What are the responsibilities and job description for the Acute Care Nurse Tech I - Transition Support Unit (Days) position at Tanner Health System?
Seeking highly motivated and energetic Nurse Tech to staff our new Transition Support Unit. Primary patient care focus is on quality admissions and discharges of patients from our inpatient units in a fast-paced environment.
The Nursing Technician performs basic nursing care and procedures under the direction of a Registered Nurse or Licensed Practical Nurse.
Required Knowledge & Skills
Education : Ability to read and write
Experience : No prior work experience required
Licenses and Certifications
- HEALTHCARE PROVIDER (CPR)
Qualifications
Statement Of Employment Philosophy
Being a part of Tanner Health System is more than a job, it is a promise we make to treat every patient with exceptional service every time they walk through our doors. Service excellence is the foundation of our organizational culture and the expectations we all set for each other, our patients, physicians and our community. All employees agree to abide by a set of service standards. These standards are the promise we make to provide the best care possible, and represent our beliefs, values and who we strive to become. We each commit to making Tanner Health System a great place for our employees to work, for patients to receive care and for physicians to practice medicine.
Functions
Area of Responsibilities
Compliance Statement
Required Knowledge & Skills
Education : Ability to read and write
Experience : No prior work experience required
Licenses and Certifications
Supervision
Qualifications
Definitions
Position Responsibilities
Contact with Others : Performance of job requires contact with others where team work is essential, requiring tact in order to obtain cooperation. Contacts may be outside of the organization also.
Effect of Error : Probable error usually detected in succeeding operations and generally confined to a single department or phase of organization activities. Practically all work is subject to verification or check. Occasional work with some confidential data where the effect of any disclosure would be negligible or where the full import is not apparent in the routines performed.
People Management Responsibilities
Supervisory Responsibility : Occasionally uses assistance of aide or helper in performance of task
Work Environment / Physical Effort
Mental Demands : Routine duties using one or more of several established procedures within a prescribed practice under general supervision. Involves minor decisions many of which are repetitive.
Working Conditions : Extreme - Constantly involved in exposure to dirt, odors, noise, or some work is performed with exposure to temperature / weather extremes / occupational risk and probability of coming into contact with blood borne pathogens, other potentially infectious diseases, or biomedical / bio-hazardous materials.
Working Conditions Aspects for Immunizations
Performs tasks involving contact with blood, blood-contaminated body fluids, other body fluids, or sharps (needles) : Yes
Directly works with Patients less than 12 months of age : No
Physical Effort : Strenuous physical effort - Sustained muscular exertion with medium and heavy objects. Hard work with constant strain or intermittent severe strain.
Physical Aspects
Bending : Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time
Typing : Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time
Manual Dexterity picking, pinching with fingers etc. : Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time
Feeling (Touch) determining temperature, texture, by touching : Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time
Hearing : Constant = 67% - 100% of the time.
Reaching above shoulder : Frequent = 34% - 66% of the time
Reaching below shoulder : Frequent = 34% - 66% of the time
Visual : Constant = 67% - 100% of the time.
Color Vision : Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time
Speaking : Constant = 67% - 100% of the time.
Standing : Constant = 67% - 100% of the time.
Balancing : Frequent = 34% - 66% of the time
Walking : Constant = 67% - 100% of the time.
Crawling : Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time
Running - in response to an emergency : Frequent = 34% - 66% of the time
Lifting up to 25 lbs. : Frequent = 34% - 66% of the time
Lifting 25 to 60 lbs. : Frequent = 34% - 66% of the time
Lifting over 60 lbs. : Frequent = 34% - 66% of the time
Handling seizing, holding, grasping : Frequent = 34% - 66% of the time
Carrying : Frequent = 34% - 66% of the time
Climbing : Frequent = 34% - 66% of the time
Kneeling : Frequent = 34% - 66% of the time
Squatting : Frequent = 34% - 66% of the time
Tasting : Not required
Smelling : Frequent = 34% - 66% of the time
Driving Utility vehicles such as golf carts, Gators, ATV, riding lawnmowers, skid steer, aerial lift : Not required
Driving Class C vehicles : Not required
Driving CDL class vehicles : Not required
N95 Respirator usage (PPE) : Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time
Hazmat suit usage (PPE) : Constant = 67% - 100% of the time.
Pushing / Pulling up to 25 lbs. : Frequent = 34% - 66% of the time
Pushing / Pulling 25 to 60 lbs. : Frequent = 34% - 66% of the time
Pushing / Pulling over 60 lbs. : Frequent = 34% - 66% of the time
