Unit Tech Level II-Med/Surg

DRISCOLL HEALTH PLAN • Edinburg, TX

1d • Onsite

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. General Purpose of Job: To Provide general clerical, equipment and patient care support to patient care units.

Requirements

• Graduate from a Nurse Aide School
• Nurse Aide Certification
• American Heart Association Basic Life Support (CPR) continuously maintained. May on board with AHA or Red Cross CPR and then transition to AHA upon first renewal.
• Non-Violent Crisis Intervention (NCI) or other DHS deemed relevant course equivalent within 6 months of hire and maintained continuously thereafter.

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 into the electronic medical record; records patient data in EMR, transcribes written orders
• 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
• Patient care support: measures, records and empties urine collection devices, empties bedpans/commodes, reinforces established education material or room orientation with patients/families; transports patients off unit for tests/procedures, discontinues Peripheral IV’s, obtains Point of Care specimens and urine, wound, stool throat and nasal specimens.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED