Unit Aide, Memorial Campus Maternity Delivery, Per Diem
About The Position
The Unit Aide performs duties that support patient care throughout the hospital. The role includes transporting patients and assisting with moving, lifting, and positioning them; retrieving and delivering specimens, blood and blood products, medications, medical records, x-rays, linens, and other patient-care items; and locating, transporting, cleaning, and maintaining biomedical equipment. The aide maintains supplies and equipment, prepares patient rooms for admissions and discharges, keeps the assigned unit clean and orderly, and maintains activity logs. The position may also involve delivering meals and taking telephone messages for the appropriate person. The position is per diem and works mixed shifts. Work is described as sedentary and is performed indoors in a normal office environment. All responsibilities are essential job functions.
Requirements
- Education equivalent to high school plus additional specialized training.
- Knowledge of equipment and supplies related to patient care.
- Ability to read, write, converse, and understand English.
- Ability to take direction, set priorities, and organize work assignments.
- An equivalent combination of education and experience may substitute for the stated requirements if it provides proficiency in the listed responsibilities, unless certification, licensure, or registration is required.
Responsibilities
- Maintains and orders supplies and equipment according to protocol and par levels; obtains requested items and stocks carts and supply areas.
- Assists in preparing patient rooms for admissions and discharges and distributes linen to patient rooms.
- Assists with transporting patients, specimens, and equipment.
- Maintains the cleanliness and physical appearance of the assigned unit.
- Cleans, maintains, and processes clinical unit equipment and instrumentation according to standard procedures, and assists with instrumentation setup as needed.
- Notifies a supervisor or others about broken, missing, or malfunctioning instrumentation and transports damaged equipment to the appropriate repair area.
- Maintains a neat and orderly work area.
- Assists with moving, lifting, and positioning patients according to standard procedures.
- Retrieves and delivers specimens, blood and blood products, medications, medical records, x-rays, linens, and other patient-care items.
- Locates and transports biomedical equipment and supplies to patient-care areas, including wheelchairs, stretchers, beds, IV poles, I Meds, hypothermia blankets, and portable oxygen tanks.
- Retrieves items not normally delivered from General Stores or Central Sterile when requested, and returns items contaminated through patient procedures to Central Sterile Services according to established guidelines.
- Cleans and disinfects equipment associated with assigned patient-care units according to standard procedures.
- Maintains an activity log and may take telephone messages and deliver them to the appropriate individual.
- Complies with departmental policies, procedures, objectives, and health and safety requirements.
- Attends meetings, conferences, and seminars as required or directed; demonstrates quality improvement in daily operations.
- Demonstrates respect for diverse views and contributes to a professional, tolerant, civil, and accepting environment.
- Maintains regular, reliable, and predictable attendance and performs other similar and related duties as required or directed.
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
