Nurse Tech - Emergency Department

LCMC Health•Metairie, LA

About The Position

Your job is more than a job. As you continue to pursue your higher education to become a nurse or wait for your nursing license, working as a Nurse Tech is an opportunity to learn and get a head start on your nursing career. Under the direct supervision of registered nurses, you’ll interact with patients, other members of the health care team, and physicians and your ability to take direction and work quickly and efficiently in high-pressure situations is essential. If you chose nursing as your calling, why wait until the day when you have your degree in hand when you can begin making a difference in the world today. As a Nurse Tech, you can continue learning while having the honor of belonging and contributing to something bigger than yourself. Are you ready to feel the love? Your experiences, knowledge, skills, empathy, compassion, and your “little something extra” all add up to you. And we’re excited to get to know you and find out what you’ll bring to this assistive nursing role. Your Everyday Embrace teamwork and direction in performance of duties. Maintain a neat and organized environment promoting efficient patient care, parent/patient satisfaction, and overall safety of patients, visitors, and staff. Demonstrate appropriate use of standard precautions when delivering patient care or techniques for patients requiring isolation. Lift, move or transfer patients utilizing proper body mechanics to prevent self-injury or injury to others and assist nursing staff with patient transport, repositioning, and transfer of patients. Maintain and advocate a safe environment for everyone. Provide oversight for patients in holding area. Clean patient bays/areas after each patient use including emptying linen hampers as needed, sanitizing equipment and workstations, reporting broken equipment to the Charge Nurse/Nurse and plant operations. Answer telephone and relay messages, verify room assignments, communicate with patient liaison to provide updates and request visitors as directed by the RN. Transport specimens to laboratory. Receive and stock supplies, equipment, linens, and validate accuracy of delivered supplies using purchase order. Participate as a dependable team member, assisting when requested and volunteering when the need is obvious. Attend all applicable unit in-services and continuing educational programs.

Requirements

Enrollment in an accredited Professional School of Nursing or graduate of an accredited Professional School of Nursing waiting to NCLEX for Licensure.
Current American Heart Association BLS certification.

Responsibilities

Teamwork and direction in performance of duties.
Maintain a neat and organized environment promoting efficient patient care, parent/patient satisfaction, and overall safety of patients, visitors, and staff.
Demonstrate appropriate use of standard precautions when delivering patient care or techniques for patients requiring isolation.
Lift, move or transfer patients utilizing proper body mechanics to prevent self-injury or injury to others and assist nursing staff with patient transport, repositioning, and transfer of patients.
Maintain and advocate a safe environment for everyone.
Provide oversight for patients in holding area.
Clean patient bays/areas after each patient use including emptying linen hampers as needed, sanitizing equipment and workstations, reporting broken equipment to the Charge Nurse/Nurse and plant operations.
Answer telephone and relay messages, verify room assignments, communicate with patient liaison to provide updates and request visitors as directed by the RN.
Transport specimens to laboratory.
Receive and stock supplies, equipment, linens, and validate accuracy of delivered supplies using purchase order.
Participate as a dependable team member, assisting when requested and volunteering when the need is obvious.
Attend all applicable unit in-services and continuing educational programs.