Student Nurse Tech - NICU

DRISCOLL HEALTH PLAN•Corpus Christi, TX

22h•Onsite

About The Position

The Student Nurse Tech position provides general clerical, equipment, and patient care support to patient care units. Driscoll Children’s Hospital and its specialty centers, urgent care centers, and after-hours facility serve a vast area covering 31 South Texas counties. The hospital is a 191-bed tertiary care center offering 32 medical and 13 surgical specialties. Combined with its non-profit, community-based Health Plan, Driscoll Health System is an exceptional workplace for anyone with a big heart and a drive for success. Smiles, hugs, and a soothing touch are as much a part of Driscoll’s approach to treating children as is its advanced medical treatments and technologies. The core values at Driscoll Heath System are: Compassion, Advocacy, Respect, Excellence, and Stewardship. These values are exemplified through every position - from treating the most critical patients hands-on, to maintaining a clean environment, to keeping the organization running from behind the scenes. The hospital invites candidates to learn about Driscoll’s rich history and explore the laidback lifestyle South Texas has to offer.

Requirements

Student Nurse currently enrolled in a Registered Nurse Program
American Heart Association – Basic Life Support (BLS) obtained prior to hire and maintained continuously thereafter
Non-Violent Crisis Intervention (NCI) within 6 months of hire and maintained continuously thereafter
Completed applications must include a resume
Most recent unofficial transcript
BLS

Responsibilities

Maintain utmost level of confidentiality at all times
Adhere to hospital policies and procedures
Demonstrate personal actions that are ethical and adhere to corporate compliance and integrity guidelines
Respond to communication devices such as phone/vocera/call bells
Complete basic entries into the electronic medical record
Record patient data in EMR
Transcribe written orders
Stock supply
Check for expiration dates
Order supply
Clean equipment
Clean toys
Transport blood borne pathogen or other patient specimens
Pick up blood from blood bank and deliver to the unit
Spray surgical instruments with enzymatic cleanser and prepare/transport them for processing
Package or move infectious waste containers for disposal
Provide in rooms support for patients on airborne precautions
Measure, record and empty urine collection devices
Empty bedpans/commodes
Reinforce established education material or room orientation with patients/families
Transport patients (no IV or Oxygen) off unit for tests/procedures
Discontinue Peripheral IV’s
Obtain Point of Care specimens and urine, wound, stool throat and nasal specimens
Perform room safety check for patients at risk for self-harm or harm to others
Perform non-clinical patient assistant in addition can perform 1:1 supervision for at risk patients including patients in restraints (not hard restraints)
Perform basic data collection and documentation