Certified Patient Care Assistant Neuro Trauma PCU Unit

About the role

The Neuroscience Service Line at Banner University Medical Center in Phoenix, AZ offers state-of-the-art diagnostic and treatment modalities for patients while creating a rich educational and collaborative environment for nursing and medical staff. Our exciting accomplishments include laser thermal ablation of tumors, awake craniotomies, surgery for brainstem lesions, and endoscopic microsurgery.

Responsibilities

• Provides assistance in activities of daily living and completes necessary tasks to promote patient health, including assisting patients with basic hygiene needs, maintaining an optimum level of mobility and providing assistance with nutritional intake as needed.
• Collections patient specimens and data, including vital signs, input/output and other delegated measurements in accordance with unit/facility policy and standards of care.
• Documents objective data and routine aspects of patient care.
• Affords support to patients during transportation of patient specimens.
• Recognizes and reports abnormalities and/or changes in the patient’s health status and responses to treatment to a licensed professional.
• Promotes continuity of care by accurately and completely communicating to other caregivers the status of patients for which care is provided.
• Performs procedures and uses equipment as delegated by a licensed professional, consistent with demonstrated competencies and according to state scope of practice; procedures may include blood draws, foley catheters removal, EKGs, and EKG monitoring.
• Provides necessary supplies, support and assistance to medical staff and patients for unit specific procedures, under the direct supervision of a licensed professional.
• Performs receptionist/clerical duties to support overall operating efficiency and effective flow of communication and information throughout the department.
• Participates in the resolution of customer problems or collects necessary data and follows through to appropriate person for problem resolution.
• Maintains a complete patient record with admission, transfer, and discharge information, progress notes, and consent forms.
• Ensures that all reports and chart forms are scanned or filed into the patient’s record.
• Ensures that charting forms are labeled and accessible if they are needed.
• Maintains adequate supplies of frequently used, patient education materials.
• Assists in the ordering of patient specimens.
• May transcribe and process physician orders effectively using the electronic medical record.
• Maintains adequate levels of office, dietary, and medical supplies and completes requisition forms when supplies need to be ordered.
• Reconciles supply order upon delivery.
• Maintains adequate levels of office, dietary, and medical supplies and completes requisition forms when supplies need to be ordered.
• Ensures that all are accounted for and in working order.
• Participates in OR room turnover.
• This position works under supervision and has responsibility for assigned unit only.

Requirements

• High school diploma/GED or equivalent working knowledge.
• Current BLS certification is required.
• Current Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) in state of practice is required for new hires and transfers.
• In Tucson: Current Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) in state of practice is required for new hires.
• Existing Tucson incumbents may not transfer out of their geographical market without meeting the CNA requirement.
• Requires skills and abilities typically attained with 1 year of medical clerical experience; preferably in a hospital or physician office setting, or prior experience in customer service.
• Must possess excellent organizational skills, as well as effective human relations and communication skills.
• Working knowledge of medical terminology and computer literacy and keyboarding skills is required.
• Depending on department assignment, receive a minimum passing score of 85% on ECG or EEG test with accurate identification of all lethal cardiac dysrhythmias and epileptiform activity is required.
• Successful completion of either a unit approved basic electrocardiogram interpretation course or electroencephalographic interpretation course, or on the job training is also required.

Qualifications

• High school diploma/GED or equivalent working knowledge.
• Current BLS certification is required.
• Current Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) in state of practice is required for new hires and transfers.
• In Tucson: Current Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) in state of practice is required for new hires.
• Existing Tucson incumbents may not transfer out of their geographical market without meeting the CNA requirement.
• Requires skills and abilities typically attained with 1 year of medical clerical experience; preferably in a hospital or physician office setting, or prior experience in customer service.
• Must possess excellent organizational skills, as well as effective human relations and communication skills.
• Working knowledge of medical terminology and computer literacy and keyboarding skills is required.
• Depending on department assignment, receive a minimum passing score of 85% on ECG or EEG test with accurate identification of all lethal cardiac dysrhythmias and epileptiform activity is required.
• Successful completion of either a unit approved basic electrocardiogram interpretation course or electroencephalographic interpretation course, or on the job training is also required.

Skills

• Excellent organizational skills.
• Effective human relations and communication skills.
• Medical terminology.
• Computer literacy and keyboarding skills.
• Basic electrocardiogram interpretation.
• Electroencephalographic interpretation.

Benefits

• Flat rate $1/hour weekend shift differential.
• 18%-night shift differential when applicable.

Pay

• Varies based on experience and qualifications.

Schedule

• Varied shifts available, including day shifts from 7am-7:30pm and night shifts from 7pm-7:30am.
• Weekend rotations are required in this role.