Nurse Tech, Progressive Care Unit, Capital Region Medical Center – FT Nights

University of Missouri Health Care • Jefferson City, MO

2d • $16 - $25 • Onsite

About The Position

MU Health Care is seeking a compassionate, organized Nurse Tech to support patient care at Capital Region Medical Center in the Progressive Care Unit. The role helps create a supportive environment for patients and works with patients, families, nursing staff, and other healthcare team members to promote patient comfort, dignity, and timely responses to their needs.

The Nurse Tech assists nursing and ancillary staff with patient transfers, meals, hygiene, positioning, basic procedures, and other delegated duties. The position also supports unit communications and organization, responds to patient call lights, records patient information, and performs related tasks in routine and emergent situations. The role is on-site and requires night shifts, three 12-hour shifts, rotating weekends, and work on holidays and during inclement weather.

Requirements

• Be enrolled in a professional or practical nursing education program and have completed, or complete within 90 days, a Fundamentals of Nursing course; or meet one of the following alternatives.
• Hold Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) certification or be registered for the CNA examination; or
• Provide proof of 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; or
• Have completed within the last three years, or complete within 180 days, an Unlicensed Assistive Personnel (UAP) training program and clinical log demonstrating 100 hours of patient care experience; or
• 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 licensure examination in this country.
• Meet the physical demands of an active role, including ambulating, reaching, and moving objects weighing up to and over 20 lbs, with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Routinely come into contact with patients who may have contagious illnesses.
• 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 patient 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, where permitted, perform venipuncture to obtain blood samples.
• Maintain 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 as outlined in department documents.

Benefits

• Health, vision, and dental insurance coverage starting 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.
• Additional $2.00 per hour for evening, night, and weekend shifts.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed