Unit Tech Level II PICU Days

Driscoll Health Plan; Edinburg (TX); On-site; USD 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Driscoll Health Plan is seeking a Nurse Aide support role to provide clerical, equipment and patient care assistance on patient care units. The role requires confidentiality, adherence to policies, and ethical conduct.

The candidate will perform EMR data entry, supply management, and assist with infection control and patient care tasks. Training and certification requirements must be maintained, including CPR/BLS and NCI or DHS-equivalent coursework within 6 months of hire.

Qualifications

• Graduate from a Nurse Aide School.
• Nurse Aide Certification is required.
• CPR/BLS must be continuously maintained.
• NCI or DHS-equivalent training within 6 months of hire and maintained thereafter.

Responsibilities

• Provide clerical, equipment and patient care support to patient care units.
• Respond to communications devices and enter basic data into EMR.
• Stock supplies, check expirations, order supplies and manage equipment.
• Transport infectious materials and assist with infection control duties.
• Assist with patient care tasks and transport patients for tests and procedures.

Skills

Confidentiality

Policy adherence

Ethical conduct

EMR data entry

Patient care support

Education

Nurse Aide Certification

Tools

EMR (Electronic Medical Records)

Job description

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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.

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE:

• 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.