Nursing Station Technician - Observation/Short Stay

Ebenezer; Maplewood (MN); On-site; USD 35,000 - 55,000; Part time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Nursing Station Technician to join their innovative healthcare team. This hybrid role combines nursing assistance with health unit coordination, providing direct patient care and administrative support. You will work under the supervision of a nurse, ensuring excellent customer service and collaboration in a fast-paced environment. With a commitment to outstanding healthcare delivery, this position offers a unique opportunity to grow within a supportive and dynamic team. If you are passionate about patient care and eager to contribute to a thriving healthcare community, this role is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Required: BLS certification and recent direct care experience.
• Alternatives: Enrollment in nursing program or completion of nursing assistant training.

Responsibilities

• Assist professional caregivers in delivering patient care and administrative duties.
• Maintain unit desk functions and manage patient admissions and discharges.

Skills

Customer Service

Collaboration

Interpersonal Skills

Basic Life Support (BLS)

Education

Current enrollment in LPN/RN/Nurse Practitioner program

Six months of direct care experience

Certification on Minnesota Nursing Assistant Registry

Job description

Job Overview

M Health Fairview St. John's Hospital located in Maplewood, MN is growing! We're looking for a dedicated Nursing Station Technician (NST) to care for patients on our new Outpatient / Short Stay department. Are you ready to join our growing campus? We'd love to have you on the team!

This position will work 48 Hours every two weeks (0.8 FTE) on the Day/Evening shift and is benefit eligible. The Nursing Station Technician will also work 8-hour shifts, work every other weekend.

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.

Don't miss your chance to grow and develop with this new team! This unit is:

• 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

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 fast-paced unit. The NST assists the professional caregiver in the delivery of patient care, transporting patient and/or equipment, setting up and maintaining rooms, reordering, and stocking supplies. In addition, the NST will maintain unit desk area functions such as answering phones, processing admissions, discharging and transferring forms, transcribing orders, assembling patient charts and ordering tests.

• Basic Life Support (BLS for Healthcare Providers) certification required. Ontrack participants need to acquire the certification upon completion of the OnTrack program.
• Six months of recent direct care experience in a long term, home care or acute care setting.

OR

• Current enrollment in an LPN, RN or Nurse Practitioner program, and completion of one (1) semester of clinical rotation within the program

OR

• 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

• Successful completion of Fairview’s OnTrack Nursing Assistant training program.

NOTE: Individuals who have completed a Nursing Assistant program and are scheduled to take the NA Registry exam will be granted 90 days post hire to become active on the registry.