M Health Fairview is looking for a Nursing Assistant at St. Johns Hospital in Maplewood, MN. This position is 40 hours per two weeks on the Day shift, for 8 hour shifts, every other weekend, variable schedule, and is eligible for benefits.

St. Johns Hospital provides offers a warm, inviting atmosphere and caring, personal staff. State of the art technology, combined with the expertise of our specialists, nurses and staff, contribute to our innovative healing environment and compassionate health care delivery. We are committed to providing superior health care to our growing community. Our 184 bed facility offers a wide variety of diagnostic and therapeutic services.

About this Unit:

On this unit there are 31 beds,16 with lifts, seeing 28-30 patients a day on average 18 years and up. Oncology, Hospice, GI, Urology, Bariatric Surgical, Medical-Surgical, and Telemetry patients make up the patient populations on this unit.

Hiring Process

If your skills and experience appear to align with those of the position, you may be asked to participate in a pre-recorded video interview.

The recorded video interviews are reviewed by our hiring team and provide the reviewers with insights on the skills, attributes and experiences you possess that will allow you to be successful in your role.

You will be notified by email or phone if selected for the next stage of our recruitment process. At any time, you may also check your application status online in your Fairview applicant profile at this link .

A Nursing assistant at St. Johns assists in the delivery of direct patient care under the delegation of a professional RN. You will assist with activities of daily living such as personal hygiene, repositioning, ambulating, transporting and feeding. Also you will be doing data collection and bedside testing such as blood glucose, vital signs, Foley catheter maintenance, continuous bladder irrigation maintenance, and observing and documenting patient input and output. You will also perform some non-direct patient care duties such as setting up and maintaining rooms and stocking supplies on the unit.

• Demonstrates commitment to the universal guiding principles of the patient care model in order to achieve the HealthEast Nursing vision
• Supports the Nursing Process to achieve outcome focused patient care
• Supports holistic nursing theory based on Watson's theory of caring aligning with the practice standards of the American Holistic Nurses' Association and the HealthEast nursing patient care model (Professional Partnership Model) in order to achieve the HealthEast Nursing vision
• Communicates accurately and effectively with patient/family and health care team members
• Reinforces patient education as directed by clinical staff
• Achieves customer service excellence by understanding the needs of all internal and external customers, patients, families, physicians and the interdependent team
• Documents patient information in EHR and/or other electronic system in accordance with program standards, department policies/procedures
• Maintains knowledge of, and complies with, all relevant laws, regulations, policies, procedures and standards
• Actively participates in creating and implementing improvements

Required:

• Current certification on the Minnesota Nursing Assistant Registry upon hire with the following exceptions:
• If the applicant is currently enrolled in an RN program, and completion of one (1) semester of clinical rotation within the program or If the applicant is a current Fairview employee, 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
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification