High School CTE - Technician-Unit Support - West Region

Indiana University Health System•Lafayette, LA

21h•Onsite

About The Position

This posting is for High School Students in a CTE program. Please only apply if you are attending an Application Session with an IU Health representative. This posting includes all West Region locations (Arnett, Frankfort, Tipton and White Memorial Hospitals). The position provides a combination of direct patient care and unit clerical duties for the department. The Technician-Unit Support administers care to designated patients under the direction of a Clinical Nurse and provides support to the patient care team. The role ensures a clean and orderly environment for the patient and provides information, directions, and other assistance to physicians, patients, families, customers, and vendors. Responsibilities may also include scheduling tests and procedures for the patient, maintaining patient records, signing patients in and out of the unit, and ordering, receiving, and delivering equipment and supplies for the patient care team. Continuous observation, including suicide prevention, may also be required.

Requirements

High School Diploma or GED is required
Requires previous comparable acute patient care experience or successful completion of the IU Health PCA education program
Requires current Basic Life Support certification through the AHA or attainment at the completion of the IU Health PCA education program
Other advanced life support certifications may be required per unit/department specialty according to patient care policies
Requires basic knowledge of medical terminology
Requires knowledge of procedures and standards related to patient care activities
Requires knowledge of principles of infection control
Requires basic computer skills

Responsibilities

Provides a combination of direct patient care and unit clerical duties for the department
Administers care to designated patients under the direction of a Clinical Nurse
Provides support to the patient care team
Ensures a clean and orderly environment for the patient
Provides information, directions and other assistance to physicians, patients, families, customers and vendors
May schedule tests and procedures for the patient
May maintain patient records
May sign patients in and out of the unit
May be responsible for the ordering, receiving and delivering of equipment and supplies for the patient care team
May be required to provide continuous observation including suicide prevention