ED Nurse Tech

About the Role

As our Student Nurse Tech, you will provide nursing care and support to patients under the direction and supervision of the Registered Nurse within a defined care team and in accordance with assigned tasks. You will assume responsibility for the implementation and documentation of delegated and/or supervised care for all assigned patients following established procedures. You will care for patients with a variety of acute to critical medical/surgical problems, ranging from neonates to geriatrics at various developmental levels. Patients come from both traditional and nontraditional family structures with diverse sociocultural and educational backgrounds.

Responsibilities

• Provide patient personal care and hygiene, including feeding, bathing, shaving, changing clothes, bed making, ambulation, lifting, turning, moving, transferring, enemas, skin care, and bowel/bladder elimination.
• Deliver additional care as required to meet the personal primary needs and comfort of assigned patients based on skill, ability, and patient acuity.
• Prepare patients, equipment, and supplies for specific procedures and examinations.
• Perform, monitor, report, and document all clinical activities within assigned tasks.
• Observe and report changes in patient condition to the RN.
• Assist nursing staff in the admission, discharge, and transfer of patients by inventorying/storing patient belongings, providing personal care items, orienting patients/families, and transporting patients using wheelchairs, stretchers, or patient beds.
• Provide patient information to nursing staff for inclusion in the interdisciplinary plan of care; document relevant patient data according to work unit standards.
• Maintain a neat and organized work environment; order, stock, and replenish supplies and equipment as necessary. Identify and report problems with supplies or equipment, enter repair requests, tag equipment, and remove from service.
• Participate in quality assurance and improvement initiatives and activities.
• Engage in growth opportunities and ongoing education to prepare for the RN role, remaining within scope at all times.

Requirements

• Current enrollment and good standing in a full-time Nursing Program, such as an accredited Baccalaureate Nursing Program, RN Associate Degree program, or LPN to RN nursing program.
• Must be listed on a Nurse Assistant Registry operated by the North Dakota Board of Nursing. If not on a registry, must obtain placement immediately following orientation and training.
• BLS or BLS instructor certification required upon hire.

About the Workplace

Since 1885, CHI St. Alexius Health has been dedicated to leading healthcare in the region by enriching the lives of patients through the highest quality of care. The network includes a tertiary hospital in Bismarck, critical access hospitals in Carrington, Dickinson, Devils Lake, Garrison, Turtle Lake, Washburn, and Williston, as well as numerous clinics and outpatient services. CHI St. Alexius Health manages additional critical access hospitals in North Dakota and South Dakota. Services include a Level II Trauma Center, primary and specialty physician clinics, home health and hospice services, durable medical equipment services, a fitness and human performance center, and ancillary services throughout western and central North Dakota. CHI St. Alexius Health is part of CommonSpirit Health, a nonprofit, Catholic health system dedicated to advancing health for all people.

Pay

$20.00 per hour.