NURSE TECH UNIT SECRETARY

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Job description

Williamson Medical Center is hiring a Nurse Tech for an Ortho/Med Surg floor in Franklin, TN. This is a full-time position on night shift.

At Williamson Medical Center, our employees are more than just another number. To us, they're family. They're smart, talented, compassionate, dedicated, and an overall joy to be around. We're certainly blessed to have the best of the best working here from the cafeteria to the operating room.

But as Williamson County and surrounding areas continue to grow, so must we. That's why we want YOU to join our family!

Williamson Medical Center is an equal-opportunity employer and a drug-free workplace.

Job Summary

To provide daily hygiene, assist with ADL's, and data collection in a timely and accurate manner. To communicate appropriately with patients, families, and all members of the health care team. To transcribe medical plan of care, maintain work environment and communicate nursing care needs in a timely and accurate manner.

Position Requirements

Formal Education / Training:
1. Certified or one year of nursing assistant experience preferred.
2. High school diploma or equivalent.
3. BLS within 90 days of hire.

Workplace Experience:
Patient Care Delivery

Equipment and Skills Training:
Pocket Masks; Bed Scales; Sphygmomanometer; Dinamap; Electronic Thermometers; Plexipulse; K-Thermia; Pneumatic Tube System; Telemetry; Nurse Call System; Fax; Network Computer System.

Physical Environment:
Medical-Surgical Unit with patient population ranging from less than one year of age>99 years of age.

Physical Effort:
1. Able to communicate in English verbally and legibly.
2. Able to stand/work for up to twelve hours a day.
3. Able to lift with assistance up to 250 lbs.

Key Results

1. Assists with data collection
2. Organizes assigned task and responsibilities.
3. Assists with the patient's care identifying and reporting problems/needs, and performs interventions consistent with identified problems as directed by the nurse.
4. Collaborates with appropriate health care team members to help coordinate the delivery of patient care in a timely manner.
5. Assists with treatments, procedures and equipment appropriate to areas evidenced by adherence to policy, procedure and competency based assessment and no pattern or trend of problem.
6. Transcribes medical plan of care.
7. Provides clerical support.
8. Documents accurately and timely.
9. Demonstrates responsibility for assigned communications in a professional courteous manner.
10. Maintain healing and therapeutic environment for the patient and family.
11. Maintains position specific qualifications/attends mandatory in-services.
12. Facilitates staff development and assists in orientation of new employees.
13 Handles/transports medications/solutions safely and in accordance with hospital and departmental policies and procedures.