Nurse Technician PRN

• Currently enrolled and attending an accredited school of registered nursing. May be enrolled in an (accredited) Bachelor of Science in Nursing Program (BSN) or Associate Degree of Nursing (ADN) Program.

• Note: ADN graduates will be required to sign a BSN completion agreement upon hire/placement in a graduate nurse position.

• RN from another state awaiting Michigan Licensure (or) Graduate Nurse from accredited school of nursing awaiting retake of NCLEX or awaiting results of the last exam.

• Transcripts must be provided at the time of hire and may be requested for review periodically.

• Requires evidence of successful completion of adult medical-surgical rotations - theory and clinical.

• Requires current BLS certification.

Other Qualifications:

• Requires the interpersonal and communication skills to effectively deal with patients and their families to calm fears and to exchange detailed patient information with hospital professional staff.

• Requires the ability to work effectively in a team-oriented environment.

• Requires the ability to gather and assess patient information from a variety of sources in a timely manner and relay accurate information to professional staff.

• Requires basic keyboard familiarity, ability to effectively utilize hospital information and electronic medical record software/system as required.

Essential Duties:

• Performs routine bedside nursing activities including: bathing and personal grooming of patients; ambulating, moving and turning patients; assisting patients with bedpans or urinary devices; making patient beds and caring for personal property.

• Assists in performing additional nursing procedures such as catheterizations, suctioning, irrigating colostomies, applying restraints, giving enemas, douches and sitz baths or pericare.

• Takes vital signs and records intake and output.

• Applies and changes sterile and non-sterile dressing using appropriate technique.

• Performs more complex nursing procedures and treatments after theoretical preparation and supervised clinical experience.

• Keeps professional nursing staff advised of current patient status as well as changes in patient condition as they occur.

• Performs assessments and documents accurate, complete and concise patient information on appropriate forms, including flow sheets, activity records, etc.

• Participates in nursing staff conferences, in-services and educational opportunities.

• Ensures the optimum utilization of personnel, supplies and equipment.

• Provides copy of current school transcript to supervisor at the end of each marking period to confirm continued eligibility.

• Assists in admitting, transferring and discharging patients.

• Assists in pre-operative and post-operative care.

This document represents the major duties, responsibilities, and authorities of this job, and is not intended to be a complete list of all tasks and functions. It should be understood, therefore, that incumbents may be asked to perform job-related duties beyond those explicitly described.