Overnight Clinical Support Associate Float

About Children’s Minnesota

Children’s Minnesota is one of the largest pediatric health systems in the United States and the only health system in Minnesota to provide care exclusively to children, from before birth through young adulthood.

An independent and not-for-profit system since 1924, Children’s Minnesota is one system serving kids throughout the Upper Midwest at two free-standing hospitals, nine primary care clinics, multiple specialty clinics and seven rehabilitation sites.

As The Kids Experts™ in our region, Children’s Minnesota is regularly ranked by U.S. News & World Report as a top children’s hospital.

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Children’s Minnesota is proud to be recognized by Modern Healthcare as one of 2023’s Top Diversity Leaders. The national honor recognizes the top diverse healthcare executives and organizations influencing public policy, care delivery, and promoting diversity, equity and inclusion in their organizations and the industry.

Department Overview

Our float team is an integral part of nursing services and provides a valuable resource to the entire Children’s Minnesota St.

Paul Campus. Float team members apply skills in a number of areas and are extremely knowledgeable, resourceful and flexible with the care they provide and units they support.

Our nursing care team consists of registered nurses, clinical support associates and unit operations coordinators. RNs hired into this area would support all medical surgical areas as well have the option of choosing the NICU or the PICU track (including the ED and PACU), while Unit Operations Coordinators and Clinic Support Associates hired into this area would support all of the floors on the St Paul campus.

This approach offers the flexibility of working in different units while learning new skills every day. We value teamwork, open communication, safety and respect.

We embrace an environment that encourages learning and professional growth. Our amazing team is committed to providing excellent care to our patients and families.

We incorporate the Comfort Promise into our care ensuring that procedural pain is minimized whenever possible. Our family-centered focus strives to consider social, economic and cultural diversity living our core value of putting Kids First.

Position Summary

Provides safe patient care as delegated by licensed nursing staff and maintains equipment and supplies per unit standard.

Completed a nursing assistant course or equivalent experience, or completed a nursing or health care related clinical practicum course.

Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required.

Education

High school diploma or equivalent preferred.

Experience

One year of previous Nursing Assistant experience or equivalent experience preferred.

Skills and Abilities

• Proficient communication, critical thinking, and prioritization skills required.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Excellent customer service skills.
• Must be able to read, write, and speak effectively in English to perform functions of the position.
• Skills in basic computer operation.

Physical Demands

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