Nursing Assistant - Med​/Surg

Overview

Ridges Hospital is looking for a passionate and hardworking Nursing Assistant to join our Med‑Surg/Oncology unit in Burnsville, just 20 minutes south of Minneapolis, MN. 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 0.6 FTE, working 48 hours per 2‑week pay period. It involves 8‑hour shifts, alternating weekend rotations (Fri, Sat, Sun), and day shifts from 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The Nursing Assistant assists the professional nurse/caregiver in delivering patient care, transporting patients or equipment, setting up and maintaining patient rooms, and reordering and stocking supplies. The role is supervised by a professional nurse.

Assignments are based on unit needs and the discretion of the manager or charge nurse.

• Provide basic patient care: personal grooming, bathing, toileting, feeding, skin care (clean and sterile dressing changes), applying ointments/creams, oral hygiene.
• Collect specimens and perform testing.
• Assist with patient positioning, ambulation, changing linens, and promptly respond to call lights.
• Monitor patient condition and assist the nurse; accurately take and record weights, input/output, blood pressure, temperature, pulse rate, respiration, and oxygen saturation.
• Place and remove patients on/off monitors or equipment.
• Report unusual findings to the RN in a timely manner.
• Assist with admissions, transfers, and discharges; orient patients and families to the environment.
• Ensure patients’ belongings are accounted for and documented on admission, transfer, and discharge.
• Transport patients, equipment, specimens, and supplies; ensure patients arrive at appointments on time.
• Use transfer belt for patient transfers and ambulation.
• Clean, set up, and maintain rooms and equipment.
• Order and stock supplies, accurately document tasks performed on the appropriate form.
• Perform 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 (e.g., 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 (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 for Healthcare Providers) certification required;
  OnTrack participants must obtain BLS certification upon completion of the program.

Fairview offers a generous benefit package, including medical, dental, vision plans, life insurance, short‑term and long‑term disability insurance, PTO and sick and safe time, tuition reimbursement, retirement, and early access to earned wages. For more information, visit the benefit page: https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)./noncontract

An individual’s paid rate within the posted range may be determined by skills, knowledge, relevant education, experience, and market conditions. Our organization prioritizes pay equity and considers internal team equity when making offers. Hiring at the maximum of the range is not typical. If a sign‑on bonus applies, the approved bonus program in place at the time of offer is honored.

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