Nurse Tech - Missouri Orthopaedic Institute - Full time Nights
About The Position
MU Health Care is seeking a compassionate and organized Nurse Tech for the Missouri Orthopaedic Institute In-Patient department. The role supports patient well-being by helping maintain patient comfort and dignity, responding promptly to patient needs, and working collaboratively with patients, families, nursing staff, and other healthcare team members. This is an on-site, full-time night position at University Hospital in Columbia, Missouri, scheduled for three 12-hour shifts per week, every other weekend, with block holiday scheduling. The Nurse Tech assists with patient transfers, meals, hygiene, positioning, basic procedures, and collection and delivery of laboratory specimens. The role also involves documenting patient information and measurements, responding to call lights, supporting unit operations, and helping train new staff. The position is in a healthcare facility that operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Rotating shifts, holidays, and work during inclement weather are required. Compensation is $16.68–$26.31 per hour based on experience, with an additional $2.00 per hour for evening, night, and weekend shifts.
Requirements
- Be enrolled in a professional or practical nursing education program and have completed, or be expected to complete within 90 days, a Fundamentals of Nursing course; or meet one of the alternative qualifications listed below.
- Alternatively, be a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) or registered for the CNA examination; hold Patient Care Technician (PCT) certification; or have direct patient-care experience within the past three years as a medical assistant, nursing assistant, emergency medical technician, or surgical technician.
- Alternatively, have completed an Unlicensed Assistive Personnel (UAP) training program within the last three years, or expect to complete it within 180 days, and have a clinical log demonstrating 100 hours of patient-care experience; be a nursing licensure candidate who was unsuccessful on state licensure examinations within the past three years; or have completed a nursing program outside the United States and be awaiting the U.S. licensure examination.
- Meet the physical demands of an active role involving ambulating, reaching, and moving objects weighing up to and over 20 pounds, with or without reasonable accommodation.
- Work rotating shifts, holidays, and during inclement weather.
Nice To Haves
- Additional license or certification requirements as determined by the hiring department.
Responsibilities
- Assist nursing and ancillary staff with transferring patients between beds, stretchers, and wheelchairs; deliver meal trays and assist with feeding as directed.
- Organize workload and manage multiple tasks while maintaining a clutter-free, orderly environment.
- Answer unit telephones promptly and accurately deliver messages and information to patients, families, visitors, staff, and personnel upon request.
- Educate and train new staff members in Care Team Associate responsibilities.
- Perform duties delegated by nursing staff and unit management in routine and emergent situations.
- Change patient positions; place and remove patient equipment; provide daily hygiene care and simple non-sterile dressing changes; perform finger-stick glucose checks; and, when permitted, obtain blood samples by venipuncture.
- Perform quality-control checks and deliver or retrieve laboratory specimens and supplies as requested.
- Enter information accurately and promptly into the computerized bed-management system.
- Respond promptly to patient call lights and address patient needs using positive guest-relations skills.
- Obtain and document patient vital signs, intake, output, height, and weight as directed.
- Perform unit- or department-specific duties outlined in department documents.
Benefits
- Health, vision, and dental insurance coverage starting on day one.
- Generous paid leave and paid time off, including ten holidays.
- Multiple retirement options, including 100% matching up to 8% and full vesting in three years.
- Tuition assistance for employees (75%) and immediate family members (50%).
- Discounts on cell phone plans, rental cars, gyms, hotels, and more.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
