Job Information
Health First Nurse Tech - Emergency Department in Palm Bay, Florida
POSITION SUMMARY
To be fully engaged in providing Quality/No Harm, Customer Experience, and Stewardship by assisting licensed personnel in providing direct nursing care under the direction and supervision of the Registered Nurse.
PRIMARY ACCOUNTABILITIES
- Collects, records, and reports accurate patient information.
- Provides care to patients in a clean and safe environment.
- Competently performs routine procedures, delivering basic care to patients as directed by RN.
- Provides service to patients and families with sensitivity and respect for their expectations, age, cultural and individual needs.
- Demonstrates dependability, reliability, and flexibility in assisting other associates and maintaining productivity.
- Responds to call lights and completes other assigned tasks in a timely manner.
- Consistently and effectively demonstrates compliance with department service standards such as purposeful rounding, bedside shift report, and white board management to enhance customer communication.
- Demonstrates effective communication with all members of the health care team to promote effective team functioning; actively seeks feedback and coaching to improve customer experience.
- Contributes to the customer experience goals as evidenced by positive patient experience scores/comments and/or other written compliments.
- May have access to rooms that contain IV solutions, authorized medications and supplies as needed for patient care responsibilities.
- Adheres to National Patient Safety Goals (i.e. use of 2 patient identifiers) when accessing patient information and in performing job duties.
- Demonstrates personal accountability in economically using and caring for equipment and supplies.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
- Education: o Current enrollment in an RN or LPN program with successful completion of hands on clinical coursework. o May remain in Nurse Tech role up to one (1) year after graduation from LPN/RN professional nursing program, until LPN/RN license obtained, or NCLEX is failed twice, whichever occurs first.
- Certification: Current American Heart Association Basic Life Support Health Care Provider and maintain.
- Knowledge/Skills/Abilities: o Must meet unit-specific care requirements. o Ability to speak and understand verbal and written instructions in the English language. o Ability to focus and prioritize multiple activities.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS – Moderate
- Physically agile; may require walking, standing running, bending, stooping, kneeling, climbing or crouching frequently.
- Medium work that may include lifting or moving objects up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, with or without assistance.
- May require moving self in different positions to accomplish tasks in various environments including tight and confined spaces, including reaching out and above shoulders or overhead.
- May lift, turn, pull, push, or ambulate people and/or equipment with or without assistance up to 90% of the assigned shift.
- May be exposed to inside and outside environments with varied temperatures, air quality, lighting and/or low to loud noise.
- May require working with biohazards such as blood/body fluids and airborne particles following OSHA and CDC Guidelines.
- Communicating with others to exchange information.
- Visual acuity and hand-eye coordination to perform tasks.
- Workspace may vary from open to confined, on site or remote.
- May require travel to various facilities within and beyond county perimeter; may require use of personal vehicle.
Job: *Technicians
Organization: *Palm Bay Hospital
Title: *Nurse Tech - Emergency Department *
Location: Florida - Brevard County-Palm Bay
Requisition ID: 075949