HCSS Professional Student Nurse

　　United States

　　Nursing & Care Management

　　HealthCare System Staffing

　　Requisition # 2303991

　　JOB SUMMARY:

　　To provide technical assistance and supportive patient care to meet the needs of individual patients throughout assigned areas.

　　MAJOR DUTIES / CRITICAL TASKS:

　　· Contributes to the success of UTMB Health Care Systems Staffing.

　　· Assists with the admission, transfer, and discharge of patients.

　　· Collects, reports and documents data: Vital signs, height and weight, intake and output, pulse oximetry, and collects specimens.

　　· Acquires 12 lead EKG.

　　· Performs and reports POCT.

　　· Assists patient with activities and care as assigned by the charge nurse/designee as indicated by the patient’s plan of care.

　　· Provides for patients' personal hygiene: Bathes patients, performs oral suctioning and superficial wound care, assists with chronic wound care, provides skin care for patient with TED hose, SCD, casts, skeletal pins, assists with elimination, cares for the incontinent patient, cares for the patient with a urinary catheter, assists or gives cleansing enemas, sitz baths, non-sterile douches, and provides ostomy care.

　　· Assists with feeding.

　　· Ambulates, positions, and turns patients and cares for the patient with altered mobility.

　　· Assists with patient safety related to age and condition

　　· Assists with patient restraints, assists with patient specific safety precautions

　　· Collects, reports and documents data related to patient needs/emergencies and usual patient and family behavior

　　· Cares for the patient from a correctional environment

　　· Maintains patient privacy and confidentiality of information and records at all times.

　　· Provides and maintains a clean, safe environment and performs and/or assists others to perform proper aseptic technique, isolation procedures, and infection control measures.

　　· Documents as appropriate.

　　· Maintains patient care areas with appropriate supplies.

　　· Assists with patient requests for other hospital services.

　　· Video monitoring duties as assigned.

　　· Adheres to internal controls and reporting structure.

　　Performs related duties as required

　　Provides comfort measures to patient/family.

　　Responds to call signals in a timely manner.

　　KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS/ABILITIES:

　　· Ability to effectively communicate verbally and/or in written form.

　　· Customer service orientation and values.

　　· Ability to negotiate solutions and outcomes.

　　· Team player.

　　· Ability to maximize people and financial resources.

　　· Ability to work in partnership with management and staff.

　　REQUIRED EDUCATION / EXPERIENCE:

　　· High school graduation or equivalent.

　　· Current enrollment in a recognized School of Nursing with completion of first semester of education which contains clinical concepts and health assessment or the equivalent. Must not be in final semester of nursing program.

　　· Must provide college transcript and letter of recommendation from current nursing instructor

　　· Must have current BLS certification issued thru American Heart Association.

　　EQUIPMENT:

　　· Able to use equipment and related supplies for a selected patient population

　　· Able to use mechanical devices as appropriate.

　　· Able to use related computer equipment.

　　Compensation

　　Hiring Range: 20.00