Student Nurse Technician
About The Position
The Student Nurse Technician provides essential direct patient care support under RN supervision while gaining hands-on clinical experience. The role performs and documents delegated care tasks for diverse medical/surgical patients, seeking guidance as needed. Success requires a passion for nursing, attention to detail, empathy, strong communication, prioritization of patient needs, and commitment to learning. The position is with Virginia Mason Franciscan Health, a healthcare organization serving the Puget Sound region through a network of 10 hospitals and nearly 300 care sites.
Requirements
- High school graduate with general studies, or GED with general studies.
- Current enrollment in an accredited Registered Nurse Bachelor of Science or Registered Nurse Associate Degree program, with satisfactory completion of at least one academic term (quarter or semester) that includes a clinical component.
- Washington Nurse Technician credential.
- Basic Life Support CPR.
Responsibilities
- Provide patient personal care, hygiene, and physical comfort within the scope permitted by the Nursing Skills Checklist, including feeding, bathing, shaving, changing clothes, bed making, ambulation, lifting, turning, moving, transferring, enemas, skin care, and bowel/bladder elimination.
- Provide additional care needed to meet assigned patients’ primary personal needs and comfort, consistent with skills, abilities, scope limitations, and patient acuity.
- Prepare patients, equipment, and supplies for specific 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 samples, including urine, stool, sputum specimens, and blood products.
- Assist nursing staff with patient admissions, discharges, and transfers, including managing 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; submit equipment repair requests, tag equipment, and remove it from service.
- Maintain a safe work and patient environment and comply with hospital safety, risk management, regulatory, and infection-prevention standards.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
