Student Nurse Tech (SNT)

SSM Health Rehabilitation Hospital; Oklahoma City (OK); On-site; USD 23,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Extensive orientation program

Potential for advancement

401k eligibility for part-time staff

Employee assistance program

Job summary

SSM Health Rehabilitation Hospital in Oklahoma City, OK, is seeking a Student Nurse Tech (SNT) to support nursing staff in an inpatient rehabilitation setting. The role is PRN, with a $20.00 hourly pay rate, and entails assisting with vital signs, patient care, and basic nursing tasks under RN supervision.

You will participate in patient care activities, documentation, transport, and basic examinations, adapting to patient needs and institutional policies.

Qualifications

• Active enrollment in nursing school with first-year completion proof.
• Knowledge of basic nursing techniques and aseptic practices.
• Effective verbal and written communication; ability to follow written and verbal instructions.
• Current BLS certification.

Responsibilities

• Take vital signs and collect patient data.
• Assist with personal and daily care.
• Support intake/output, specimen collection, and urine/stool collection as directed.
• Assist with mobility, feeding, and patient comfort; document intake.
• Maintain room cleanliness and restock supplies; prepare room for occupancy.
• Provide age-appropriate care to patients aged 13 and older.
• Assist with patient transport and movement as needed.
• Assist with respiratory care as directed by RN.

Skills

Communication

BLS

Aseptic technique

Teamwork

Education

Enrolled in accredited nursing program

Proof of first-year fundamentals

Job description

SSM Health Rehabilitation Hospital-Oklahoma City

Joint venture with Select Medical

Position: Student Nurse Tech (SNT)

Location: Oklahoma City, OK

Schedule: PRN

Pay rate: $20.00 per hour

Our Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospital is committed to providing exceptional and compassionate care to best address the medical, physical, emotional, and vocational challenges for individuals with brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, neurological disorders, orthopedic issues, amputation, and multiple traumas.

Why Join Us

• Start Strong: Extensive orientation program to ensure a smooth transition into our setting.
• Opportunity for Advancement: Demonstrate your skills and dedication which could lead to potential full-time opportunities
• Foster Well-being: We offer benefits which support the financial, work/life and emotional well being of you and your family members. Part time/Per Diem positions are eligible for 401k based on reaching 1,000 hours within their first anniversary or subsequent calendar year. We also offer our employee assistance program to part time employees.
• Your Impact Matters: Join a team of over 44,000 committed to providing exceptional patient care

Under the direct supervision of the Registered Nurse the Student Nurse Tech performs procedures, collects and documents demographic and patient data as follows:

• Vital signs, height, weight, demographic data
• Assists patient with personal and daily care: bathing, oral hygiene, shaving, and hair care.
• Intake & output, urinary catheter removal, finger stick blood sugars, routine urine and stool specimen collection, ostomy care, emptying drainage receptacles/tubes, bladder scan
• Removes peripheral IV's as directed by RN (may not remove any IV's located in antecubital fossa or higher)
• Delivers meals and snacks, feeds patients who are unable to feed themselves. Documents oral intake including supplements
• Turns, positions immobile patients safely, maintaining proper body alignment.
• Answers patient call lights and performs services that add to the physical well being of the patient.
• Transport of patients to designated areas; assists in moving patients in and out of stretchers and wheelchairs.
• Assists in physical examinations, exercise regimens, and postmortem care as directed.
• Skin care, application of cold soaks, compress as directed, re-inforce wound dressings, remove wound dressings, apply simple, clean dressings (excludes sterile wounds or complex dressings including NPWT, packing, medication, and multi step dressings)
• Respiratory Care including: Applies Oxygen mask/trach mask or Nasal Cannula as directed by Registered Nurse.
• Maintains the cleanliness of various instruments and equipment such as bedpans, urinals, bedside commodes, glucometers, scales, carts, etc. Disinfects equipment in between patients
• Keeps the patient’s room in clean and orderly condition, makes beds, replaces soiled linen, straightens and disinfects bedside tables, and prepares the room for occupancy.
• Provides age appropriate care to patients 13 and older
• Maintains unit stock levels: Assists in restocking rooms, trays, cabinets for adequacy of supplies and inventory; assists withcleaning when necessary. Demonstrates proper use & Maintenance of patient scales, carts, and lift

Minimum Qualifications

• This position requires current enrollment in an accredited nursing school and must provide proof of completion of the first year/fundamentals of nursing, (or equivalent). (Certification as a nursing assistant may be required based on some state requirements).
• Knowledge of basic nursing techniques and procedures and aseptic practices is required.
• This position requires the ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, to follow written and verbal instructions, and tomaintain effective working relations with others including patients, families, physicians and other hospital associates.
• BLS required