Unit Tech Level II PICU Days

Driscoll Children's Hospital; Edinburg (IA); On-site; USD 27,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Driscoll Children's Hospital in Edinburg, IA is seeking a Nurse Aide to provide general clerical, equipment and patient care support to patient care units.

The role requires Nurse Aide Certification, BLS/CPR readiness, and the ability to handle confidential information and follow hospital policies. You will perform EMR entries, supply management, specimen transport, and patient room support as part of a compassionate team.

Qualifications

• Graduate from a Nurse Aide School.
• Nurse Aide Certification.
• BLS/CPR certification maintained.
• Non-Violent Crisis Intervention (NCI) or DHS equivalent within 6 months of hire.

Responsibilities

• Perform clerical duties and respond to devices; enter data into EMR and transcribe orders.
• Provide patient care support and assist with room, equipment, and supplies management.
• Transport specimens and blood products; dispose of infectious waste per protocol.
• Stock supplies, check expiration dates, and assist with patient/family education as needed.

Skills

Clerical duties

EMR data entry

Confidentiality

Team player

Communication

Education

Nurse Aide program graduate

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.

Job Description

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.