The Nurse Tech is a sincerely caring and compassionate professional providing direct patient care in partnership with the healthcare team to ensure optimal patient management.
Hours for this position are 0630-1900
Required Behaviors:
• As you go about fulfilling this mission, your work habits and work relationships should embody SJRMC's values. These values are our culture, our identity as an organization: Sacred Trust, Personal Reverence, Thoughtful Anticipation, Team Accountability, and Creative Vitality ask more of us than merely completing some list of tasks. Our values ask for a deeper level of commitment, and what is asked of us we freely give because we believe in our mission.
Required Qualifications:
• Currently enrolled and active in an accredited nursing program
• Successful completion of the 1st and 2nd semesters of a nursing program
• Documentation from the accredited nursing program verifying the above
• Current BLS Certification
Preferred Qualifications:
• Plans to potentially seek employment at SJRMC as an RN upon successful completion of nursing program
Duties and Responsibilities:
• Provides individualized assistance with the activities of daily living appropriate for the area of practice
• Performs vital signs and reports abnormal findings as indicated
• Communicates pertinent patient information to the appropriate members of the healthcare team
• Understands and follows policy, procedure and regulatory requirements as outlined by SJRMC
• Builds productive interpersonal relationships in every encounter
• Demonstrates teamwork
• A Nurse Tech may perform additional tasks (excluding medication administration) under the direct
supervision of a licensed RN
• Performs other duties as assigned
• Each employee is responsible for implementing SJRMC's Service Standards into their daily work:
Safety, Courtesy, Effectiveness, and Stewardship
Physical Demands and Environmental Work Conditions:
• Must be able to see with corrective eyewear and hear clearly with assistance
• Must be able to walk, stand, bend, squat, climb, kneel, and twist frequently
• Must be able to lift greater than 50 pounds and push 0-300 pounds using approved hospital transport devices
• Potential exposure to blood and bodily fluids and meets OSHA training requirements
Special Demands:
• Sets limits when dealing with angry, hostile, or sometimes verbally or physically abusive patients and families in an attempt to ensure a safe, respectful environment that will support the delivery of care
• Effectively copes and strives for balance when caring for acutely ill patients and families