Nursing Technician

Description

Job Summary: An operational nursing professional to assist the Registered Nurse in planning, supervising activities, and providing direct care to critically ill patients, as part of a multidisciplinary team. Key Highlights: 1. Direct assistance to critically ill patients 2. Collaboration within a multidisciplinary team 3. Assistance in surgeries and emergency/urgent care **Description and Responsibilities:** **Working Hours:** 180h **Level:** Operational **Employment Type:** Other Assist the Registered Nurse in planning, scheduling, guiding, and supervising nursing care activities; Provide direct nursing care to critically ill patients; Implement the Nursing Care Systematization Plan; Accompany patient transportation under supervision; Collaborate with the multidisciplinary team; Perform nursing care actions under supervision, observing and documenting the patient's signs and symptoms, performing dressings, fluid balance monitoring, administering medications, and other tasks; Perform pathology-specific monitoring for each patient; Collect specimens for laboratory tests; Assist in inventory control of materials, equipment, and medications; Operate electrodiagnostic devices; Cooperate with the healthcare team in delivering care, teaching, research, and health education activities; Prepare patients pre- and post-operatively for surgeries and childbirth; Assist in emergency and urgent care; Circulate in surgical and obstetric rooms, preparing the room and surgical instruments, and assisting in surgeries when required; Perform procedures related to admission, discharge, transfer, and death; Maintain an organized work unit, ensuring its preservation and reporting any issues to the Registered Nurse; Assist in routine nursing care tasks; Collaborate in developing educational programs, including training auxiliary nursing staff; Inspect and monitor equipment and facilities in the unit, reporting issues to the responsible person; Assist the Registered Nurse in preventing and controlling communicable diseases, participating in epidemiological surveillance programs and systematic hospital infection control; Assist the Registered Nurse in systematically preventing and controlling physical injuries that may occur to patients during healthcare delivery; Perform tasks related to medical-dental surgical interventions, handing instruments to the surgeon and performing other support duties; Qualitatively and quantitatively verify surgical instruments after surgery completion; Guide the washing, drying, and sterilization of surgical instruments; Permanently ensure the functional status of surgical room equipment, proposing acquisition of new equipment to replace non-functional units; Prepare patients for examinations, advising them on examination requirements; Record performed electrocardiograms, making relevant annotations; Perform tasks pertinent to the area of practice using computer equipment and software; Perform other tasks essential to sector operations, inherent to the role; Maintain tools, equipment, and materials in good condition, keeping the workplace orderly, clean, and well-preserved; Comply with occupational safety and health regulations. **Requirements:** Nursing Technician with active COREN registration. **Benefits:** Medical assistance, Dental assistance, Parking, Life insurance, Meal allowance