Nursing Station Technician (NST) - Observation/Short Stay

Responsibilities/Job Description:

We're looking for a dedicated Nursing Station Technician (NST) to care for patients on our new Outpatient / Short Stay department at St. John's Hospital in Maplewood, MN. Are you ready to join our growing campus? We'd love to have you on the team!  This hospital provides a warm, inviting atmosphere and humble staff. Innovative technology, combined with the expertise of our specialists, nurses and staff, contribute to our innovative healing environment and personal, diligent health care delivery. We are committed to delivering outstanding health care in our growing community! Our facility offers a wide range of diagnostic and therapeutic services.

 

Apply today to join our 34,000+ employees and 5,000+ system providers working to build lasting relationships with the people we serve: our patients, our communities, and each other!

 

About this Role: The NST is a hybrid position consisting of both Nursing Assistant and Health Unit Coordinator roles to deliver direct patient care and administrative duties.

 

Schedule: This position will be working 48 hours every two weeks on the Night shift, 8 hour shifts, every other weekend.

 

The starting base rate of pay for the Nursing Station Technician is $24.16.  Candidates with experience may be brought in at a higher rate of pay.

 

About the Unit:

• 16 Bed Unit
• Deliver care to outpatients in a bed, observation and other short stay patients
• Multidisciplinary approach to care
• Care delivery team: Board Certified/Eligible physicians, RNs, Health Unit Coordinators, and Nursing Assistants 

About this Role: The NST is a hybrid position consisting of both Nursing Assistant and Health Unit Coordinator roles to deliver direct patient care and administrative duties.

 

In this role, you will work under the direct supervision of a nurse to demonstrate excellent customer service, collaboration and interpersonal skills with patients, families, and the healthcare team on a fasted paced unit. The NST will work under the direct supervision of a professional nurse to demonstrate excellent customer service, teamwork and communication skills with patients, families, and the healthcare team on a fasted paced unit. Other job duties include:

• Assists the professional caregiver in the delivery of patient care such as personal hygiene, vitals, daily activities, repositioning, transporting, and feeding
• Transporting patient and/or equipment
• 1:1 sitting with patients
• Setting up and maintaining patient rooms
• Reordering, and stocking supplies
• Answering phones, processing admissions, discharging and transferring forms, transcribing orders, assembling patient charts and ordering tests

 

 Qualifications to Fulfill Job Responsibilities:

• Basic Life Support (BLS for Healthcare Providers) certification required.  Ontrack participants much be able to obtain Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers certification upon completion of the OnTrack program

AND ONE or more of the following: 

• Successful completion of Fairview’s OnTrack Nursing Assistant training program.
• Six months of recent direct care experience in a long term, home care or acute care setting.  (Appropriate roles may include, Nursing Assistant, PCA, Resident Assistant or Emergency Room Technician)
• Current enrollment in an LPN, RN or Nurse Practitioner program, and completion of one (1) semester of clinical rotation within the program
• Current certification on the Minnesota Nursing Assistant Registry upon hire. 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

Qualifications:

$24.16- $30.76 Hourly