Student Nurse Technician

St. Clare Hospital•Lakewood, WA

About The Position

The Student Nurse Technician provides direct patient care support under RN supervision while gaining hands-on clinical experience. The role performs and documents delegated care tasks for medical/surgical patients, seeks guidance as needed, and supports patient needs and learning in a dynamic clinical environment. Duties include providing personal care and comfort within the scope permitted by the Nursing Skills Checklist; preparing patients, equipment, and supplies for procedures and examinations; and performing, monitoring, reporting, and documenting clinical activities. The technician observes and reports changes in patient condition to the RN, and obtains, labels, and transports specimens and blood products. The role also assists nursing staff with patient admissions, discharges, and transfers; provides relevant patient information for interdisciplinary care planning; maintains an organized work area and supplies; identifies and reports equipment or supply issues; and helps maintain a safe environment in accordance with hospital safety, risk management, regulatory, and infection-prevention standards.

Requirements

High school diploma in General Studies or GED in General Studies, upon hire.
Current enrollment in an accredited Registered Nurse Bachelor of Science Degree program, or enrollment in a Registered Nurse Associate Degree program with satisfactory completion of at least one academic term (quarter or semester) that includes a clinical component, upon hire.
Washington State Nurse Technician credential, upon hire.
Basic Life Support CPR, upon hire.

Responsibilities

Provide patient personal care and hygiene, including feeding, bathing, shaving, changing clothes, bed making, ambulation, lifting, turning, moving, transferring, enemas, skin care, and bowel/bladder elimination, within permitted scope of practice.
Provide additional personal care and comfort based on skills, abilities, scope limitations, and patient acuity.
Prepare patients, equipment, and supplies for procedures and examinations.
Perform, monitor, report, and document clinical activities within the scope permitted by the Nursing Skills Checklist.
Observe and report changes in patient condition to the RN.
Obtain, label, and transport specimens and blood products, including urine, stool, and sputum samples.
Assist nursing staff with patient admission, discharge, and transfer activities, including handling patient belongings, providing personal care and comfort items, orienting patients and families, and transporting patients.
Provide patient information to nursing staff for inclusion in the interdisciplinary plan of care and document relevant patient data according to work-unit standards.
Maintain a neat and organized work environment; order, stock, and replenish supplies and equipment.
Identify and report supply or equipment problems; enter equipment repair requests, tag equipment, and remove it from service.
Maintain a safe work and patient environment and adhere to hospital safety, risk management, regulatory, and infection-prevention standards.