Wood County Hospital is accepting applications for Clinical Nurse Technicians in our Acute Care department. The CNT provides personal care and professional excellence by delivering direct/indirect care to patients of all ages from pediatric, adolescent, and adult to geriatric, under the delegation/direction/supervision of a physician, registered nurse, and/or licensed practical nurse.  Assists in maintaining a safe, clean environment and performs clerical/administrative functions as assigned. 

Job duties:

Under the delegation/direction/supervision of the physician, registered nurse, and/or licensed practical nurse and within the scope of practice, provides/assists with and accurately documents activities of daily living (ADLs) which include but are not limited to:

• Bathing

• Dressing and undressing

• Oral care

• Hair Care

• Toileting

• Personal hygiene

• Mobility as activity order allows.

• Feeding/hydration which includes:

• preparing patients for mealtimes by assisting those that need help in getting positioned properly.

• feeding patients requiring help or assisting with tray/food set-up

• providing fresh drinking water.

• providing between meal nourishment as diet order allows. 

• collecting and serving food trays.

• Positioning/repositioning and following turn schedules.

• Performing skin care and pressure ulcer prevention techniques and notifying the RN of any skin care issues.

Under the delegation/direction/supervision of the physician, registered nurse, and/or licensed practical nurse and within the scope of practice, provides/assists with and accurately documents patient monitoring, which includes but is not limited to:

• Obtaining patient’s blood glucose per capillary finger-stick as ordered and notifying RN of results.

• Observing and recording the patient’s intake and output, and/or calorie count; and notifying the RN of any deviations from the usual.

• Obtaining accurate blood pressure, pulse, respiratory rate, temperature, and SaO2 and notifying the RN of abnormal vital signs immediately.

• Obtaining patient’s height and/or weight.

• Performing Point of Care (POC) testing (e.g. urine pregnancy testing, urine dip testing) and notifying the RN of results.  

• Responding to and silencing peripheral IV and bed/chair alarms and notifying the RN immediately.

• Discontinuing peripheral IVs.

• Applying and/or removing non-sterile dressings and compresses and reporting abnormal findings to the RN. 

• Performing hourly purposeful rounding in collaboration with the RN.

• Serving as a safety companion.

Shift Details:

Hours: 36/week

Shift: Variable: Day Shift, 5:45 am - 6:15 pm  

Minimum Requirements:

Minimum Education:            

• Currently enrolled in an accredited RN nursing or surgical technology program

Minimum Certification:

• Current American Heart Association (AHA) Healthcare Provider CPR (BLS) certification required.         

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