About This Role
This night-shift position on the Intensive Care Unit involves providing direct patient care under the guidance of a licensed nurse. The role suits a compassionate individual with basic healthcare skills who is committed to increasing patients' functional status.
Responsibilities
- Provide patient care to an assigned group of patients, utilizing basic skills and knowledge
- Perform procedural tasks and assist with Activities of Daily Living (ADLs), considering patient's age and cultural/psychosocial factors
- Observe and report patient's condition, activities, and needs to the licensed nurse accurately and in a timely manner
- Demonstrate specialty skills and knowledge appropriate to the patient population
- Correctly perform technical procedures listed on the unit specific skills checklist as delegated by the Licensed Nurse
- Document data according to unit/hospital policy
- Record treatments or procedures performed legibly and accurately
- Record I & O's, vital signs, and other data promptly
- Support unit/hospital goals through PI and educational activities
- Attend mandatory in-services and meet unit educational standards
- Accurately complete variance reports
- Modify behaviors or performance to comply with care standards and unit requirements
- Perform environmental activities to maintain a clean and orderly patient room/unit
- Complete assigned unit duties
- Perform housekeeping duties as assigned
- Transport patients, food, supplies and equipment, and specimens as necessary
- Exercise independent judgment in making minor decisions where alternatives are limited and standard policies/protocols have been established
Requirements
- High School Diploma or GED
- Completion of the Saint Francis Hospital Nurse Technician Training Program or completion of a Certified Nursing Assistant Program
- Previous health care related experience will be considered
- CPR Certification required within 30 days of hire
- 0 - 6 months related experience
- Ability to organize and prioritize work in an effective and efficient manner
- Ability to be detail oriented as required in the documentation of numerical data
Important Details
- Schedule: 7 p.m. - 7 a.m.; variable, including weekends
- This position is ECB status – requires a minimum number of worked hours per month as needed by the department; limited benefit offerings
About the Company
This position has been identified as a safety sensitive position, which allows the employer to lawfully refuse to hire applicants or to discipline or discharge employees who work in safety-sensitive jobs if they test positive for marijuana, even with a valid license to use medical marijuana.
