✓You’ll need

Licensure

Previous experience and CNA license preferred

Certifications

✓Possession of Basic Life Support (BLS), Advance Burn Life Support (ABLS) within 6 months of hire, and completion of burn care/management modules.

Education

✓High school diploma or general education degree (GED) required

Qualifications

✓Full-Time, Part-Time, and PRN team members must be able to commit to full-time orientation hours during the first 6–8 weeks of employment.

✓Orientation consists of three 12-hour day shifts (6:00 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.) each week.

✓A PCA/tech may be asked to assist in a patient safety assistant role while maintaining PCA/tech duties for that assigned patient.

✓Skill and proficiency in oral and written grammar, communication and basic mathematics.

✓Maintains patient/employee safety by following controlled access policies

✓Answers call lights, phones, or intercom system to determine patients' needs

✓Serves and collects food trays and feeds patients requiring help

✓Prepares patients for surgery and/or procedures properly

✓Accompanies patients for diagnostic tests, at discharge and/or assists patients to ambulate

✓Turns and repositions patients using safe patient handling techniques

✓Obtains vital patient information as directed (i.e., temperature, blood pressure, pulse and respiration rates, and food/fluid intake/output, and calorie counts)

✓Maintains a clean and orderly environment, ensuring patient safety and comfort at all times

✓Assumes responsibility for own growth and development; attends staff meetings

✓Meets Bronson’s Standards of Excellence

✓Follows organizational guidelines for effective hand hygiene consistently

✓Restocks supplies as appropriate and stores equipment in defined locations

✓Maintains unsupervised access to the unit medication room(s) for stocking and/or retrieving supplies

Basic medical terminology knowledge preferred

About the role

CURRENT BRONSON EMPLOYEES - Please apply using the career worklet in Workday. This career site is for external applicants only.

CURRENT BRONSON EMPLOYEES - Please apply using the career worklet in Workday. This career site is for external applicants only. Love Where You Work! Team Bronson is compassionate, resilient and strong. We are driven by Positivity which inspires us to be our best and to go above and beyond for our patients, for one another, and for our community. If you’re ready for a rewarding new career, join Team Bronson and be part of the experience. Location BMH Bronson Methodist Hospital Title Burn Tech, Part
Time Days, Bronson Methodist Hospital Under the supervision of a Registered Nurse, and in accordance with defined policies and procedures for the unit, the Trauma Care Unit Burn Tech provides technical patient care to a defined patient population, as assigned by the Registered Nurse. Performs a variety of tasks related to burn care therapy and preparation of patients for operating procedures. Must have good knowledge of infection control techniques. Job training includes current burn care management techniques and wound care procedures. Duties may also include the performance of basic technical skills not requiring licensure, such as, but not limited to: gathering patient data, assisting patients with activities of daily living (ADLs), transporting patients, supporting department maintenance activities (stocking patient rooms, moving equipment, ordering and procuring supplies, etc.), providing basic customer services (directions, visitor control, and other functions), as needed. Employees providing direct patient care must demonstrate competencies specific to the population served. Orientation Requirement Full
Time, Part
Time, and PRN team members must be able to commit to full-time orientation hours during the first 6–8 weeks of employment. Orientation consists of three 12-hour day shifts (6:00 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.) each week. SPECIAL

High school diploma or general education degree (GED) required Previous experience and CNA license preferred Possession of Basic Life Support (BLS), Advance Burn Life Support (ABLS) within 6 months of hire, and completion of burn care/management modules. A PCA/tech may be asked to assist in a patient safety assistant role while maintaining PCA/tech duties for that assigned patient. Basic medical terminology knowledge preferred Skill and proficiency in oral and written grammar, communication and basic mathematics. Work which produces levels of mental/visual fatigue which are typical of jobs that perform a wide variety of duties with frequent and significant uncontrollable deadlines. Work may include the operation of and full attention to a personal computer or CRT up to 40 percent of the time. Involves regularly lifting of bulky or moderately heavy weights (i.e., up to 50 pounds), and occasionally assisting with heavier tasks or expending the equivalent effort in pushing, pulling, or otherwise handling material, equipment, and other objects.
Provides information, direction, and assistance as appropriate
Maintains patient/employee safety by following controlled access policies
Communicates in a timely manner with the RN regarding patient status, interventions completed, data collected and pertinent input to facilitate care planning
Answers call lights, phones, or intercom system to determine patients' needs
Serves and collects food trays and feeds patients requiring help
Provides appropriate assistance to the patient during his/her activities of daily living
Prepares patients for surgery and/or procedures properly
Reviews plan of care at beginning of shift with RN and PRN for every assigned patient
Accompanies patients for diagnostic tests, at discharge and/or assists patients to ambulate
Turns and repositions patients using safe patient handling techniques
Obtains vital patient information as directed (i.e., temperature, blood pressure, pulse and respiration rates, and food/fluid intake/output, and calorie counts)
Documents findings in EMR in a timely, accurate and concise manner
Participates in the Patient Admission Process through timely and accurate performance of assigned duties
Provides skilled technical care according to unit-specific and generic structure standards, protocols and procedures, prescribed medical interventions, and nursing guidelines as delegated by the RN
Maintains a clean and orderly environment, ensuring patient safety and comfort at all times
Assumes responsibility for own growth and development; attends staff meetings
Manages incoming tubes from tube station and deliver meds or other items to the RN or medication room
Meets Bronson’s Standards of Excellence
Supports the goals of the unit and participates in department performance improvement
Follows organizational guidelines for effective hand hygiene consistently
Restocks supplies as appropriate and stores equipment in defined locations
Maintains unsupervised access to the unit medication room(s) for stocking and/or retrieving supplies ADDITIONAL WORK ACTIVITIES: Performs minor debridement; prepares and assists with major debridement and escharotomies; Assists in the removal and application of dressing, topical agents, and staples; Prepares patient and hydrotherapy room for shower procedures; Ensures general maintenance of hydrotherapy room and shower room, which involves the strict monitoring of infection control; Prepares supplies and environment for burn wound care; Monitors inventory stock of supplies such as hydrotherapy liners, surginet and burn dressings. Orders supplies when needed; Assists with admission procedures; Assists with early mobilization, ROM, and ambulation of patients. Shift 12 Hour Day Shift Time Type Part time Scheduled Weekly Hours 24 Cost Center 6200 TCU/Burn/SICU (BMH) Agency Use Policy and Agency Submittal Disclaimer Bronson Healthcare Group and its affiliates (“Bronson”) strictly prohibit the acceptance of unsolicited resumes from individual recruiters or third-party recruiting agencies ("Recruiters") in response to job postings or word of mouth. Unsolicited resumes sent to any employee of Bronson by Recruiters, without both a valid written agreement with Bronson and a direct written request from the Bronson Talent Acquisition Department for a specific job position, will be considered the property of Bronson. Furthermore, no fees will be owed or paid to Recruiters who submit resumes for unsolicited candidates, even if those candidates are hired. This policy applies regardless of whether the Recruiter has a pre-existing agreement with Bronson. Only candidates submitted through a specific written agreement with the Bronson Talent Acquisition Department for a named position are eligible for fee consideration. Please take a moment to watch a brief video highlighting employment with Bronson!

Burn Tech, Part-Time Days, Bronson Methodist Hospital

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