Clinical Nursing Technician

Wood County Hospital is accepting applications for Clinical Nurse Technicians in our Med Surg department. The CNT provides personal care and professional excellence by delivering direct/indirect care to patients of all ages from pediatric, adolescent, and adult to geriatric, under the delegation/direction/supervision of a physician, registered nurse, and/or licensed practical nurse.  Assists in maintaining a safe, clean environment and performs clerical/administrative functions as assigned. 

Job duties:

Under the delegation/direction/supervision of the physician, registered nurse, and/or licensed practical nurse and within the scope of practice, provides/assists with and accurately documents activities of daily living (ADLs) which include but are not limited to:

• Bathing
• Dressing and undressing
• Oral care
• Hair Care
• Toileting
• Personal hygiene
• Mobility as activity order allows.
• Feeding/hydration which includes:
• preparing patients for mealtimes by assisting those that need help in getting positioned properly.
• feeding patients requiring help or assisting with tray/food set-up
• providing fresh drinking water.
• providing between meal nourishment as diet order allows. 
• collecting and serving food trays.
• Positioning/repositioning and following turn schedules.
• Performing skin care and pressure ulcer prevention techniques and notifying the RN of any skin care issues.

Under the delegation/direction/supervision of the physician, registered nurse, and/or licensed practical nurse and within the scope of practice, provides/assists with and accurately documents patient monitoring, which includes but is not limited to:

• Obtaining patient’s blood glucose per capillary finger-stick as ordered and notifying RN of results.
• Observing and recording the patient’s intake and output, and/or calorie count; and notifying the RN of any deviations from the usual.
• Obtaining accurate blood pressure, pulse, respiratory rate, temperature, and SaO2 and notifying the RN of abnormal vital signs immediately.
• Obtaining patient’s height and/or weight.
• Performing Point of Care (POC) testing (e.g. urine pregnancy testing, urine dip testing) and notifying the RN of results.  
• Responding to and silencing peripheral IV and bed/chair alarms and notifying the RN immediately.
• Discontinuing peripheral IVs.
• Applying and/or removing non-sterile dressings and compresses and reporting abnormal findings to the RN. 
• Performing hourly purposeful rounding in collaboration with the RN.
• Serving as a safety companion.

Shift Details:

Hours: Full Time, 36 hours/week

Shift: Variable: Night Shift, 5:45pm - 6:15am and Day Shift, 6:45 am - 7:15 pm  

May include on call, weekend, and holiday rotation.

Minimum Requirements:

Minimum Education:            

• Currently enrolled in an accredited RN nursing or surgical technology program

Minimum Certification:

• Current American Heart Association (AHA) Healthcare Provider CPR (BLS) certification required.         

Benefits Summary:

Join our team, and you’ll have access to a cutting-edge facility with state-of-the-art technology. You’ll also interact with some of the region's top notch healthcare professionals. You’ll find plenty of opportunities to grow and advance your career.

We’ll also reward your hard work with:

• Great health, dental and vision plans
• Competitive wages
• Prescription drug coverage
• Flexible spending accounts
• Life insurance w/AD&D
• Generous short term and long-term disability plans
• Employer-matched 403(b)
• Employer sponsored cash balance pension plan.
• Vacation and Holiday time.
• Generous tuition reimbursement
• And a lot more!                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 1901-001