Student Nurse Technician

Reid Health

About The Position

Following successful completion of clinical lab check-offs in an accredited RN or PN program, and under the supervision and guidance of a Registered Nurse (RN), the Student Nurse Technician provides basic patient care and performs assigned unit duties. The technician must demonstrate knowledge and skills appropriate to the age of the patients served. Patient care activities are limited to those listed in the position description. The schedule is 12 hours weekly. The role includes routine patient care, documentation, communication, unit operations, and support for patients and the care team. The technician follows hospital standards, policies, procedures, and regulatory requirements, protects patient information, and reports observations promptly to the appropriate nurse. Duties may be expanded by management as necessary.

Requirements

High school diploma.
Successful completion of clinical lab check-offs in an accredited RN/LPN program.
Enrollment in an accredited RN/LPN program.
BLS certification.

Nice To Haves

One year of experience in a healthcare setting.

Responsibilities

Use computer software proficiently, communicate using accurate medical terminology, follow code procedures, and operate unit communication equipment.
Call staff as directed, transport patients as needed, and initiate work orders for maintenance or operational needs.
Initiate, organize, maintain, and prepare medical records and reports, including posting reports to charts and preparing discharged records for pickup.
Follow infection-control policy, particularly hand hygiene, and coordinate care with other disciplines and appropriate resources.
Manage time effectively, avoid unjustified overtime, notify a supervisor of potential overtime, comply with attendance policies, and adjust schedules or cover shift shortages as needed.
Support team productivity, collaborate on cost-effective solutions and workflow improvements, participate in huddles and check-backs, and work through conflicts professionally.
Maintain complete, accurate, timely, legible, and appropriately formatted documentation in medical records and electronic health record systems; use approved abbreviations and document rounding.
Protect the privacy of medical records and patient information and follow department and regulatory documentation standards.
Accept direction and feedback, remain flexible with work assignments, support unit goals and hospital initiatives, and participate in assigned meetings, councils, updates, Kaizens, or committees.
Build patient trust through listening, introductions, explanations, updates, timely responses, communication boards, purposeful rounding, and respectful, culturally responsive care.
Obtain and document vital signs and other measurements; provide baths, skin care, hygiene, and other activities of daily living.
Ensure food and fluids are available, assist with feeding, and record intake and output.
Assist with patient admissions, transfers, and discharges; prepare rooms, including isolation rooms; and complete admission histories and Home Medication Lists.
Respond promptly to patient needs, requests, and call lights; apply ice packs, restraints, and binders as required; collect specimens and empty drainage devices as directed.
Perform post-mortem care, urinary catheter care, and assistance with bedpans and urinals; perform shave preparation using clippers.
Prepare, use, and care for equipment and supplies; assemble supplies for diagnostic and treatment procedures; maintain unit cleanliness and empty linen hampers.
Remove Foley catheters, discontinue peripheral IVs, perform subsequent dressing changes after the initial RN dressing change, apply Wound VAC under direct RN supervision, remove sutures and staples, insert Foley catheters, and irrigate Foley catheters at an RN's direction, in accordance with applicable guidelines and protocols.
Flush eyes and ears when needed, perform visual acuity checks, conduct EKGs, place patients on cardiac monitors or telemetry, and apply monitors and telemetry.
Perform nasal and throat swabs, place patients on oxygen as required, apply AEDs as needed, and apply Plexipulses and SCDs at an RN's direction.
Perform Point of Care Testing or carbohydrate counting as required.