Nursing Assistant - Med​/Surg

Job Overview

Ridges Hospital is looking for a passionate and hardworking Nursing Assistant to join our Med‑Surg/Oncology unit! Located in Burnsville, just 20 minutes south of Minneapolis, MN, near the 35E and 35W conjunctions. Our 28‑bed unit offers an ideal environment for those who want to grow professionally while providing exceptional care to a diverse patient population. You'll work alongside a collaborative care team committed to excellence, continuous learning, and a strong sense of community.

If you’re looking for a place where you can build meaningful relationships, expand your clinical expertise, and feel valued every day, consider joining our team!

This position is a .6 FTE, working 48 hours per 2‑week pay period. The role includes 8‑hour shifts, alternating weekend rotations (Friday, Saturday, Sunday), and day shifts from 7:00 am to 3:30 pm.

The Nursing Assistant assists the professional nurse/caregiver in delivering patient care, transporting patients and equipment, setting up and maintaining patient rooms, and reordering and stocking supplies. The position works under the direction of a professional nurse and may receive patient care assignments based on unit needs and the discretion of the manager or charge nurse.

Provides basic patient care by performing routine duties including:

• Personal grooming, bathing, toileting, feeding
• Skin care needs (clean and sterile dressing changes), applying ointments and creams
• Oral hygiene
• Specimen collection/testing
• Positioning and ambulation
• Changing linens
• Promptly answering call lights
• Assisting the nurse in monitoring patient condition

Other essential duties include:

• Accurately taking and recording weights, input/output, blood pressure, temperature, pulse rates, respiration, and oxygen saturation
• Placing patients on and off monitors or equipment
• Reporting unusual findings to the RN in a timely manner
• Assisting with admissions, transfers, and discharges of patients
• Orienting patients and their families to the environment
• Ensuring patients’ belongings are accounted for and documented upon admission, transfer, and discharge
• Transporting patients, equipment, specimens, and supplies
• Ensuring patients attend appointments on time
• Using transfer belts when assisting patients with transfers and/or ambulation
• Cleansing, setting up, and maintaining rooms and equipment
• Ordering and stocking supplies
• Accurately documenting tasks on appropriate forms
• Performing other tasks as needed

• 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 (roles may include Nursing Assistant, PCA, Resident Assistant, or Emergency Room Technician)
• Current enrollment in an LPN, RN, or Nurse Practitioner program, with completion of at least one semester of clinical rotation
• Current certification on the Minnesota Nursing Assistant Registry upon hire (exemption applies if transferring into another related position)
• Basic Life Support (BLS for Healthcare Providers) certification (required; OnTrack participants must obtain certification upon completion of the program)

Fairview offers a generous benefits package including medical, dental, vision plans, life insurance, short‑term and long‑term disability insurance, PTO and Sick and Safe Time, tuition reimbursement, retirement, early access to earned wages, and more.

Pay rates within the posted range may be determined by skills, knowledge, education, experience, and market conditions. The organization prioritizes pay equity and considers internal team equity when making offers. Hiring at the maximum of the range is not typical. Sign‑on bonuses, if applicable, are honored as approved at the time of offer.

EEO/Vet/Disabled:
All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to any lawfully protected status.