Unit Aide Lead

Banner Health•Tucson, AZ

6d•Onsite

About The Position

The Unit Aide Lead provides leadership and training for unit aides while working as part of the Unit Aide team. The role assists with oversight of collecting, inventorying, cleaning, and distributing medical supplies and patient care equipment. In the surgical setting, the aide helps maintain a clean, risk-free environment by cleaning operating rooms after surgeries, stocking them with supplies, transporting patients, and completing other operational tasks as needed. The position oversees the daily activities of a team of Unit Aides and supports appropriate staffing, consistent service delivery, quality assurance, staff development, and cleaning projects. The role works independently with general supervision and serves staff, patients, physicians, vendors, and visitors. The position is full-time, 40 hours per week over five days, with a varied day-shift schedule.

Requirements

BLS certification.
High school diploma, GED, or equivalent working knowledge.
Two or more years of healthcare experience, or the skills and abilities typically attained through that experience.
Knowledge of patient-related supplies, materials, equipment, and aseptic techniques.
Leadership skills and effective verbal and written communication skills.
Working knowledge of medical terminology.
Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
Ability to serve as a role model in customer service, safe work practices, and infection control, including hand hygiene.

Nice To Haves

Basic computer skills.
Additional related education and/or experience.

Responsibilities

Help ensure staffing plans are carried out and the unit is appropriately staffed.
Assist with department-wide projects and maintain consistent service delivery standards for Unit Aide responsibilities.
Provide input to the leader about the quality and timeliness of Unit Aide staff work.
Work with the leader to recruit, train, retain, and develop Unit Aide team members.
Supervise staff when the leader is absent, make work assignments, and respond to immediate staffing needs by moving staff as needed.
Assist the leader with quality assurance inspections and correction of deficiencies.
Distribute cleaning supplies and take inventories in assigned areas.
Clean operating rooms, specialty areas, rooms during turnovers, and/or common areas as needed.
Oversee daily activities of a Unit Aide team and coordinate assigned cleaning projects.
Assist with on-the-job training and provide input to performance evaluations.
Clean operating rooms after surgery, stock operating rooms with supplies, transport patients, and perform other operational tasks as needed.
Model customer service, safe work practices, and infection-control practices, including hand hygiene.