Nurse Tech - PCU/Tele at Hendrick Medical Center – Abilene, Texas

Nurse Tech Job Summary

The Nurse Tech position provides nursing students an opportunity to assist licensed nursing personnel in the implementation of day-to-day patient care as well as the routine operations of the nursing unit which assigned. The Nurse Tech provides care to the patients appropriate to the assigned unit.

PCU/Tele Cluster Description

Progressive Care Units (PCU) take care of patients with cardiac conditions that require continuous cardiac monitoring. We provide care for patients with a wide range of diagnoses, including congestive heart failure, unstable angina, acute coronary syndrome, renal failure, sepsis and cardiac dysrhythmias. PCU is considered a "step-down" unit from ICU for patients that are still requiring a higher level of monitoring than Med/Surg. Our goal on PCU is to provide high quality care with an emphasis on the mental, spiritual, and physical health needs of patients within a Christian environment.

PCU/Tele Departments

• C3 CVPCU
• C6 PCU/Tele
• C7 PCU/Tele
• P7 PCU

PCU/Tele Skills, Duties, Knowledge, and Abilities

Nurse techs will be learning several different roles within your area of care. Nurse techs will learn not only nursing tasks, but PCT/CNA tasks. Nurse techs will be applying and perfecting critical thinking skills every shift. The following skills are demonstrated on a PCU/Tele unit. The nursing student's level in their nursing program will determine the scope of skills they can perform.

• Receive and give report on assigned patients
• Complete full head to toe assessments on all assigned patients
• Review patient’s charts for orders, medications, results, etc.
• Go with nursing staff to observe and discuss all medication passes.
• Complete focused assessments on patients when necessary.
• Document patient assessments and safety rounds on all patients.
• Work alongside nursing staff to develop patient care plans, collaborate among various departments, and learn how to communicate with physicians.
• Observe and learn to interpret telemetry rhythms with nursing staff.

Required Licenses

• CPR: BLS certification through the AHA

Minimum Education

• Must be a nursing student entering 2nd through 4th semester of nursing school

Work Experience

• No previous work experience required

Note: This application is the first step of the nurse tech process. You will receive an email with next steps that must be completed in order to move forward. If you don't receive an email with further instructions within 3 business days of your application submission, please reach out to us at hrbusinesspartners@hendrickhealth.org.