Unit Tech Level II Oncology

Driscoll Children's Hospital; Edinburg (TX); On-site; USD 19,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Driscoll Children’s Hospital in Edinburg, TX seeks a Nurse Aide to provide general clerical, equipment and patient care support on patient care units. You will respond to communications, handle EMR entries, stock supplies, transport specimens, and assist with room and equipment management.

The ideal candidate is graduate from a Nurse Aide School with Nurse Aide Certification and CPR, and will complete NCI or DHS-equivalent training within 6 months of hire. This is an on-site hospital position.

Qualifications

• Graduate from a Nurse Aide School.
• Nurse Aide Certification.
• American Heart Association Basic Life Support (CPR) continuously maintained.
• Non-Violent Crisis Intervention (NCI) or DHS equivalent within 6 months of hire and maintained thereafter.

Responsibilities

• Maintains confidentiality at all times and adheres to hospital policies and procedures.
• Performs clerical duties and basic EMR entries; records patient data.
• Stocks supplies, checks expirations, orders supplies, cleans equipment and toys.
• Transports blood-borne pathogens or specimens to/from units; prepares instruments for processing; handles infectious waste as required.
• Measures and records urine collection devices, empties bedpans, orients patients and families, and transports patients for tests or procedures.

Education

Nurse Aide School

Nurse Aide Certification

CPR Certification (AHA)

NCI Training / DHS equivalent within 6 months

Job description

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 the Job:

To provide general clerical, equipment and patient care support to patient care units.

ESSENTIAL 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 accommodations 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.

• 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.

EDUCATIONAND/OREXPERIENCE:

—Graduate from a Nurse Aide School

CERTIFICATES, LICENSURE, REGISTRATION:

• 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.