Unit Tech Level I

Driscoll Children's HospitalCorpus Christi, TX
16h

About The Position

Where compassion meets innovation and technology and our employees are family. Thank you for your interest in joining our team! Please review the job information below. JD Attached HOURS: 4 days a week, 10 hours per day / Friday - Monday, 7AM - 5:30PM GENERAL PURPOSE OF JOB: To provide general clerical, equipment and patient care support to patient care units. ESSENTIALS DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive; employees will perform other reasonably related business duties as assigned by the immediate supervisor and/or hospital administration as required.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or one to three months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • American Heart Association Basic Life Support (CPR) continuously maintained. May onboard with AHA or Red Cross CPR and then transition to AHA upon first renewal.

Responsibilities

  • Maintains utmost level of confidentiality at all times.
  • Adheres to hospital policies and procedures.
  • Demonstrates personal actions that are ethical and adhere to corporate compliance and integrity guidelines.
  • Clerical duties: respond to communication devices such as phone/vocera/call bells, able to complete basic entries and communication orders into the electronic medical record.
  • Room/Patient care equipment management: stocks supplies, checks for expiration dates, orders supplies, cleans equipment, cleans toys.
  • Infectious material exposure: transports blood borne pathogen or other patient specimens, picks up blood from blood bank and delivers to the unit; sprays surgical instruments with enzymatic cleanser and prepares/transports them for processing, packages or moves infectious waste containers for disposal; may provide in rooms support for patients on airborne precautions.
  • Patients at risk for self-harm or harm to others: performs room safety check, performs non-clinical patient assistant role
  • Provide comfort care: direct patient contact/social interaction
  • Work closely with the Special Projects Assistant
  • Assist with payroll tasks for Operating Room staff
  • Oversee and verify surgical procedure charges for accuracy
  • Support various administrative tasks related to OR operations
  • Assist with scheduling of same-day surgeries
  • Transport patients as needed throughout the department
  • Take specimens to the lab accurately and promptly
  • Answer phones and manage incoming communication
  • Sit with patients in the holding room, offering support as needed
  • Assist with learning and eventually helping manage our emergency call-back system, which is used to page surgical teams back to campus for emergency surgeries
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