Nurse Tech, Progressive Care Unit, Capital Region Medical Center - Nights

Shift & Department

Shift
:
Nights, 3x12 shifts, with rotation to weekends

Department
:
Progressive Care Unit, CRMC

Base Pay Range
: $15.00 - $23.32/hour, based on experience

Shift Differentials
:
Additional $2.00 per hour for evening, night or weekend shift

MU Health Care is looking for a dynamic and compassionate individual to join our team at Capital Region Medical Center as a Nurse Tech. As the heartbeat of patient care, you will play a pivotal role in creating a seamless and supportive environment for our patients. The ideal candidate is someone with a passion for helping others, exceptional organizational skills, and the ability to thrive in a fast‑paced setting.

Your role goes beyond tasks; it’s about fostering a compassionate connection with patients, families, and our healthcare team. You’ll be a vital part of patient well-being, ensuring comfort, dignity, and timely responses to their needs. If you embody empathy, multitasking prowess, and a commitment to excellence, join MU Health Care in making a difference in the lives of those we serve.

At MU Health Care, we have an inspired, hard‑working and collaborative environment driven by our mission to save and improve lives. 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 multiple 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.

• Health, vision and dental insurance coverage starting day one
• Generous paid leave and paid time off, including nine holidays
• Multiple retirement options, including 100% matching up to 8% and full vesting in three years
• Tuition assistance for employees (75%) and immediate family members (50%)
• Discounts on cell phone plans, rental cars, gyms, hotels and more

• Assist nursing staff and ancillary staff in the transfer of patients from bed to bed, stretcher or wheelchair, pickup and delivery of patient meal trays and assisting 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 computerized 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 are obtained and documented as directed.
• May complete unit/department specific duties as outlined in department documents.

• Completion of a Fundamentals of Nursing course within ninety (90) days; or
• Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA); or
• Experience with direct patient care such as a medical assistant, nursing assistant, emergency medical technician (EMT), or surgical technician in the past three (3) years; or
• Completion within the last three (3) years, or will complete within ninety (90) days, an Unlicensed Assistive Personnel (UAP) training program; or
• Nursing licensure candidate who was unsuccessful on the…