NURSING TECHNICIAN

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Job Summary: Perform nursing procedures and care for patients undergoing clinical and/or surgical treatment, ensuring quality of care and patient safety. Key Highlights: 1. Nursing care for critically ill patients 2. Participation in surgical and anesthetic procedures 3. Work in critical areas and provision of individualized care Perform nursing procedures and care for patients of the Institution undergoing clinical and/or surgical treatment, involving technical-level activities aimed at ensuring the quality of care provided and patient safety. **Responsibilities and Duties** * Provide nursing procedures and care to critically ill patients of the Institution undergoing clinical or surgical treatment; * Implement preventive measures for identified risks based on institutional protocols; * Record relevant information regarding patients under one's responsibility, ensuring safety and continuity of treatment; * Participate in the surgical process, including verifying the surgery schedule, inspecting the operating room, checking surgical kits, receiving and transferring patients to the operating table, performing preoperative precautions, setting up the operating table, assisting during surgery, transferring the patient to the post-anesthesia recovery room, and preparing the operating room for the next surgery; * Organize the anesthesia process in operating rooms, including arranging materials, anesthetic medications, and necessary equipment; transferring the patient from the stretcher to the operating table; assisting during anesthesia administration; and participating in anesthesia management for patients undergoing cardiac surgery, which requires special attention, time, specific equipment, devices, and medications; * Provide individualized care to critically ill patients hospitalized in ICUs or clinical wards; * Collect and/or forward tests ordered by physicians; * Verify medical and nursing prescriptions, applying signature and official stamp; * Assist in performing medical procedures such as chest drainage, bronchoscopy, endoscopy, colonoscopy, intracath insertion, etc., gathering specific materials required for each procedure to stabilize hemodynamic parameters; * Instruct visitors during visiting hours on hand hygiene and its importance in preventing infection among patients under one's care; * Monitor expenditures of materials and medications, as well as their expiration dates, aiming to avoid waste; * Assist nurses and/or physicians in performing invasive procedures and provide required materials; * Work in critical areas, delivering care to patients with greater severity and those using invasive devices; * Check and replenish supplies on ICU bed panels, such as gauze, catheters, suction equipment, sterile gloves, Ambu bags, etc.; * Inspect trays prepared for urgent procedures, dating them and restocking missing items; * Inspect the emergency cart and test the defibrillator daily; * Perform other duties as needed or at the discretion of the unit nurse; * Admit patients to the unit together with the nurse, receiving admission forms and medical records, guiding patients to their beds, identifying them, and labeling their medication bins; * Participate in shift handovers bed-to-bed, communicating important information to colleagues alongside the entire nursing team; * Participate in planning nursing care; * Actively participate in the risk management program to prevent errors and harm to patients under one's care; report any incidents to the responsible nurse, implement interventions to minimize risks, and document actions in prescriptions; * Perform all nursing actions except those exclusively reserved for registered nurses, according to the General Nursing Procedures Manual; * Participate in discharge planning for patients, providing guidance—jointly with the nurse—to patients and their companions regarding care and devices, if necessary. * Verify ideal conditions for patient transfer to the preoperative area prior to surgery; promptly respond to verbal requests or call-button alerts from inpatients; * Administer medications safely, preventing harm to patients; knowledge of High-Alert Medications is required; * Maintain cleanliness of the unit and report non-conformities to the hygiene service; * Maintain and preserve unit equipment and materials; report equipment needs or removal due to obsolescence to the central equipment department; * Keep patient medical records and documents organized; * Notify the nurse regarding equipment repairs, maintenance, or shortages in the unit; * Participate in defining the daily individual material requisitions for patients. **Requirements and Qualifications** * Completed high school education; * Completed technical nursing course; * Active COREN registration; * Intermediate-level computer and Microsoft Office skills. The **SPDM** \- Paulista Association for the Development of Medicine is a non-profit, philanthropic civil association, recognized as a federal, state, and municipal public utility entity, respectively by Decrees No. 57\.925 dated 03/04/1966, No. 40\.103 dated 05/17/1962, and No. 8\.911 dated 07/30/1970\. The Association’s primary directive is integration into the health system focused on disease treatment, prevention, and promotion of primary, secondary, and tertiary health care, strengthening ties with the local community and reaffirming its social commitment to serve all individuals without discrimination. With institutional growth, **SPDM** continues expanding its scope of operations through projects currently underway in Social Assistance and Education. This wide range of activities increasingly consolidates **SPDM** as a large-scale philanthropic institution pursuing economic, social, and environmental sustainability. Thus, SPDM contributes effectively to continuous improvement of services delivered by Brazil’s Unified Health System (SUS), primarily aiming to guarantee universality and equitable access to health services essential for human and social development. Our commitment is to foster an inclusive culture embracing diversity, empowering our employees to contribute their best. All qualified candidates will be considered for positions without distinction based on ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, age, race, nationality, or disability. SPDM is an equal opportunity employer for all individuals meeting minimum requirements. We value idea-sharing, teamwork culture development, respect for diversity, and inclusion. **MISSION** To deliver healthcare excellence without prejudice, distinction, or classification of citizens. **VISION** To be recognized as Brazil’s largest and most competent philanthropic health organization. **VALUES** * Training and Development * Social Commitment * Reliability * Entrepreneurship * Equity * Ethics * Humanization * Quality * Ecological, Economic, and Social Sustainability * Tradition * Transparency **About the Chemical Dependency Care Complex** This Chemical Dependency Care Complex, designed to support individuals with chemical dependency needs in open-use settings, comprises two health units: Unit I of the Complex – dedicated to Emergency Care and Observation Beds – located at Rua Prates, 165 \- Bom Retiro neighborhood \- São Paulo \- SP. Unit II of the Complex – dedicated to Back-up Beds and Observation Beds \- located at Rua Helvetia, 55 – Campos Elíseos neighborhood \- São Paulo. Based on Decree No. 68\.287/2023, the Complex has the following responsibilities: * To welcome individuals facing vulnerability due to chemical dependency; * To provide healthcare for adults with stable clinical conditions resulting from chemical dependency; * To implement actions aimed at reestablishing damaged or broken family ties; * To facilitate progressive social reintegration, coordinated with the reference Psychosocial Care Network. **If you identify with the Institution’s mission and wish to be part of this story, submit your resume!**