Nurse Tech Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Applicants must be ready to gain healthcare experience; the trainee pathway is intended for people who do not yet meet the qualifications to work as a Nurse Tech.
• Complete Basic Life Support (BLS) within 30 days of hire.
• Complete the UAP training curriculum within 90 days of hire, if UAP training is required.
• Complete the standard 100-hour log and competency checklist within 180 days of hire, if UAP training is required.
• Ability to meet the physical demands of an active role, including ambulating, reaching, and moving objects weighing up to and over 20 pounds, with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Availability for rotating shifts, holidays, and work during inclement weather.

Responsibilities

• Assist nursing and ancillary staff with transferring patients between beds, stretchers, and wheelchairs; deliver meal trays; and assist with feeding as directed.
• Organize workload and manage multiple tasks while maintaining an 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.
• Reposition patients; place and remove patient equipment; provide daily hygiene care and simple non-sterile dressing changes; perform finger-stick glucose checks; and, as applicable, perform venipuncture to obtain blood samples.
• Maintain quality-control checks and deliver or retrieve laboratory specimens and supplies as requested.
• Enter information accurately and promptly into the 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 outlined in department documents.
• Complete required training, including Nursing Housewide Orientation, BLS, the UAP training curriculum, the standard 100-hour log, and the competency checklist.

Benefits

• Health, vision, and dental insurance coverage starting day one (benefits listed for full-time positions).
• Paid leave and paid time off, including ten holidays (benefits listed for full-time positions).
• Multiple retirement options, including 100% matching up to 8% and full vesting in three years (benefits listed for full-time positions).
• Tuition assistance for employees (75%) and immediate family members (50%) (benefits listed for full-time positions).
• Discounts on cell phone plans, rental cars, gyms, hotels, and more (benefits listed for full-time positions).