Nursing Support Clinical Tech (Lab/EKG Tech for pre-screening) - Full Time- Day Shift

• Nursing Support Clinical Tech (Lab/EKG Tech for pre-screening) - Full Time- Day Shift As a member of the Patient Care Team, you will ensure that the patient and family members are attended to in a caring and attentive manner, responding to the needs of patients/family members in a timely manner and maintaining a professional and friendly demeanor at all times This role focuses on providing professional and nonprofessional nursing care services in accordance with physician orders.
• In addition, this role focuses on performing the following Nursing Support duties: Provides basic care services to patients, but does not have an RN or LPN license.
• Positions in this nursing support work under the direction of physicians, mid-level practitioners, and may work under the direction of registered nurses depending on their unit.
• A clinical technologist role that has specialized knowledge or skills gained through a combination of vocational education, training, and experience.
• This role will be most commonly applied to patient care and/or scientific/laboratory jobs.
• An experienced level role requiring basic knowledge of job procedures and tools obtained through work experience and requiring vocational or technical education.
• Works under moderate supervision, works through problems of a routine nature, but may at times require interpretation or deviation from standard procedures and communicates information that requires some explanation or interpretation.

Hours

• 40hrs/week
• Day
• Shift (Mon-Friday, 7a-330p)
• Location: Lowell General Hospital- Main Campus

Minimum Qualifications

1. High School diploma or equivalent required 2. Basic Life Support (BLS) certification

Preferred Qualifications

1. Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) or Medical Assistant (MA) 2. Completion of Nursing Fundamentals in an accredited Nursing program. 3. One (1) year recent experience as a Nursing Assistant (NA), Patient Care Assistant (PCA), Critical Care Tech (CCT) or Patient Care Tech (PCT). 4. Prior experience in acute care. 5. Phlebotomy Certification STRONGLY PREFERRED

Duties and Responsibilities

• The duties and responsibilities listed below are intended to describe the general nature of work and are not intended to be an all-inclusive list. Other duties and responsibilities may be assigned. 1. Under the direction of clinical staff, performs all aspects of activities of daily living (ADLs) including: Prepares patient room for admission; Maintains a clean and safe environment for the patient; Prioritizes patient care according to nursing direction, and discharge plan; Transports patient to procedures/discharge within/from hospital as directed; Cleans and operates equipment safely and correctly; and Prepares patients for meals, assists with meals or feeds patient as necessary. 2. Demonstrates ability to perform technical tasks, such as use of glucometer, lift assisted devices, collect specimens, 12 Lead EKG, Simple dressings, wound care, applies approved orthopedic splints/ dressings. 3. Responsible for care of biomedical equipment, checking par levels and working order for BP cuffs, EKG cables, leads, oximeter cables, etc. Sends malfunctioning equipment to Medical Engineering per established procedure. 4. Collects, records and reports accurate patient data in a timely manner. Maintains paper components in each patient chart. 5. Greets visitors in a professional, friendly manner and directs to appropriate destination. Ensures that the patient and family members are attended to in a caring and attentive manner, responding to the needs of patients/family members in a timely manner and maintaining a professional and friendly demeanor at all times. 6. Functions as a Patient Sitter when needed by maintaining continuous observation of a patient as outlined in the Constant Observation guidelines. 7. Answers phone in professional and friendly manner and directs caller to appropriate person 8. Screens all persons requesting access to the department for appropriateness of entry. Enforces department security policies. 9. Completes administrative duties regarding patient admission, transfer, and discharges in an organized and timely manner. Performs all clerical duties involved with ordering labs, x-ray’s, EKG’s and procedures. 10. Provides transportation of patients using appropriate mode: Ambulatory, Wheelchair, or Stretcher 11. May assist with procedures requiring aseptic technique during of peri-operative care. Applies principles of Follows nursing policies and procedures regarding instrument, needle and sponge counts. Anticipates the needs of the surgeon and assistant during the operative procedure. 12. May assist other team members upon the completion of surgery (i.e. moving the patients, assists in room clean-up). Assembles and processes instruments and transports to CSR for sterilization. 13. Contributes to a positive work environment by maintaining open communications with others by Introducing self to patients and family, asking patients and family how they would prefer to be addressed, positively accepting assignments, interacts effectively with coworkers, accepts constructive feedback on behavior, and negotiates all scheduled breaks with nurse to ensure adequate coverage to meet the patient and unit needs 14. Performs tasks to ensure a clean, clutter-free and safe work environment for patient’s and staff including: Cleaning and stocks equipment and supplies; Reporting non-functioning equipment and other environmental problems to the appropriate individuals in a timely manner. What We Offer: