Nurse Tech I

CommonSpirit Health•Tacoma, WA

About The Position

As a Nurse Technician, you will assist nursing staff and provide direct patient care under the supervision of a Registered Nurse. The role includes performing basic patient care tasks, monitoring vital signs, assisting with activities of daily living, and maintaining a clean and safe patient environment. Success requires compassion, strong communication skills, eagerness to learn, and adherence to patient care protocols while supporting the care team. The Nurse Technician provides personal care and physical comfort within the scope permitted by the Nursing Skills Checklist, and performs and documents clinical activities within that scope. The role also assists with procedures and examinations, specimen handling, patient admission, discharge, and transfer, and maintaining supplies, equipment, and a safe work environment.

Requirements

High school graduate with general studies, or a GED with general studies.
Currently enrolled in an accredited Registered Nurse Bachelor of Science degree program or Registered Nurse Associate Degree program, with satisfactory completion of at least one academic term (quarter or semester) that includes a clinical component.
Washington Basic Life Support CPR certification from the American Heart Association.

Responsibilities

Provide patient personal care, hygiene, and physical comfort within the scope of practice permitted by the Nursing Skills Checklist, including feeding, bathing, shaving, changing clothes, bed making, ambulation, lifting, turning, moving, transferring, enemas, skin care, and bowel and bladder elimination.
Provide additional care required to meet assigned patients’ personal primary needs and comfort, based on skills, ability, scope-of-practice limitations, and patient acuity.
Prepare patients, equipment, and supplies for specific procedures and examinations.
Perform, monitor, report, and document clinical activities within the scope of practice permitted by the Nursing Skills Checklist.
Observe and report changes in patient condition to the Registered Nurse.
Obtain, label, and transport samples, including urine, stool, sputum specimens, and blood products.
Assist nursing staff with patient admission, discharge, and transfer, including inventorying and storing belongings, providing personal care and comfort items, orienting patients and families, and transporting patients using wheelchairs, stretchers, or patient beds.
Provide patient information to nursing staff for inclusion in the interdisciplinary plan of care and document relevant patient data according to work-unit standards.
Maintain a neat and organized work environment.
Order, stock, and replenish supplies and equipment; identify and report supply or equipment problems; enter equipment repair requests, tag equipment, and remove it from service.
Maintain a safe work and patient environment while adhering to hospital safety, risk management, regulatory standards, and infection-prevention requirements.