Healthcare Tech

The University of Kansas Health System • Olathe, KS

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About The Position

The Health Care Technician I is an unlicensed staff member in Perioperative and Procedural Services who completes tasks delegated by an RN in a caring, culturally sensitive manner and provides excellent customer service. The role requires competencies in critical thinking, interpersonal relationships, and technical skills. Duties may vary by department or unit, and other duties may be assigned as required.

Requirements

• High school graduate or GED.
• Six months of experience as a transporter, orderly, or nursing assistant.
• Basic Cardiac Life Support (BLS or BCLS) certification from the American Heart Association.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, specifically Outlook.
• Data entry skills.

Nice To Haves

• Acute care experience with direct patient care and phlebotomy.

Responsibilities

• Provide basic nursing skills, including assistance with activities of daily living, finger-stick blood glucose testing, 12-lead EKGs, recording intake and output, collecting urine, stool, and sputum specimens, applying or removing compression hose and SCDs, emptying drains and tubes, bladder scanning, and obtaining height and weight.
• Transport patients, turn over and stock rooms, and place patient monitoring devices.
• Document tasks and intake and output in O2.
• Maintain a neat, clutter-free, clean patient room and work environment.
• Maintain a safe patient environment, including appropriate high-fall-risk interventions, rounding on patients, and promptly answering call lights in person.
• Demonstrate proper hand hygiene and follow standard precautions and isolation principles.
• Care for patients in restraints, including providing range-of-motion support and fluids or toileting; reorient confused patients; and reinforce patient and family education about fall and safety precautions and isolation principles.
• Promptly notify the RN of changes in vital signs, mental status, or condition; skin-integrity concerns such as redness; patient-reported pain; and other patient needs, concerns, or issues.
• Perform the professional, clinical, and technical competencies required by the assigned unit or department.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED