HCSS Professional Student Nurse

Job Title

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.

Obtains blood samples by venipuncture.

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.

Supervision

Received: Reports directly to the manager of Clinical Staffing Solutions.

Given: No direct line supervision.

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.

Working Environment

Work environment is in a comfortable indoor area.

Conditions such as noise, odors, cramped workspace and/or fumes could sometimes cause discomfort.

Moderate to extreme physical effort such as walking, standing, performing CPR, and lifting materials, equipment, objects and/or patients may be required.

Occasional lifting may be heavy and awkward over 50 lbs.

Vision, hearing, talking and sense of touch must be adequate to enable one to perform tasks quickly and accurately such as reading small print, defining details, sending, and receiving clear and accurate oral communication.

Frequent periods of concentrated or focused attention will be needed to interpret visual, auditory, and sensory inputs.

Shift work may be required.

Alertness and careful attention to detail will be required to avoid injury.

May be exposed to such occupational hazards as communicable diseases, radiation, chemotherapeutic agents and disoriented or combative patients.

Other

May be required to be on standby and work extended shifts in situations deemed necessary by the Chief Nursing Officer and/or Nursing Director.

Specific job requirements or physical location of some positions allocated to this classification may render the position security-sensitive, and thereby subject to the provisions of Section 51.215, Texas Education Code.

Any qualifications to be considered as equivalents in lieu of stated minimums require the prior approval of the Executive Director of Human Resources

Compensation

Hiring Range: $20.00