Nurse Tech: Acute Surgical Care - Days (32 Hrs per Week)

University of Missouri Health Care • Columbia, MO

3d • $17 - $26 • Onsite

About The Position

The Nurse Tech supports patient care in the Acute Surgical Care department at University Hospital. The role assists nursing and ancillary staff with patient transfers, meal delivery and feeding, daily care, and responding to patient needs. It also involves maintaining an orderly environment, handling unit communications, documenting information, and educating new staff members. The position may perform basic patient-care tasks and medical checks as directed, including vital signs and measurements, glucose checks, simple non-sterile dressing changes, and potentially venipuncture.

This is an on-site day-shift position averaging 32 hours per week. The schedule alternates between three 12-hour shifts one week and two 12-hour shifts plus one 8-hour shift the following week. The role is based at University Hospital in Columbia, Missouri, a healthcare facility open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Rotating shifts, holidays, and work during inclement weather are required. The posted base pay range is $16.68–$26.31 per hour, based on experience, with additional differentials for evening, night, and weekend shifts.

Requirements

• Meet one of the listed qualification pathways: complete a Fundamentals of Nursing course within 90 days; be a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) or registered for the CNA exam; provide proof of Patient Care Technician (PCT) certification; have direct patient-care experience within the past three years as a nursing assistant, emergency medical technician, or surgical technician; complete within the last three years, or complete within 180 days, a UAP training program and clinical log; be a nursing licensure candidate 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.
• Complete one of the qualifying pathways, including 100 hours of patient-care experience or a supervised clinical log, within 180 days as a condition of continued employment.
• Ability to perform active physical work involving ambulating, reaching, and moving objects weighing up to and over 20 pounds.
• Ability to 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.
• Pick up and deliver patient meal trays and assist with feeding as directed.
• Organize workload and manage multiple tasks while maintaining a clutter-free and orderly environment.
• Answer unit telephones promptly and accurately deliver messages and information to patients, families, visitors, staff, and other personnel.
• Educate and train new staff members in the responsibilities of the Care Team Associate role.
• Perform other duties delegated by nursing staff and unit management in routine and emergent situations.
• Reposition patients; place and remove patient equipment; provide daily hygiene care; perform simple non-sterile dressing changes and finger-stick glucose checks; and, as permitted, obtain blood samples by venipuncture.
• Maintain quality-control checks and deliver or retrieve laboratory specimens and supplies as requested.
• Enter information accurately and promptly into the 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.
• Complete 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed