Nurse Tech

About the Role

As our Nurse Tech, you will help nursing staff deliver individual patient care so they can maintain standards of nursing practice and contribute to a compassionate, healing environment for patients, families, and visitors. Every day you will provide direct patient care, assist with daily living activities, and ensure patient stability.

Responsibilities

• Adhere to St. Alexius Medical Center's mission and values, maintaining quality of care according to policies.
• Patient Personal Care: Perform daily living assistance, including hygiene, feeding, mobility support, and specialized clinical tasks like skin care and bowel/bladder elimination.
• Clinical Monitoring & Reporting: Monitor patient conditions, document all activities accurately, and promptly report any clinical changes to the RN.
• Admission & Discharge Support: Assist with patient transitions by inventorying belongings, orienting families, and safely transporting patients throughout the facility.
• Care Coordination: Contribute essential patient data to the interdisciplinary plan of care and maintain organized, well-stocked work areas for efficient operation.
• Resource & Equipment Management: Oversee supply inventory and ensure equipment is functional by performing quality checks, reporting repairs, and tagging faulty items for removal.
• Professional Development: Engage in quality improvement initiatives, pursue continuous learning, and participate in RN-role orientation while strictly adhering to scope-of-practice standards.

Requirements

• High school graduate or equivalent work experience, including ability to read, write, and comprehend medical terminology.
• Current enrollment and in 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.

Preferred Qualifications

• Able to organize assignments and work under pressure.
• Basic Life Support Certification within the orientation period and meets re-certification as required.

About the Workplace

Since 1885, CHI St. Alexius Health has been dedicated to leading healthcare in this 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 and offers a comprehensive line of inpatient and outpatient medical services, including a Level II Trauma Center, primary and specialty physician clinics, home health and hospice services, and more. CHI St. Alexius Health is part of CommonSpirit Health, a nonprofit, Catholic health system committed to advancing health for all people.

Pay

$16.29 - $22.14 per hour