vascular, Bariatric, Thoracic, GI, Maxillofacial, Urology, and Gynecology services. Southdale Hospital serves the southwest Twin Cities metro area and offers more than 40 specialty services. The position supports professional caregivers by assisting with patient care, transporting patients or equipment, setting up and maintaining rooms, and managing supplies. It also performs clerical, transcription, and unit-desk functions, coordinating communication on the patient care unit. The technician is expected to demonstrate customer service, teamwork, and communication skills when working with patients, families, and the healthcare team in a fast-paced unit.

Requirements

Basic Life Support (BLS for Healthcare Providers) certification is required; OnTrack participants must be able to obtain this certification upon completion of the program.
Meet at least one of the following qualifications: 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 with completion of one semester of clinical rotation; or current certification on the Minnesota Nursing Assistant Registry upon hire.
For the direct-care experience pathway, appropriate roles may include Nursing Assistant, PCA, Resident Assistant, or Emergency Room Technician.

Responsibilities

Assist with patient care, including personal hygiene, vital signs, daily activities, repositioning, transporting, and feeding.
Transport patients and/or equipment.
Set up and maintain patient rooms.
Order and stock supplies.
Perform unit-desk functions, including answering phones, processing admission, discharge, and transfer forms, transcribing orders, assembling patient charts, and ordering tests.
Coordinate the flow of communication on the patient care unit.
Perform other tasks as needed.