Student Nurse Technician

CommonSpirit Health; Omaha (NE); On-site; USD 22,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job summary

CommonSpirit Health is seeking a Student Nurse Tech to provide essential direct patient care support under RN supervision at CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy. You will gain hands-on clinical experience while assisting with routine tasks and maintaining patient comfort.

The role emphasizes empathy, attention to detail, and effective communication as you contribute to a dynamic clinical environment during your nursing training.

Qualifications

• Current enrollment and in good standing, upon hire
• Bachelor of Nursing or RN credential pathways, upon hire
• Active CPR/BLS certification upon hire
• Nursing coursework and clinical exposure aligned with RN scope of practice

Responsibilities

• Provides patient personal care and comfort under RN supervision.
• Documents and reports clinical activities and patient changes to RN.
• Assists with admission, discharge and transfers, including patient transport.
• Communicates patient information to the care team for the plan of care.
• Maintains organized work area and stocks supplies; reports equipment issues.
• Participates in quality improvement activities and ongoing nursing education.

Skills

Patient care

Documentation

Communication

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor of Nursing

Associate Degree in Nursing

LPN to RN program

Certified Nursing Assistant

Licensed Practical Nurse

Registered Nurse

CPR/BLS

Job description

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As our Student Nurse Tech, you will provide essential direct patient care support under RN supervision, gaining vital hands-on clinical experience.

Every day, you will perform and document delegated patient care tasks for diverse medical/surgical patients, seeking guidance as needed and contributing to a dynamic clinical environment.

To be successful in this role, you will demonstrate a strong passion for nursing, meticulous detail, empathy, and excellent communication, prioritizing patient needs and a commitment to learning.

• Provides patient personal care/hygiene and physical comfort within assigned tasks, including feeding, bathing, shaving, changing clothes, bed making, ambulation, lifting, turning, moving, transferring, enemas, skin care and bowel/bladder elimination. Provides such additional care as required to meet the personal primary needs and comfort of assigned patient based on skill, ability, and patient acuity. Prepares patient, equipment and supplies for specific procedures/examinations.
• Performs, monitors, reports and documents all clinical activities within assigned tasks. Observes and reports changes in patient condition to the RN.
• Assists nursing staff in the admission, discharge and transfer of patient by performing activities such as inventory/storing patient belongings, providing patient with relevant personal care/comfort items, orienting patient/family and transporting patient to room or other location using wheelchairs, stretchers or patient bed.
• Provides patient information to nursing staff for inclusion in the interdisciplinary plan of care; documents relevant patient data in accordance with work unit standards.
• Maintains a neat and organized work environment. Orders, stocks and replenishes supplies and equipment as necessary, identifies and reports problems with supplies or equipment; enters equipment repair request in system, tags equipment and removes from service.
• Participates in quality assurance/improvement initiatives and activities. Participates in growth opportunities. Actively participates in ongoing education and orientation to the role of an RN, remaining within scope at all times.

Job Requirements

• Current enrollment and in good standing, upon hire or
• Bachelors Of Nursing recent graduate of a full time Nursing Program such as an accredited Baccalaureate Nursing Program, upon hire or
• Associate Of Nursing RN Associate Degree program, upon hire or
• LPN to RN nursing program, upon hire
• Certified Nursing Assistant: NE, upon hire or
• Licensed Practical Nurse: NE, upon hire or
• Registered Nurse: NE, upon hire and
• Basic Life Support - CPR, upon hire

Where You'll Work

At CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy, our focus is patient-centered care. Our level I trauma center and academic medical center campus is designed to heal the body, mind, and spirit of every person in a more comfortable, less stressful hospital environment. Our full range of medical services includes trauma services, heart and vascular care, emergency services, surgery, maternity, cancer care, and diagnostic imaging.

Pay Range

$15.67 - $22.14 /hour