Healthcare Tech

The University of Kansas Health System • Olathe, KS

6d • Onsite

About The Position

The Health Care Technician I is an unlicensed staff member in Perioperative and Procedural Services who completes tasks delegated by the RN. The role provides caring, culturally sensitive service and excellent customer service while demonstrating critical-thinking, interpersonal, and technical competencies. Duties may vary by unit or department, 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, obtaining height and weight, and placing patient-monitoring devices.
• Transport patients, turn over rooms, and stock supplies.
• Document tasks and intake and output in O2.
• Maintain a neat, clean, and clutter-free 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.
• Follow hand-hygiene practices, standard precautions, and isolation principles.
• Care for patients in restraints, including providing range-of-motion assistance 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, condition, skin integrity, or pain, and of 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