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Nurse Technician

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Location: Traverse City
Status (FT/PT): Full-Time
Shift: Night shift
Req ID: 60463

Description

Nurse Technician
Job Code: 449

Job Summary

The Nurse Technician (NT) role is an opportunity to enhance knowledge and gain clinical skills. Working in collaboration with the health care team, the NT provides additional support to the Registered Nurse (RN) and acts as a resource for the Nursing Assistant (NA).

Education and Experience

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE

Min/Preferred	Education Level	and/or	Years of Experience	Comments
Required	Other			Completion of his/her junior year of a bachelor’s degree in nursing curriculum
Or	Other			Completion of the first year of an associate’s degree in nursing curriculum

CERTIFICATION, LICENSURE, REGISTRATION

Min/Preferred	Certification, Licensure, Registration	Comments
Minimum	Basic Cardiac Life Support Certification

OTHER REQUIREMENTS

Key Competencies and Skills

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Essential Duties

Contributes to the goals of True North by:

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Maintaining professional working relationship with the entire health care team

Working within the guidelines of nursing and hospital standards of practice, policies and procedures

Assisting with regulatory readiness and unit goals

Adhering to safety behaviors

Impacting quality by advocating for and performing appropriate interventions (to prevent falls, hospital-acquired pressure injuries (HAPIs), catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs), and central line associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs)

Ensuring optimum utilization of personnel, supplies, and equipment

Facilitating the throughput of patients

Recognizes and reports pertinent changes in health care status of patients to a RN.

Required duties will follow that of a Nursing Assistant. Additional duties may include the following, dependent on entity and unit standards, provided the student has completed the training in nursing school:

Indwelling Foley catheter insertion or straight catheter placement and bladder scans

Removal of sutures/staples, as directed by RN after RN assessment of wound

Removal of peripheral IV lines (not PICC lines)

Assist RN with routine dressing changes

Oropharyngeal suctioning

Colostomy care/ileostomy care

Obtain 12-lead ECGs (unit specific)

Obtain medication histories for review by the patient’s primary RN

Provides assistance with admission, transfer and discharge procedures

These tasks should be completed under the direction of an RN, adhering to Lippincott Procedures and current policies.

Observes, records, and reports pertinent information accurately and promptly.

Maintains confidentiality of patient information.

Assists with the medication storage, stocking, transportation, and checking of expiration dates as delegated.

Work Environment and Physical Requirements

Reports To

Works under the general supervision of the Unit Manager and performs direct patient care activities under the delegation and supervision of a RN.

Organizational Expectations

• Models Munson Healthcare’s Purpose – We Improve Lives

• Embraces and supports the Munson Healthcare Alignment Framework including our Purpose, Mission, Vision, Values, True North Goals, Strategic Vision and Goals, and Operating System.

• Promotes personal and patient safety.

• Uses effective customer service/interpersonal skills at all times.

• Performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Nurse Technician

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