TECH - CRITICAL CARE-Full Time Nights

Job Opportunity At Sierra Medical Center

Sierra Medical Center, part of Northern Nevada Health System, offers quality care to residents of the greater Truckee Meadows. The 170-bed acute care hospital provides services including 24/7 ER care, cardiology, oncology, labor and delivery, level II NICU, surgical and orthopedic services, and much more.

What We Value:

• Compassion: Treating everyone with kindness and warmth because we genuinely care about every patient, employee, and physician like they are family.
• Empathy: Putting ourselves in our patient's shoes and delivering clinical care with a personalized touch.
• Teamwork: Fostering a caring and friendly work environment to bring the best possible outcomes in our patient's lives.
• Quality: Striving to provide excellence in clinical care.
• Ethics: Conducting our business with the highest ethical and moral standards.
• Respect: Honoring the dignity, individuality, and rights of everyone.
• Service Excellence: Providing personalized and professional service that exceeds the expectations of those we serve.
• Innovation: Continually investing in technology and process improvements to develop new and better ways of delivering clinical care.

Job Summary:

Provides indirect patient care and assigned tasks in the department setting under the direct supervision of the Critical Care RN. Monitors cardiac rhythms via direct cardiac screen or telemetry monitors, notifies RN of any changes and ensures all ECG tracings are obtained from the central monitoring station during patient emergencies. Assists RN with patient care needs. Orders and restocks unit supplies, ensures all patient rooms are fully stocked daily and all procedure carts are restocked daily. Meets communication needs of the department. Transcribes physician orders from records with notation and signatures by nursing staff. Coordinates clerical functions and interacts with patient families. Prepares and compiles records in the department. Maintains regulatory body requirements, policies and procedures and participates in performance improvement activities.

Job Duties:

• Answers the telephone and intercom in a timely and polite manner.
• Takes messages accurately and forwards information immediately.
• Treats patients and their families with respect and dignity.
• Identifies and addresses psychosocial, cultural, ethnic, and religious/spiritual needs of patients and their families.
• Performs all aspects of patient care in an environment that optimizes patient safety, infection control, and reduces the likelihood of medical/health care errors.
• Monitors ECG signals at the central monitoring station, notifies RN immediately about sysrhythmias to the primary or charge RN.

Benefits for Full and Part Time Employees:

• Challenging and rewarding work environment
• Competitive compensation & generous paid time off
• Excellent medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug plans
• 401(K) with company match and discounted stock plan
• Tuition reimbursement/repayment program
• Career development opportunities within UHS and its 300+ subsidiaries

More information is available on our Benefits Guest Website: benefits.uhsguest.com.

About Universal Health Services:

One of the nation's largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS) has built an impressive record of achievement and performance. During the year, UHS was again recognized as one of the World's Most Admired Companies by Fortune; and listed in Forbes ranking of America's Largest Public Companies. Operating acute care hospitals, behavioral health facilities, outpatient facilities and ambulatory care access points, an insurance offering, a physician network and various related services located all over the U.S. States, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom.

Qualifications:

• High School graduate or equivalent.
• Current CNA certification in the state of Nevada.
• Current BLS certificate.
• Advanced cardiac rhythm competency within 6 months of hire.
• Completion of Healthstream course AACN: Essentials of ECG & Dysrhythmia Monitoring within 6 months of hire.

EEO Statement:

All UHS subsidiaries are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. UHS subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers and as such, openly support and fully commit to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion, and compensation of individuals without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. We believe that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success.