Nurse Technician – Emergency Department

Overview

Your job is more than a job. As you continue to pursue your higher education to become a nurse or wait for your nursing license, working as a Senior Nurse Tech is an opportunity to learn and get a head start on your nursing career. Under the direct supervision of licensed, registered nurses, you assist with care duties and demonstrate knowledge and skills necessary for cardiac, medical, surgical, and post critical care patient needs.

If you chose nursing as your calling, why wait until the day when you have your degree in hand when you can begin making a difference in the world today. As a Senior Nurse Tech, you can continue learning while having the honor of belonging and contributing to something bigger than yourself.

• Assist with direct patient care services and procedures and related tasks, such as checking in patients, taking vital signs, bathing, positioning, ambulation, nutrition, and elimination activities, and assisting with medical examinations.
• Keep registered nurse supervisor abreast of patient status and communicate with entire unit team.
• Document care activities.
• Perform routine procedures addressed in the competencies of the position.
• Maintain/obtain medical supplies and equipment.
• Perform clerical and administrative functions in support of unit activities.
• Practice safety, environmental, and/or infection control methods.
• Perform miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned.

• Minimum: Enrollment in an accredited Professional School of Nursing or graduate of an accredited Professional School of Nursing waiting to NCLEX for Licensure.
• Completed 2 years of education and 3 clinical semesters at an accredited nursing school.
• Current American Heart Association BLS certification.

• Deliver healthcare with heart.
• Give people a reason to smile.
• Put a little love in your work.
• Be honest and real, but with compassion.
• Bring some lagniappe into everything you do.
• Forget one-size-fits-all, think one-of-a-kind care.
• See opportunities, not problems — it’s all about perspective.
• Cheerlead ideas, differences, and each other.
• Love what makes you, you – because we do.

LCMC Health is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.