Nurse Tech- Maternal Newborn - 24 Hrs Per Week

MU Health Care; Columbia Township (MO); On-site; USD 47,850,000 - 75,224,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Weekend shift premium

Night shift premium

Job summary

MU Health Care – Children’s Hospital in Columbia, MO is seeking a part-time Care Team Associate in the Maternal Newborn department. The role supports nursing staff with patient care tasks, mobility assistance, and efficient unit operations to enhance care for mothers and newborns.

Shift pattern is 2 twelve-hour shifts per week with rotating weekends and holidays; on-site work, 24/7 facility operations, and collaboration with the Women’s Health Services teams ensure high-quality patient

Qualifications

• Enrolled in nursing education program and will complete Fundamentals of Nursing within 90 days.
• Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) or CNA exam registration or PCT certification.
• Direct patient care experience in past 3 years as CNA/EMT/surgical tech.
• UAP training program with 100 hours patient care within last 3 years.
• Nursing licensure candidate who faced licensure exam challenges in past 3 years.

Responsibilities

• Assist nursing staff with transferring patients and delivering meals.
• Organize workload, manage multiple tasks, answer unit telephones, and relay information promptly.
• Educate and train new staff members in Care Team Associate responsibilities.
• Perform duties for routine and emergent situations as directed by nursing staff.
• Position changes, patient hygiene care, glucose checks, venipuncture as needed, and lab specimen handling.

Skills

Patient care

Multitasking

Communication

Attention to detail

Education

Nursing education program enrollment

CNA or PCT certification or eligibility

Tools

Bed-management system

Job description

Shift

Shift: Part Time, 2 12s/Week with rotating weekends and holidays

Work Arrangement

Work Arrangement: On-site
Department: Maternal Newborn

Facility

Facility: Children's Hospital - 1021 Hitt St, Columbia, MO

Compensation

• Base Pay Range: $16.68 - $26.31 per hour, based on experience
• Additional $2.00 per hour for weekend shift
• Additional $2.00 per hour for night shift

ABOUT THE JOB

If you're passionate about providing support and comfort to patients, this role is tailor-made for you. Join us to be a beacon of care and compassion, as you assist patients with daily tasks, perform essential medical checks, and respond promptly to patient needs. In this role, you will influence quality and clinical outcomes for mothers, newborns, and families during some of their most important life experiences. We'd love to invite you to learn more about our Children's Hospital & Birthing Center and our Women's Health Services.

ABOUT MU HEALTH CARE

MU Health Care is proud to be named one of Forbes' Best-in-State Employers seven years in a row, and that's largely a result of the incredible culture and team we've built. At MU Health Care, we have an inspired, hard-working and collaborative environment driven by our mission to save and improve lives. Here, we believe anything is possible and rally around solutions. We celebrate innovation and offer opportunities to be a part of something bigger - to have a voice and role in the work that is serving our community and changing the field of medicine.

Our academic health system - the only in mid-Missouri - is home to seven hospitals, including the region's only Level 1 Trauma Center and region's only Children's Hospital, as well as over 90 specialty clinics. Here you can define your career among our many clinical and nonclinical positions - with growth, opportunity and support every step of the way.

Learn more about MU Health Care.

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DETAILED JOB DESCRIPTION

• Assist nursing staff /ancillary staff in transferring patients from bed to bed, stretcher or wheelchair, pickup and delivery of patient meal trays, andassisting with patient feeding as directed.
• Demonstrate the ability to organize workload and manage multiple tasks while maintaining a clutter-free and orderly environment including prompt answering of unit telephones and accurate delivery of messages and information to patients, families, visitors, staff, and personnel upon request.
• Educate and train new staff members in the responsibilities of the Care Team Associate role.
• Perform other duties as delegated by nursing staff and unit management as needed in both routine and emergent situations.
• Perform patient position changes, placement and removal of patient equipment, daily hygiene care, simple non-sterile dressing changes, finger stick glucose checks, may perform venipuncture to obtain a blood sample, maintain quality control checks, and deliver/retrieve lab specimens and supplies as requested.
• Responsible for accurate and timely entry of information into the bed-management system.
• Responsible for prompt response to patient call lights and addressing patient needs using positive guest relations skills while ensuring patient vital signs,intake, output, height, and weight were obtained and documented as directed.
• May complete unit/department-specific duties as outlined in department documents.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

One of the following:

• Is enrolled in a professional or practical nursing education program and has or will complete a Fundamentals of Nursing course within 90 days; or
• Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) or Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) exam registration; or
• Proof of certification as a Patient Care Technician (PCT); or
• Direct patient care experience in the past three (3) years as a nursing assistant, emergency medical technician, or surgical technician; or
• Completion within the last three (3) years, or will complete within 180 days, an Unlicensed Assistive Personnel (UAP) training program and clinical log demonstrating 100 hours of patient care experience; or
• Nursing licensure candidate who was unsuccessful on the state licensure examinations in the past three (3) years; or
• Completion a nursing program outside the United States and is awaiting the licensure examination in this country.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Additional license/certification requirements as determined by the hiring department.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met with or without reasonable accommodation. The performance of these physical demands is an essential function of the job. This position is very active and requires ambulating, reaching, and moving objects weighing up to and over 20 lbs.

This role also routinely comes into contact with patients who may have contagious illnesses. This position is in a health care facility open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Rotating shifts as well as holiday and work during inclement weather will be required.

Equal Employment Opportunity

The University of Missouri is an Equal Opportunity Employer.