Hillview Health Care Center is seeking a compassionate and dedicated Nurse Technician to join our team. This position is designed for nursing students currently enrolled in a Registered Nurse (RN) or Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) program who want to gain hands-on experience under the direct supervision of a Registered Nurse.
As a Nurse Technician, you'll assist with nursing care and help create a safe, supportive environment for residents. You'll provide direct care, administer medications and treatments under RN supervision, and play an important role in each resident's plan of care. This position offers meaningful nursing experience while you complete your education.
Location: Hillview Health Care Center
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Essential Leadership Functions
Act with Integrity and Build Trust
Drive for Results
Develop Talent and Effective Teams
Lead with Vision and Strategy
Lead with Paradoxical, Critical, and Agile Thinking
Build and Maintain Effective Relationships
Cultivate Community Engagement and Provide Excellent Service
Demonstrate Emotional Intelligence
Essential Job Functions
As part of nursing care team, assists in formulating and carrying out a plan of care that meets the residents' holistic needs in accordance with nursing home policies and procedures.
Under supervision of a registered nurse, provides direct nursing care including administering medications and treatments.
Provides for the safety and wellbeing of the resident in accordance with nursing home policies and procedures.
Serves as liaison between resident and RN in charge of resident's care. Communicates appropriate resident information to RN.
Carries out physician's orders under the direction of a RN. Seeks clarification when communication/directions are not clear.
Carries out assigned duties promptly, safely and accurately.
Seeks appropriate assistance in solving clinical problems.
Works safely and follows safety practices and standards of the facility; responsible for reporting or correcting any existing or potential safety or accident hazard.
Maintains residents' rights and confidentiality of resident information; reports all suspected cases of resident abuse to the Administrator.
Employee is expected to report to work when scheduled, with minimum use of sick leave, to build up sick leave balance for income protection for unexpected illness.
In this public service position, employee is required to be courteous, cooperative and respectful at all times, with the public and clients. Establishes and maintains a courteous, cooperative and respectful working relationship with other employees, supervisors and public officials.
Physical demands: Uses near vision, stands, walks and moves around the facility 6.5 to 7 hours of an 8-hour shift. Uses hands for delivering personal care and treatments. Communicates with residents and other staff members using talking and hearing. Read and write English. Bends and stoops to a squat within six inches of the floor, pushes and pulls linen carts, wheelchairs with residents weighing up to 250 pounds or more. Lifts 60 pounds. Uses nursing-related equipment such as thermometer, blood pressure device, scales, mechanical lifts and adaptive/restorative equipment. Uses nursing related equipment.
Related Job Functions
Attends in-service education as provided or mandated.
This job description is not intended to encompass every job duty or responsibility but is only illustrative. This position is required to perform other duties as may be assigned or required.
Tasks assigned to this position involve potential and/or direct exposure to blood or body fluids.
Risk Exposure Categories:
1=Tasks may involve exposure to blood/body fluids.
2=Tasks do not involve contact with blood/body fluids but could result in performing Category 1 task.
3=Tasks do not involve any risk of exposure to blood/body fluid.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Ability to record observations with accuracy and clarity.
Demonstration of competency in the required skills for the position.
Training, Experience and Other Requirements
Requires nursing student who either is currently enrolled and actively taking nursing courses (no break of more than one year between nursing courses) in a nursing program leading to Registered Nurse or Licensed Practical Nurse and has completed a pharmacology/medication administration course, or who has failed the licensure exam and is awaiting a retake of the exam, pursuant to the requirements of the Wisconsin Administrative Code and Bureau of Quality Assurance BQA-01-021.
Must be a Certified Nursing Assistant and on the Wisconsin Nurse Aide Registry
Must successfully pass a background check as required by the Wisconsin Caregiver Law.
Nursing student must maintain passing grades in all nursing classes. After graduation from an accredited nursing program, the graduate nurse must pass the state licensure exam within six months to continue in the nurse technician role.
Administrative Code Reference:
The Nurse Technician always functions under the direct supervision of the registered nurse. Under Section N 6.02(6), Wisconsin Administrative Code, direct supervision means immediate availability to continually coordinate, direct and inspect at first hand the practice of another. This has been interpreted by the Board to require that the supervising RN must be on-site with the Nurse Technician. Under Section N 6.03(3), Wisconsin Administrative Code, the supervising RN may delegate acts within the scope of professional nursing to the Nurse Technician, provided that the RN does the following:
1) Delegates tasks commensurate with educational preparation and demonstrated abilities of the Nurse Technician
2) Provides direction and assistance to the Nurse Technician
3) Observes and monitors the activities of the Nurse Technician
4) Evaluates the effectiveness of acts performed by the Nurse Technician.
The Nurse Technician is not licensed to practice nursing either as an RN or LPN. The Nurse Technician functions
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