Nurse Tech - Missouri Orthopaedic Institute - Full time Days
About The Position
MU Health Care is seeking a compassionate Nurse Tech to support patient care in the Missouri Orthopaedic Institute In-Patient department. The role focuses on helping maintain a supportive environment and promoting patient comfort, dignity, and timely responses to needs while working with patients, families, nursing staff, and the broader healthcare team. This is an on-site, full-time day-shift position at University Hospital in Columbia, Missouri. The schedule is three 12-hour shifts, every other weekend, with block holiday scheduling. The position is in a healthcare facility open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year; rotating shifts, holiday work, and work during inclement weather are required. Base pay is $16.68–$26.31 per hour, based on experience, with an additional $2.00 per hour for evening, night, and weekend shifts.
Requirements
- Meet one of the following qualifications: be enrolled in a professional or practical nursing education program and have completed or be scheduled to 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 medical assistant, nursing assistant, emergency medical technician, or surgical technician; have completed within the past three years or be scheduled to complete within 180 days a UAP training program and clinical log documenting 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 licensure examination in this country.
- Able to meet the position's physical demands, including ambulating, reaching, and moving objects weighing up to and over 20 pounds, with or without reasonable accommodation.
- Able 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; 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.
- 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.
- Assist with patient position changes, placement and removal of patient equipment, daily hygiene care, and simple non-sterile dressing changes.
- Perform finger-stick glucose checks and, when permitted, venipuncture to obtain blood samples; complete quality-control checks and deliver or retrieve laboratory specimens and supplies.
- 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.
- Complete unit- or department-specific duties described in department documents.
Benefits
- Health, vision, and dental insurance coverage starting on day one.
- 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
