Nursing Station Technician (NST) - Pediatric Med/Surg IMC

Fairview Health Services; Minneapolis (MN); On-site; USD 32,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tuition reimbursement

Medical/dental/vision coverage

Job summary

Fairview Health Services seeks a Nursing Station Technician for U of Minnesota Masonic Children’s Hospital in Minneapolis. The role blends Nursing Assistant and Health Unit Coordinator duties on a 0.6 FTE night shift, delivering direct patient care and administrative tasks.

You will support a fast-paced unit under a nurse's supervision, ensuring compassionate service, teamwork, and accurate documentation while maintaining patient rooms and equipment.

Qualifications

• BLS certification required; ability to obtain BLS for Healthcare Providers upon completion of OnTrack.
• Six months of direct care experience in long-term, home, or acute care settings.
• Current enrollment in an LPN/RN/Nurse Practitioner program with clinical rotation.

Responsibilities

• Assist in delivery of patient care such as hygiene, vitals, daily activities and transport.
• Transport patients and equipment as needed.
• Provide 1:1 patient sitting when required.
• Set up and maintain patient rooms and supply stock.
• Answer phones, process admissions/discharges, and transcribe orders.
• Assemble patient charts and order tests.

Skills

Customer service

Interpersonal skills

Education

OnTrack Nursing Assistant training program

Job description

Job Overview

Are you looking to make an impact on the physical, emotional and cultural needs of pediatric patients and their families? Join our team as a Nursing Station Technician at the University of Minnesota Masonic Children’s Hospital! Located on the west bank of the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, we deliver a broad range of pediatric programs from surgery, imaging and neonatal and pediatric intensive care to cardiac and oncology (cancer care) services and blood and marrow and organ transplantation. Our compassionate, innovative approach has repeatedly received national recognition. We are proud to be the oldest academic children’s hospital in Minnesota and the longest-running top-ranked children’s hospital in the Twin Cities metropolitan area.

The starting base rate of pay for the Nursing Station Technician is $23.40 Candidates with experience may be brought in at a higher rate of pay.

This position will be working a 0.6 FTE (48 hours every two weeks) on the Night variable shifts, 12 hour shifts, every third weekend.

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

Benefit Overview

Fairview offers a generous benefits package, including but not limited to medical, dental, vision, PTO/vacation and Safe and Sick Time, tuition reimbursement, retirement and more! Please follow this link for additional information: https://www.fairview.org/benefits/localseiu

Compensation Disclaimer

The posted compensation range corresponds to the minimum and maximum pay rates outlined in your union agreement for the respective job classifications at the time of job posting. An individual's pay rate within this range may be influenced by various factors, including FTE, skills, knowledge, educational background, and qualifying experience as specified in the contract. If your role is eligible for a sign-on bonus, the bonus program that is approved and in place at the time of offer, is what will be honored.

EEO Statement

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