Nurse Tech

Susan B Allen Memorial Hospital•El Dorado, KS

34d•Onsite

About The Position

The Nurse Tech performs essential functions related to patient care under the supervision of a nurse. This includes providing direct patient care such as baths, oral care, and hair care, as well as monitoring vital signs, collecting intake and output information, and assisting with patient mobility and positioning. The role requires clear and concise communication with nurses and co-workers regarding patient status changes. Responsibilities also include specimen collection, obtaining accucheck readings, initiating CPR, and maintaining professional interactions with patients, families, and healthcare team members. Patient safety is paramount, involving the transport of patients and repositioning with or without mechanical devices. The Nurse Tech is responsible for organizing and prioritizing work to complete daily assignments, participating in quality assurance, following the patient-specific plan of care, documenting patient information, obtaining patient weights, providing and assisting with patient meals, and adhering to infection control procedures. Other duties as assigned are also part of the role.

Requirements

Competence at the beginning of employment will be measured through observation during orientation and review of documentation. Ongoing competence will be measured through observation of clinical practice, observation for performance evaluation, and competency in-service.
A minimum training level of BLS is required.
Will be orientated to and maintain competence in working with patients in the following age categories: Med/Surg/Skilled/ICU: Infant, pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients. OB: Neonate, adolescent, and adult patients. OR, ED: Neonate, infant, pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients. TLC: Adult and geriatric patients.
Job requires full range of body motion, with occasional twisting, climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crawling, and reaching.
Job requires ability to handle and lift patients.
Eye-hand coordination, and finger and manual dexterity are required.
Requires corrected hearing and vision to a normal range.
Requires the ability to distinguish letters and symbols.
Repetitive movements such as writing are required.

Nice To Haves

CNA Certification
Previous hospital employment preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

Give patient baths, oral care and hair care.
Take vital signs (temperature, pulse, respiration and blood pressures).
Collect I & O information.
Ambulate patients.
Assist with activities in patient mobility and positioning.
Clearly and concisely report significant patient status changes to nurse.
Report significant patient status changes to appropriate co-workers.
Collection of urine and fecal specimens.
Obtain accucheck readings.
Initiate CPR.
Positive and effective interaction with patients, significant others, and other health team members, while maintaining standards of professional nursing.
Provide for patient safety, transport patients by pushing pulling, lifting, in a wheelchair, bed, cart or geri chair.
Reposition patients with or without mechanical devices, by lifting, pulling and pushing.
Responsible and accountable for using work time organizing and prioritizing work to complete daily assignments.
Participates in quality assurance, assessment and improvement activities.
Follows patient-specific plan of care.
Document patient information.
Obtain patient weight.
Provide patient meals and assist patient as needed with meals.
Follow all infection control procedures and policies (including use of standard precautions).
Performs other duties as assigned.