Nursing Station Technician - Float Pool

Fairview Health Services•Minneapolis, MN

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Fairview is seeking a Nursing Station Technician (CNA/HUC) for its Float Team at East Bank University Hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The role is a 0.75 FTE position, working 60 hours every two weeks on 12-hour day shifts from 7:00 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., with an every-third-weekend rotation. The NST Float Pool covers 17 units and may provide one-on-one patient support as a sitting attendant. The Nursing Station Technician combines Nursing Assistant and Health Unit Coordinator responsibilities. Under the direct supervision of a professional nurse, the NST provides direct patient care and administrative support while delivering customer service and collaborating with patients, families, and the healthcare team. Duties include assisting with patient care, transporting patients or equipment, preparing and maintaining rooms, and restocking supplies. The role also supports unit-desk operations, including phone and intercom communications, admissions, discharges and transfers, order transcription, chart preparation, and test ordering. Fairview offers benefits including medical, dental, and vision coverage, PTO/vacation and Safe and Sick Time, tuition reimbursement, and retirement benefits. Compensation follows the applicable union agreement and may depend on factors including FTE, skills, knowledge, education, and qualifying experience.

Requirements

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

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

Facilitate timely communication in the patient-care area and coordinate the exchange of information and services.
Answer telephone calls and patient intercoms promptly, courteously, and accurately; clarify information and follow through on messages and requests.
Coordinate desk-area activities and handle communications accurately and promptly.
Coordinate scheduling of tests, laboratory work, and other patient or department procedures; arrange or assist with transportation and use the EHR.
Prepare charts and forms for patient discharges and transfers.
Prepare and complete information sources for the care area, such as brainboards, census information, and computer information; assign and maintain unit communication technology.
Transcribe physician orders accurately and promptly, following required procedures and priorities, and order services, tests, and equipment as indicated.
Use medical terminology, abbreviations, and symbols accurately according to procedures.
Maintain the desk area, patient supplies, and equipment according to designated standards; order patient supplies as directed by a nurse or physician order.
Notify the appropriate department about equipment requiring maintenance and follow up on its status.
Follow cost-containment and cost-control standards for the patient-care area.
Maintain safe, clean, and efficient patient-care areas.
Participate in orienting new staff, physicians, and students to the patient-care unit.
Provide routine patient care, including grooming, bathing, toileting, feeding, skin care and dressing changes, applying ointments or creams, oral hygiene, specimen collection or testing, positioning, ambulating, changing linens, and responding to call lights.
Assist nurses in supervising patient condition.
Transport patients and equipment, and set up and maintain rooms.