Nurse Technician - Surgical Icu

Job Description
Job Summary :

• The Nurse Tech is a student RN working under the direct supervision of an RN in assisting the nursing staff with patient care. Relies on established guidelines to accomplish tasks. Works under close supervision.

Experience: Student Nurse in good standing with a completion of basic patient skills within nursing program
Education: Must be a student nurse currently enrolled in Registered Nurse accredited School of nursing program, who is a Junior or Senior level year at an accredited School of Nursing program, and who has completed their first semester/term
Training: Student Nurse in good standing within an accredited program.
Special Skills: Communication, Customer Service, computer skills. Knowledge of medical terminology.
Licensure: BLS certification
Job Function :

1. Non Invasive Patient Care
   1. Assists in patient admission, discharge, and transfer. Measures, collects, and records patient data (e.g., weight, vital signs) and reports symptoms, reactions, and changes in patients' condition to the Registered Nurse.
   2. Assists patients with activities of daily living.
   3. Retrieves medications from the pneumatic tube system and/or pharmacy and delivers the medications to the nurse and/or place medications in a secure location as determined by the nurse manager
2. Collaboration & Partnership
   1. Assists physicians with examination, treatments, and special tests. Collects patient specimens and transports specimens to the lab.
   2. Performs procedures consistent with standards set forth by their school of nursing and level of nursing education completed under the direction of a Registered Nurse.
   3. Utilizes equipment safely for patient care as directed by a Registered Nurse.
3. Quality
   1. Adheres to standards of nursing and the policies and procedures set forth by the institution in an effort to enhance the quality and efficiency of hospital nursing services.
   2. Utilizes all equipment, supplies, and resources in a prudent and efficient manner.
   3. Observes and adheres to quality standards established by the department. Participates in continuous quality improvement programs.
4. Other Duties As Assigned
   1. Performs other duties as assigned or requested.

About Us
Our Lady of the Lake is uniquely capable of caring for a full range of illness or injury, including those that are extremely complex, for both pediatric and adult patients. Our family of services includes:

• An 988-bed hospital and the area's only Level II Trauma Center
• A freestanding Children's Hospital
• A 545-provider care network covering more than 40 specialties
• Two free-standing emergency rooms-Our Lady of the Lake Livingston and Our Lady of the Lake North
• A network of nearly 15 urgent care clinics
• Outpatient imaging and surgery centers
• Assumption Community Hospital
• Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University
• Our Lady of the Lake Ascension, a 78-bed, community hospital providing emergency, inpatient, outpatient, and surgical services to Ascension Parish and surrounding areas

We serve 38,000 inpatients and 820,000 outpatients annually and are committed to building a healthy community through excellence in patient care and education. A part of the Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System, Our Lady of the Lake is consistently awarded for compassionate care, clinical expertise, leading edge technology and innovation.