Nursing Technician

Facility: Lourdes Health, Pasco, WA. This is a union position.

About the role

Lourdes Health is part of Lifepoint Health, a diversified healthcare delivery network with facilities coast to coast. As a Nursing Technician, you are a Washington-registered nursing student or eligible recent graduate who provides patient care under the direct supervision of a qualified Registered Nurse (RN). The RN retains responsibility for the nursing process and the patient's overall nursing care.

Responsibilities

• Gather and document patient information, including vital signs, intake and output, pain information, mobility, hygiene, nutrition, elimination, skin observations, and other approved data; promptly report findings and changes to the RN.
• Participate in focused and comprehensive patient-data collection and in the nursing care process under RN guidance, without independently assessing, interpreting findings, establishing nursing diagnoses, planning care, or evaluating outcomes.
• Provide approved patient care such as hygiene, toileting, feeding, repositioning, ambulation, range-of-motion activities, specimen collection, and other verified skills.
• Perform approved treatments and procedures within demonstrated competency and the written verification from the nursing program.
• Administer only medications that are specifically verified by the nursing program, validated by the hospital, allowed by law and policy, and assigned under direct RN supervision. Follow all medication-safety checks and immediately report concerns or adverse responses.
• Use equipment only after documented training and competency validation.
• Document care and observations accurately and promptly in the health record in accordance with hospital policy; documentation review or co-signature is completed when required by hospital policy.
• Respond to changes in condition by stopping the activity when appropriate, remaining with the patient, and immediately notifying the supervising RN; activate emergency processes within training and hospital policy.
• Maintain patient privacy, infection-prevention practices, therapeutic boundaries, a safe environment, and respectful patient- and family-centered care.
• Perform other functions only when lawful, program-verified, competency-validated, permitted by hospital policy, and assigned by the supervising RN.

Requirements

• Current enrollment in good standing in a Washington State Board of Nursing-approved LPN, ADN, or BSN nursing program, or eligibility as a recent graduate under RCW 18.79.340.
• Current, active Washington State Nursing Technician registration before performing nursing-technician functions.
• Six months of experience in an accredited nursing program.
• Written verification from the nursing program identifying each specific nursing function the individual has demonstrated and may safely perform.
• Continued eligibility and good standing verified by the hospital within three weeks after completion of each academic term.
• Current Basic Life Support certification for healthcare providers before independent patient-care assignment.
• Completion of hospital-required orientation and competencies.
• Ability to communicate promptly and clearly with the supervising RN and to recognize and report changes in patient condition.

Pay

$17.96 - $24.55 per hour.

Schedule

PRN (as needed).

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans.
• Flexible-spending and health-savings accounts.
• Competitive paid time off and extended illness bank package for full-time employees.
• Income-protection programs, such as life, accident, critical-injury insurance, short- and long-term disability, and identity theft coverage.
• Tuition reimbursement, loan assistance, and 401(k) matching.
• Employee assistance program including mental, physical, and financial wellness.
• Professional development and growth opportunities.