Night Shift Cardiac Care Unit Secretary & Nurse Tech

Presbyterian Healthcare Services; Albuquerque (NM); On-site; USD 23,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tuition reimbursement

Scholarship opportunities

Staff safety badge

Shift differentials

Malpractice insurance

Loan forgiveness

EPIC system

Job summary

Presbyterian Hospital's Cardiac Progressive Care Unit in Albuquerque, NM is hiring a Unit Secretary/Nursing Tech to perform clerical duties and assist with patient care, under the direction of licensed nursing staff. You will manage communications, transcribe orders, and help with admissions and discharges.

Responsibilities include rounding, bedside testing, charting in EPIC, stocking, and supporting daily unit operations during 12-hour night shifts.

Qualifications

• High School/GED
• Clinical experience OR completion of Unit Secretary course OR completion of self-study module preferred.
• Must successfully complete competency verification before starting on assigned unit.
• BLS required at time of hire

Responsibilities

• Courteously greets and directs customers. Promotes/facilitates accurate and timely unit communication. Keeps locator boards current
• Answers telephones and efficiently processes information, including accurately transcribing physicians orders
• Communicates and processes necessary paperwork/information for patient admissions, transfers and discharges. Responsible for Medical Record being complete and in order at discharge
• Maintains correct census and bed status report. Assembles patients charts and organizes them daily by filing pertinent reports and adding blank forms as needed
• Maintains and accounts for office supplies for the unit. Assists in maintaining nursing units cleanliness and orderliness
• Technician Duties: Monitors, collects and records information in the patient record. Collects and records vital signs, weights, and other patient data. Transports patients and documents action in patient record
• Participates in the nutritional well being of patients through tray delivery, assistance with patient set-up and feeding. Accurately records input and output
• Assists with activities of daily living such as personal hygiene, positioning and ambulation
• Communicates information pertinent to the end of shift summation before leaving the unit
• Rounds on patients and families frequently to assess and address personal needs, concerns or comfort related issues
• Inserts and removes gastric and urethral tubes. Performs enemas and disimpactions. Removes peripheral, intravenous therapy lines. Performs phlebotomy on certain units after specific training
• Operates patient monitoring systems and performs bedside testing
• Performs wound care and dressing changes. Removes staples and sutures. Assists with sterile procedures. Assist with restraints under RN direction
• Applies oxygen delivery devices as ordered
• Documents all care provided in the patient record and posts laboratory results
• Delivers specimens to Laboratory and transports x-rays, blood products and equipment
• Insures cleanliness of nutrition areas and general unit. Stocks supplies. Inventories equipment
• Performs other functions as required.

Education

High School/GED

Job description

Presbyterian Hospital's Cardiac Progressive Care Unit in Albuquerque, NM is hiring a Unit Secretary/Nursing Tech to perform clerical duties and assist with patient care, under the direction of licensed nursing staff. You will manage communications, transcribe orders, and help with admissions and discharges.

Responsibilities include rounding, bedside testing, charting in EPIC, stocking, and supporting daily unit operations during 12-hour night shifts.