Unit Assistant, Acute Care, Temporary FTE

Responsibilities/Job Description: p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"strongspan style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;"Fairview Range is looking for a dedicated Unit Assistant (UA) to join our Acute Care unit in our med surgery department in Hibbing, MN. /span/strong/pp style="margin-bottom: 0in;"span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;" /span/pp style="margin-bottom: 0in;"span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;"The UA functions under the direction of a Registered Nurse to deliver direct and indirect quality patient-centered care. The UA performs encouraging nursing care appropriate to the age of patients served, including physical hygiene, nutrition, ambulation, socialization, observation, safety, and emotional and physical comfort needs. The UA also maintains a safe and clean working environment, answers call lights, telephones, and relays messages to appropriate personnel./span/pp style="margin-bottom: 0in;"span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;" /span/pp style="margin-bottom: 0in;"stronguspan style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;"Schedule:/span/uspan style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;"  /span/strongspan style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;"This position is a temporary increase to full time, 72 hours per two weeks, to be added to existing FTE within the department. /spanstrongspan style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;" /span/strongspan style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;"Anticipated time frame is 60 days for the temporary FTE. /span/pp style="margin-bottom: 0in;" /pp style="margin-bottom: 0in;"emspan style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;"Internal posting through: 7/18/25 /span/em/pp style="margin-bottom: 0in;" /pp style="margin-bottom: 0in;"stronguspan style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;"About this unit:/span/u/strong/pp style="margin-bottom: 0in;"span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;"This unit treats medical, surgical, and pediatric patients. Remodeled in 2015, our unit includes 28 single patient rooms and an adjacent 4-bed ICU. As an integral part of our care team, the UA completes patient-centered care by meeting both the psychological and physical needs of the patients and ensures efficient care and service in accordance with providers orders, The Joint Commission, nursing, and departmental guidelines.  Are you interested in joining our incredible team? Seize the opportunity by applying today!/span/pullispan style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;"28 beds/span/lilispan style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;"Multidisciplinary care team including Board Certified/Eligible Hospitalists and sophisticated practice providers, RNs, LPNs, Unit Assistants, Social Workers, RN Case Managers/span/li/ulp style="margin-bottom: 0in;"stronguspan style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif; color: black;"About Fairview Range/span/u/strong/pp style="margin-bottom: 0in;"span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;"Fairview Range is an affiliate of M Health Fairview, a partnership of Fairview Health Services, the University of Minnesota, and M Physicians. Together, we offer access to breakthrough medical research and specialty expertise as part of a continuum of care that reaches all ages and health needs. The most comprehensive health care network in northeastern Minnesota, Fairview Range includes Fairview Range Medical Center, Fairview Mesaba Clinics (with locations in Hibbing, Nashwauk, and Mountain Iron), Fairview Range Home Care and Hospice, and Fairview Transportation Services./span/pp style="margin-bottom: 0in;"span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;" /span/pp style="margin-bottom: 0in;"strongspan style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;"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./span/strong/pp style="margin-bottom: 0in;" /pp style="margin-bottom: 0in;"span style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;"As a Unit Assistant you will be responsible for:/span/pullispan style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;"Assisting in implementation of the plan of care under the direction of an RN.  This will include, but not limited to, activities of daily living such as dressing, toileting, personal hygiene, bathing, and oral cares, eating and drinking./span/lilispan style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;"Answering telephone; relaying messages promptly and thoroughly./span/lilispan style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;"Recording acquired patient data in EHR./span/li/ulp style="margin-bottom: 0in;"span style="text-decoration: underline;"strongspan style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;"Required Qualifications:/span/strong/span/pullispan style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;"Must be 18 years of age or older/span/lilispan style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;"Current BLS certification or attends BLS class within 3 months of employment and maintains certification. Current BCS or acquires within three months of employment and maintains certification./span/li/ulp style="margin-bottom: 0in;"span style="text-decoration: underline;"strongspan style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;"Preferred Qualifications:/span/strong/span/pullispan style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;"One year of recent work experience as a nursing assistant./span/lilispan style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;"High school diploma or equivalent/span/lilispan style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;"Graduation from a nursing aide program/span/lilispan style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;"CNA/span/lilispan style="font-size: 9.0pt; font-family: 'Verdana',sans-serif;"Knowledge of computers and word processing/span/li/ul Qualifications: p$18.73-$24.84 Hourly/p