Nursing Station Technician

Our Nursing Station Techs love Grand Itasca for the stability, meaningful work and great team. If you are looking for professional growth and development with hands on experience caring for a diverse patient population, Grand Itasca is where you belong!

We're a non-profit organization with a clear vision of being the leader in transforming rural health care by achieving the highest levels of quality, access, and value. Our strength stems from teamwork and collaboration among a talented and diverse group of professionals.

Let's talk about benefits

• Competitive pay
• Tuition reimbursement and scholarship/grant opportunities
• Health, dental, vision, & life insurance kick in on the first of the month after 30 days of employment
• Generous paid time off package to maintain a healthy home-work balance
• STDB (short term disability bank)
• 401K with employer contributions
• Shift Differential
• No overnights!
• Experience Pay Given
• Employee Referral Program

About the Position

• Nursing Station Tech
• Part-time .6 FTE (48 hours per pay period)
• Medical/Surgical/Pediatrics/WHBC

Job Summary:

The Nursing Station Tech (NST) serves the hospital patient population by providing constant overview of patient care area and monitoring of activity throughout the unit. Customer service, patient family support, and safety are primary responsibilities of this position.

Here's what you'll do when you join us:

• Monitor activity throughout the unit and nursing station while maintaining patient safety.
• Answer and direct phone calls.
• Answer patient call lights and patient safety alarms.
• Apply monitor and report effectiveness to the RN.
• Observe and monitor patients and complete hourly rounding.
• Monitor patients identified as at risk for elopement or falls.
• Monitor and facilitate admission of patients, visitors, and employees to the WHBC.
• Maintain a working knowledge of Code processes throughout the organization.
• Place identification on patients.
• Maintain and order inpatient unit supplies and stick items.
• Assemble and disassemble patient charts.
• Assist with completion of birth certificate and facility worksheet information on WHBC.
• Operate paging system.
• Complete release if Information processes.
• Maintain knowledge of and compliance with hospital safety, disaster and emergency procedures.
• Clean and disinfect equipment as needed.
• Initiates the cleaning of patient care areas upon discharge and prepare the room for new admission.
• Assist in the set up and tear down of delivery tables.

If you have these qualifications, we'd love to chat:

• Must be 18 years of age or older.
• Graduate of a Nursing Aide program. Certification and current listing on the Minnesota Nursing Assistant Registry preferred.
• BLS Certification or ability to obtain within two months of hire and maintains certification.
• Experience in an ambulatory or inpatient health care setting with ability to multi-task and manage multiple patient/family/nursing/physician priorities within short time frames preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to adhere to and follow Grand Itasca Clinic & Hospital Mission, Values, Vision and policies.
• Maintains reliable and consistent attendance.

Grand Itasca brings the benefits of a large and respected health system to our local community. We are a non-profit, state-of-the-art, integrated clinic and hospital that is proud to offer a range of high-quality providers, specialties and services to our community.

EEO/AA Employer/Vet/Disabled All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to any lawfully protected status.