Nursing Assistant Med Surg Float Pool
Allina Health · Minneapolis, MN · Today
Healthcare$21.33–$27.78/hrPart-time
About the role
The MedSurg Float Pool Nursing Assistant provides support across a range of hospital units based on daily staffing needs. This includes floating to MedSurg, Telemetry, Mental Health, Emergency Department, Neurology, Orthopedic, and Spine units, as well as specialized areas such as Courage Kenny Rehabilitation, Cardiac Intensive Care Units (ICUs), Neuro ICUs, and Medical ICUs. This flexibility allows the Nursing Assistant to assist with patient care and unit operations wherever demand is greatest, ensuring consistent support across diverse areas of patient care.
Responsibilities
- Performs personal care/interventions as assigned.
- Completes interventions according to identified critical elements of each procedure.
- Answers patient call lights promptly for both assigned and other patients.
- Distributes and sets up water, snacks and patient trays and assists patients.
- Affords assistance with grooming and hygiene needs, maintains skin integrity, personal comfort and population specific needs of the patient.
- Provides assistance with ambulation, transfer, positioning and range of motion (ROM) according to activity order and needs of the patient.
- Implements activities of fall prevention plan as specified in plan of care.
- Collections and saves specimens.
- Assists with admission, transfer, discharge and post-mortem care.
- May transport medications excluding controlled substances within the site.
- Observes, collects and documents health status data as assigned.
- Completes measurements according to critical elements of policy/procedures, which may include: temperatures, radial pulses, blood pressures, respirations, weights, intake and output.
- Documents according to documentation guidelines.
- Protects patient, self and others from injury during transfers, lifts and transports by using proper equipment and body mechanics.
- Reports environmental risks or equipment malfunctions to supervisor.
- Uses equipment following policies, procedures and manufacturer directions or standards.
- May handle hazardous waste (identifies, segregates, and disposes of hazardous waste; ensures container integrity; knows emergency response procedures to spills, fires, and evacuation procedures).
Requirements
- Must meet one of the following requirements: 18 years of age OR 17 years of age with high school diploma or GED.
- Must meet one of the following requirements: Successful completion of Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) program OR Completion of one semester of clinical rotations within an accredited nursing program OR Completion of the Allina Health Nursing Assistant Academy Program OR Previous direct patient care experience.
- Licenses/Certifications: Must meet one of the requirements below: Current BLS certification from the American Heart Association OR Current BLS certification from the American Red Cross OR Allina in-house BLS training within 30 days of hire.
- Physical Demands: Medium Work*: Lifting weight up to 32 lbs. occasionally (*Allina Safe Patient Moving Policy), up to 25 lbs. frequently.
Qualifications
- 75 FTE (60 hours per two-week pay period).
- 12-hour night shifts.
- Every other weekend rotation.
Pay
Pay Range: $21.33 to $27.78 per hour
Schedule
12-hour night shifts
Benefits
- Medical/Dental
- PTO/Time Away
- Retail Savings Plans
- Life Insurance
- Short-term/Long-term Disability
- Voluntary Benefits (vision, legal, critical illness)
- Tuition Reimbursement or Continuing Medical Education as applicable
- Student Loan Support
- Employee Resources Groups (ERGs)
- Community Involvement and Volunteering Events
- Well-being Dollars
- Well-being Navigators
- Programs, Activities, Articles, Videos, Personal Coaching and Tools
- Employee Resources Groups (ERGs)
- Community Involvement and Volunteering Events
- Well-being Dollars
- Well-being Navigators
- Programs, Activities, Articles, Videos, Personal Coaching and Tools
- Employee Resources Groups (ERGs)
- Community Involvement and Volunteering Events
- Well-being Dollars
- Well-being Navigators
- Programs, Activities, Articles, Videos, Personal Coaching and Tools
- Employee Resources Groups (ERGs)
- Community Involvement and Volunteering Events
- Well-being Dollars
- Well-being Navigators
- Programs, Activities, Articles, Videos, Personal Coaching and Tools
- Employee Resources Groups (ERGs)
- Community Involvement and Volunteering Events
- Well-being Dollars
- Well-being Navigators
- Programs, Activities, Articles, Videos, Personal Coaching and Tools
- Employee Resources Groups (ERGs)
- Community Involvement and Volunteering Events
- Well-being Dollars
- Well-being Navigators
- Programs, Activities, Articles, Videos, Personal Coaching and Tools
- Employee Resources Groups (ERGs)
- Community Involvement and Volunteering Events
- Well-being Dollars
- Well-being Navigators
- Programs, Activities, Articles, Videos, Personal Coaching and Tools
- Employee Resources Groups (ERGs)
- Community Involvement and Volunteering Events
- Well-being Dollars
- Well-being Navigators
- Programs, Activities, Articles, Videos, Personal Coaching and Tools
- Employee Resources Groups (ERGs)
- Community Involvement and Volunteering Events
- Well-being Dollars
- Well-being Navigators
- Programs, Activities, Articles, Videos, Personal Coaching and Tools
- Employee Resources Groups (ERGs)
- Community Involvement and Volunteering Events
- Well-being Dollars
- Well-being Navigators
- Programs, Activities, Articles, Videos, Personal Coaching and Tools
- Employee Resources Groups (ERGs)
- Community Involvement and Volunteering Events
- Well-being Dollars
- Well-being Navigators
- Programs, Activities, Articles, Videos, Personal Coaching and Tools
- Employee Resources Groups (ERGs)
- Community Involvement and Volunteering Events
- Well-being Dollars
- Well-being Navigators
- Programs, Activities, Articles, Videos, Personal Coaching and Tools
- Employee Resources Groups (ERGs)
- Community Involvement and Volunteering Events
- Well-being Dollars
- Well-being Navigators
- Programs, Activities, Articles, Videos, Personal Coaching and Tools
- Employee Resources Groups (ERGs)
- Community Involvement and Volunteering Events
- Well-being Dollars
- Well-being Navigators
- Programs, Activities, Articles, Videos, Personal Coaching and Tools
- Employee Resources Groups (ERGs)
- Community Involvement and Volunteering Events
- Well-being Dollars
- Well-being Navigators
- Programs, Activities, Articles, Videos, Personal Coaching and Tools
- Employee Resources Groups (ERGs)
- Community Involvement and Volunteering Events
- Well-being Dollars
- Well-being Navigators
- Programs, Activities, Articles, Videos, Personal Coaching and Tools
- Employee Resources Groups (ERGs)
- Community Involvement and Volunteering Events
- Well-being Dollars
- Well-being Navigators
- Programs, Activities, Articles, Videos, Personal Coaching and Tools
- Employee Resources Groups (ERGs)
- Community Involvement and Volunteering Events
- Well-being Dollars
- Well-being Navigators
- Programs, Activities, Articles, Videos, Personal Coaching and Tools
- Employee Resources Groups (ERGs)
- Community Involvement and Volunteering Events
- Well-being Dollars
- Well-being Navigators
- Programs, Activities, Articles, Videos, Personal Coaching and Tools
- Employee Resources Groups (ERGs)
- Community Involvement and Volunteering Events
- Well-being Dollars
- Well-being Navigators
- Programs, Activities, Articles, Videos, Personal Coaching and Tools
- Employee Resources Groups (ERGs)
- Community Involvement and Volunteering Events
- Well-being Dollars
- Well-being Navigators
- Programs, Activities, Articles, Videos, Personal Coaching and Tools
- Employee Resources Groups (ERGs)
- Community Involvement and Volunteering Events
- Well-being Dollars
- Well-being Navigators
- Programs, Activities, Articles, Videos, Personal Coaching and Tools
- Employee Resources Groups (ERGs)
- Community Involvement and Volunteering Events
- Well-being Dollars
- Well-being Navigators
- Programs, Activities, Articles, Videos, Personal Coaching and Tools
- Employee Resources Groups (ERGs)
- Community Involvement and Volunteering Events
- Well-being Dollars
- Well-being Navigators
- Programs, Activities, Articles, Videos, Personal Coaching and Tools
- Employee Resources Groups (ERGs)
- Community Involvement and Volunteering Events
- Well-being Dollars
- Well-being Navigators
- Programs, Activities, Articles, Videos, Personal Coaching and Tools
- Employee Resources Groups (ERGs)
- Community Involvement and Volunteering Events
- Well-being Dollars
- Well-being Navigators
- Programs, Activities, Articles, Videos, Personal Coaching and Tools
- Employee Resources Groups (ERGs)
- Community Involvement and Volunteering Events
- Well-being Dollars
- Well-being Navigators
- Programs, Activities, Articles, Videos, Personal Coaching and Tools
- Employee Resources Groups (ERGs)
- Community Involvement and Volunteering Events
- Well-being Dollars
- Well-being Navigators
- Programs, Activities, Articles, Videos, Personal Coaching and Tools
- Employee Resources Groups (ERGs)
- Community Involvement and Volunteering Events
- Well-being Dollars
- Well-being Navigators
- Programs, Activities, Articles, Videos, Personal Coaching and Tools
- Employee Resources Groups (ERGs)
- Community Involvement and Volunteering Events
- Well-being Dollars
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- Programs, Activities, Articles, Videos, Personal Coaching and Tools
- Employee Resources Groups (ERGs)
- Community Involvement and Volunteering Events
- Well-being Dollars
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- Programs, Activities, Articles, Videos, Personal Coaching and Tools
- Employee Resources Groups (ERGs)
- Community Involvement and Volunteering Events
- Well-being Dollars
- Well-being Navigators
- Programs, Activities, Articles, Videos, Personal Coaching and Tools
- Employee Resources Groups (ERGs)
- Community Involvement and Volunteering Events
- Well-being Dollars
- Well-being Navigators
- Programs, Activities, Articles, Videos, Personal Coaching and Tools
- Employee Resources Groups (ERGs)
- Community Involvement and Volunteering Events
- Well-being Dollars
- Well-being Navigators
- Programs, Activities, Articles, Videos, Personal Coaching and Tools
- Employee Resources Groups (ERGs)
- Community Involvement and Volunteering Events
- Well-being Dollars
- Well-being Navigators
- Programs, Activities, Articles, Videos, Personal Coaching and Tools
- Employee Resources Groups (ERGs)
- Community Involvement and Volunte