Surgical ICU Unit Technician & Phlebotomy Specialist

Parkland Health and Hospital System (PHHS); Dallas (TX); Vor Ort; USD 25.000 - 33.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Parkland Health and Hospital System is seeking a Unit Technician to support patient care and unit operations on the Dallas campus. You will serve as the primary contact for the unit, perform phlebotomy tasks, assist with clerical duties, and coordinate care with nurses, physicians and families.

The role requires completion of an approved nurse aide, medical assistant, or patient care technician program, CPR certification within 90 days, and at least one year of acute care experience.

Qualifikationen

• Must demonstrate competence in performing a variety of patient care and clerical duties.
• Must be able to communicate effectively with personnel of other departments, nurses, physicians, patients and families.
• Must demonstrate flexible work habits and skill at setting priorities.
• Must demonstrate enthusiasm and eagerness to perform a variety of assigned duties.
• Must be able to demonstrate patient center/patient valued behaviors.
• Must have computer skills to include data entry, report generation, printing, scanning, faxing, etc.

Aufgaben

• The Unit Technician is expected to be able to perform in the capacity of a Patient Care Assistant and a Health Unit Coordinator.
• Performs phlebotomy tasks and conduct lab draws, as needed for the unit assigned.
• Coordinates patient care and clerical needs by acting as the primary contact for the unit, while assisting and responding to information requests from all employees, patient families and others to effectively service unit staff and customers by providing a permanent information resource within the unit.
• Performs specified patient care activities, under the direction of a Registered Nurse, including but not limited to providing basic hygiene care, injections, venipunctures, sterile and unsterile treatments, taking vital signs, and range of motion exercises. Lifts, ambulates, and feeds patients in accordance with the provision of patient centered/patient valued care, while providing optimal care services to patients and their families. Transports meal trays to patients to ensure sanitary and timely delivery when applicable.
• Serves as a patient advocate by responding to a patient's needs and special requests. Maintains open communication, and honors patient's rights and confidentiality, while providing optimal service to patients and their families.
• Prepares and processes hardcopy and computerized patient files by entering, sorting, and updating information to ensure accurate and complete records are maintained for each patient. Creates reports summarizing key patient information to provide unit decision makers with the tools needed to analyze operations.
• Monitors ongoing patient status and responds to a patient's change in condition by notifying and assisting nurses and other health team members in handling patient care needs.
• Admits, transfers and discharges patients by creating charts, checking rooms, and receiving, logging, and storing patient valuables and nonvaluable to facilitate the administration of patient services.
• Maintains accurate, timely and appropriate notations and records activities performed to include but not limited to unit specific logs, vital signs, ambulation, feeding outcomes, quality control checks, chaperoning. etc. in accordance with standards established by the nursing unit.
• Maintains work environment and patient care areas according to infection prevention and environment of care guidelines, provides or requests translation services when applicable and performs quality control checks.
• Maintains knowledge of applicable rules, regulations, policies, laws, and guidelines that impact the unit. Develops effective internal controls that promote adherence to applicable state/federal laws and the program requirements of accreditation agencies and federal, state, and private health plans. Seeks advice and guidance as necessary to ensure proper understanding.
• Orders, picks-up and delivers medical supplies, non-medical supplies, laboratory requisitions, patient specimens and other items while expediting other routine requests. Ensures work areas are stocked and rotated to ensures removal of supplies prior to expiration date.
• Performs all other duties as assigned by manager or manager's designee.

Kenntnisse

Phlebotomy

Unit coordination

Communication

Flexible work habits

Patient-centered care

Data entry / computer skills

Ausbildung

Nurse Aide Course

Certified Nurse Aide Registry

Medical Assistant Course

Medical Assistant Certificate

Patient Care Technician Course

Patient Care Technician Certificate

Enrolled in accredited nursing program with fundamentals of nursing

Graduate from accredited school of nursing

Parkland's job-specific training program

One year acute care hospital experience

Heartsaver CPR certification

Jobbeschreibung

Parkland Health and Hospital System is seeking a Unit Technician to support patient care and unit operations on the Dallas campus. You will serve as the primary contact for the unit, perform phlebotomy tasks, assist with clerical duties, and coordinate care with nurses, physicians and families.

The role requires completion of an approved nurse aide, medical assistant, or patient care technician program, CPR certification within 90 days, and at least one year of acute care experience.