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Skills and Experience

Job Summary:

• The Registered Nurse is responsible for evaluating patients and assisting physicians with patient care. 
• Plans, implements, and documents nursing care based on patient’s needs. Identifies patient needs and determines priorities for care through assessment, planning, intervention, and evaluation.
• Develops, implements and coordinates individualized plan of care for patients assigned through initial and on-going assessments. 
• Initiates assessment based on the patient’s problems or needs, the physician’s medical diagnosis, and the functional health framework. 
• Performs therapeutic nursing interventions.
• Manages care of patients.
• Documents care based on standards of care and practice, patient acuity, and/or clinical priorities.
• Advocates for evidence-based practice care standards and supports adoption of evidence-based practices and innovations in care delivery. 
• Provides patient centric care in alignment with professional nursing practice model.
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

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Skills and Experience

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The Patient Care Technician is responsible for assisting registered professional nurses, in the care of the patient. He/she performs all of the essential generic job functions as listed below. Essential Generic Job Functions (List in order of importance):

• Welcomes patients and checks for proper identification bracelets.
• Prepares the patient for assessment/admission, physical examination and procedures.
• Draws intravenous or capillary blood from newborn through geriatric aged patients using proper aseptic collection techniques, assure appropriate labeling and processing of specimens to expedite through put of patients.
• Performs EKG for patients as directed.
• Assures the presence, functionality and cleanliness of all necessary equipment.
• Assists in the transport of patient to departments or units upon request.
• Assists with preparation as necessary assuring the patient is assisted with meals/ or fed as needed.
• Checks inventory of assigned area and restocks as directed.
• Ensures room environment is prepared for admission.
• Provides direct hygiene and comfort care to patients including bathing, toileting, oral hygiene, incontinent care, and bed making.
• Takes vital signs on admission under the direction of the RN, and documents accordingly, and notifies the RN of results, assists with admission as appropriate inclusive of checking of patient ID bands.
• Performs and documents glucose finger sticks and collects other specimens as directed.
• Obtains and documents daily patient weights and observes and documents patient’s intake and output.
• Provides a safe patient environment by answering call lights promptly, communicating with the RN immediately for any change in the patient’s condition.
• Identifies the needs of the patient population served and modifies and delivers care that is specific to those needs not limited to (i.e., age, culture, language, hearing and/or visually impaired, etc.). This process includes communicating with the patient, parent, and/or primary caregiver(s) at their level (developmental/age, educational, literacy, etc.)

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Skills and Experience

Job Summary:

• The Registered Nurse is responsible for evaluating patients and assisting physicians with patient care.
• Plans, implements, and documents nursing care based on patient’s needs. 
• Identifies patient needs and determines priorities for care through assessment, planning, intervention, and evaluation. 
• Develops, implements and coordinates individualized plan of care for patients assigned through initial and on-going assessments.
• Initiates assessment based on the patient’s problems or needs, the physician’s medical diagnosis, and the functional health framework.
• Performs therapeutic nursing interventions. 
• Manages care of patients.
• Documents care based on standards of care and practice, patient acuity, and/or clinical priorities. 
• Advocates for evidence-based practice care standards and supports adoption of evidence-based practices and innovations in care delivery.
• Provides patient centric care in alignment with professional nursing practice model. Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

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Skills and Experience

Job Summary:

The Central Supply Technician is responsible for the cleaning, processing, and sterilization of surgical instrumentation, patient care equipment and re-useable medical/surgical items. This position also functions as a Case Cart Attendant for the Operating Room. Essential Generic Job Functions (List in order of importance): 

1. Receives, sorts, processes, assembles or sterilizes both patient care equipment and surgical instruments according to established departmental policies.
2. Understands all detergents and disinfectants used to process items. Implements both Universal Precautions and proper use of P.P.E.
3. Operates and loads sterilizers (Steam, ETO, Sterrad and Steris) and assures biological tests and Bowie Dick tests are correctly performed, incubated, read and recorded.
4. Assures sterilization records are completed correctly by recording all item processed, making sure the correct label/load gun is used, reading and interpreting chemical integrator per load, observing and initialing all computerized print outs for accuracy. 
5. Adheres to correct use of computerized instrument count sheets. 
6. Prepares case carts for delivery to room by using doctor’s preference information to assemble required instruments, drugs and special equipment.
7. Notifies nursing team in room of missing items and confers with coordinator about shortages of supplies and equipment and completes a daily checklist.
8. Lifts a minimum of 50 lbs., pushes and pulls a minimum of 60 lbs. and stands length of shift. 
9. Adheres to the standards identified in the Medical Center’s Organizational Competencies.

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Job Summary:

Our Emergency Department (ED) RNs must be ready to care for patients when they need us most. In addition to providing specialized and innovative services, we need our ED RNs to be equipped to handle an array of emergency situations for patients of all ages. Our Emergency Department (ED) nurses are trained in dealing with a variety of trauma situations requiring quick and decisive actions. Ideal prospective ED RNs must be able to quickly and accurately assess incoming patients with both physical and mental health conditions and be able to prioritize their injuries and medical needs accordingly.

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Skills and Experience

Job Summary:

The Patient Care Technician is responsible for assisting registered professional nurses, in the care of the patient. He/she performs all of the essential generic job functions as listed below. Essential Generic Job Functions (List in order of importance):

• Welcomes patients and checks for proper identification bracelets.
• Prepares the patient for assessment/admission, physical examination and procedures.
• Draws intravenous or capillary blood from newborn through geriatric aged patients using proper aseptic collection techniques, assure appropriate labeling and processing of specimens to expedite through put of patients.
• Performs EKG for patients as directed.
• Assures the presence, functionality and cleanliness of all necessary equipment.
• Assists in the transport of patient to departments or units upon request.
• Assists with preparation as necessary assuring the patient is assisted with meals/ or fed as needed.
• Checks inventory of assigned area and restocks as directed.
• Ensures room environment is prepared for admission.
• Provides direct hygiene and comfort care to patients including bathing, toileting, oral hygiene, incontinent care, and bed making.
• Takes vital signs on admission under the direction of the RN, and documents accordingly, and notifies the RN of results, assists with admission as appropriate inclusive of checking of patient ID bands.
• Performs and documents glucose finger sticks and collects other specimens as directed.
• Obtains and documents daily patient weights and observes and documents patient’s intake and output.
• Provides a safe patient environment by answering call lights promptly, communicating with the RN immediately for any change in the patient’s condition.
• Identifies the needs of the patient population served and modifies and delivers care that is specific to those needs not limited to (i.e., age, culture, language, hearing and/or visually impaired, etc.). This process includes communicating with the patient, parent, and/or primary caregiver(s) at their level (developmental/age, educational, literacy, etc.)

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