Nurse Tech: Medical ICU - Sunday Night only
About The Position
The Nurse Tech supports patient care in the Medical ICU by helping with patient transfers, meal delivery and feeding, daily care, and responses to patient needs. The role also includes organizing multiple tasks, maintaining an orderly environment, answering unit telephones, and delivering messages and information accurately. Nurse Techs help train new Care Team Associate staff and perform other duties delegated by nursing staff and unit management in routine or emergent situations. Patient-care duties include repositioning patients; placing and removing equipment; providing daily hygiene care and simple non-sterile dressing changes; performing finger-stick glucose checks and, when applicable, venipuncture; completing quality-control checks; handling lab specimens and supplies; entering bed-management information; responding to call lights; and obtaining and documenting vital signs, intake, output, height, and weight as directed. The position is on-site at University Hospital in Columbia, Missouri, and is scheduled for Sunday nights from 1900 to 0730.
Requirements
- Meet one of the listed qualification pathways: complete a Fundamentals of Nursing course within 90 days; be a Certified Nursing Assistant or registered for the CNA exam; provide proof of Patient Care Technician certification; have direct patient-care experience within the past three years as a nursing assistant, emergency medical technician, or surgical technician; complete or be due to complete within 180 days an Unlicensed Assistive Personnel 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 an applicable qualification pathway, including 100 hours of patient-care experience or a supervised clinical log, within 180 days as a condition of continued employment.
- Ability to meet the role's physical demands, including ambulating, reaching, and moving objects weighing up to and over 20 pounds.
Nice To Haves
- Additional license or certification requirements as determined by the hiring department.
Responsibilities
- Assist nursing and ancillary staff with patient transfers between beds, stretchers, and wheelchairs.
- Pick up and deliver patient meal trays and assist with feeding as directed.
- Organize workload, manage multiple tasks, and maintain a clutter-free, 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 Care Team Associate responsibilities.
- Perform duties delegated by nursing staff and unit management in routine and emergent situations.
- Reposition patients, place and remove patient equipment, provide daily hygiene care, and perform simple non-sterile dressing changes.
- Perform finger-stick glucose checks and may perform venipuncture to obtain blood samples.
- Maintain quality-control checks and deliver or retrieve lab 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 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.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
