Nurse Tech Surgical

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.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct patient care, assist with daily living activities, and ensure patient stability.
• Adhere to St. Alexius Medical Center's mission and values, maintaining quality of care according to policies.
• Give personal hygiene assistance, assist with feeding, ambulating, and positioning.
• Monitor vital signs and report changes, respond to call lights, and maintain a safe environment.
• Document actions and provide comprehensive patient personal care and comfort, including hygiene, mobility assistance, and addressing basic needs like feeding, skin care, and elimination.
• Prepare patients, equipment, and supplies efficiently for various medical procedures and examinations.
• Perform, monitor, document, and report clinical activities within assigned tasks, promptly notifying the RN of any changes in patient condition.
• Assist nursing staff with patient admission, discharge, and transfer processes, including managing belongings, providing comfort items, orienting patients/families, and transport.
• Maintain a neat work environment, manage supplies and equipment (ordering, stocking, reporting issues, initiating repairs), and contribute patient data to the interdisciplinary plan of care.
• Actively participate in quality improvement initiatives, personal growth opportunities, and ongoing education/orientation to the RN role, while consistently adhering to scope of practice.

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 health care 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, and numerous clinics and outpatient services. CHI St. Alexius Health manages additional CAHs 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

$16.29 - $22.14 per hour