Nursing Support Services Rover

UMC Health System

2d • Onsite

About The Position

The Rover in Nursing Support serves as a rapid response team member trained as a health unit coordinator (HUC), a transporter, and as an equipment technician in order to be assigned to assist in any capacity in Nursing Support. This role is crucial for ensuring seamless operations within the hospital by providing flexible and multi-skilled support across various nursing units.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• Must be HUC trained.
• Must be transport trained.
• Must be Equipment Technician basic trained.
• Must be trained on basic supervisory duties.
• Must be CPR certified within 90 days of hire.
• Must be Safe Patient Handling Certified within 90 days of hire.
• Current TX Driver license and the ability to be insured by UMC.
• Ability to work independently, under the guidance of NSS supervisor.
• Skilled in ability to serve as a HUC in multiple units at a moment’s notice.
• Ability to be flexible and move to areas as needed.
• Good communication skills required.
• Knowledge of HUC position, transporter position, and basic equipment technician required.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a trained HUC for various units including ICU, floor units, ETMS/Neuro units, EC, FBC, FCU, NICU, and PEDI PICU. Must learn all 22 units to be at maximum usage.
• Serve as the last resort for HUC staffing when there are floating HUCs, rounding on these units first to provide assistance.
• Serve as a trained transporter to access the Teletracking system and help during peak times.
• Respond to Code Blues and Code Strokes if two events occur simultaneously and the supervisor is required to attend one.
• May hold the Equipment Tech pager and respond to calls related to bed movement and the retrieval and return of vac pacs to the Sterile department.
• May hold the supervisor pagers for tasks such as offsite lab pick-up or transport of the NICU Team.
• Assist with Safe Patient Handling Discharges, as required.
• If 21 years or older, may retrieve offsite labs from UMC clinics after hours and on weekends.
• Perform all other assigned duties related to Nursing Support Services.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED