Unit Aide

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About the role

This position is responsible for collection, inventory, cleaning and distribution of medical supplies and patient care equipment for the unit. This position is also responsible for miscellaneous tasks such as transporting patients and supplies, and may include transporting health records, lab specimens and equipment to other areas. This position may provide basic, hands-on, patient care as requested by supervisor.

Responsibilities

• Inventories, orders, replenishes, and disperses supplies within the department, ensuring all areas and carts are appropriately stocked and the supplies are readily accessible to the clinical staff.
• Assists with transportation, delivery, and pick-up of supplies, health records, lab specimens, and/or equipment.
• Rotates and inventories stock to ensure sterile packaging integrity and current expiration dates. Monitors utilization and recommends changes as appropriate.
• Maintains quality records of various department equipment, supplies, storage areas, etc.
• Maintains unit equipment, instruments and trays in accordance with department policy.
• Cleans, sorts, assembles equipment, instruments and/or trays according to standard set-up and replaces in designated areas, ensuring they are readily accessible.
• Responsible for finding and bringing equipment or instruments for procedures, under the direction of the clinical staff.
• May check instruments and equipment, as assigned, to see if they need repair and liaison with technology management.
• Maintains clean and safe work environment and discards soiled linen and trash.
• Completes room set-up which may include comprehensive cleaning, bed turnover and preparation of special procedure carts. Remove debris from floors, walls, equipment and other surfaces using disinfectant, damp mops etc.
• Provides basic, hands-on, patient care as requested by supervisor, including but not limited to patient transport and ambulation.
• May provide general support to the department, including performing administrative tasks and greeting and assisting patients, visitors, physicians, and ancillary personnel.
• May provide back-up support for Monitor Techs in designated departments – this will require additional specialized training provided by the department.

This position works under local supervision and has responsibility for assigned unit only. Incumbents work in a fast-paced, sometimes stressful environment with a strong focus on customer service. Interacts with staff at all levels throughout the facility. Customers are patients, families, physicians, unit staff, case managers, patient service staff and medical records staff. Interacts with a wide variety of external customers.

Requirements

• Certification for BLS is required.
• Requires skills and abilities typically attained with six months of healthcare experience.
• Must possess excellent organizational skills, as well as effective human relations and communication skills.
• Working knowledge of medical terminology is required.
• Banner Registry and Travel positions require a minimum of one year experience in an acute care hospital setting. Experience must include working in an acute care setting within the past twelve months as a Unit Aide in the specialty area.

Preferred Qualifications

• High school diploma/GED or equivalent working knowledge.
• Knowledge of patient related supplies, materials, equipment and aseptic techniques are preferred.

Schedule

• Must be able to complete a 2 - 4 week paid training Monday - Friday with varied hours.
• Schedule: Monday - Friday 12:00pm to 8:30pm

Work Environment

Experience innovative technology and exceptional opportunities for growth and development at Banner Health's state-of-the-art hospital Banner Gateway Medical Center. With comprehensive electronic medical records, physician order entry, digital radiography and proprietary advanced patient monitoring, Banner Gateway provides you with the innovative resources you need to provide your patients with the best care possible. Our commitment to nursing excellence has enabled us to achieve Magnet™ recognition by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.

Located near Phoenix in Gilbert, Ariz., Banner Gateway Medical Center offers 286 private rooms, 13 operating suites, a 46-bed emergency department and shares a campus with the Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center. Our WIS and NICU services support an average of 4,000 deliveries per year. Key specialties include oncology, obstetrics, bariatric surgery, emergency and other services that focus on meeting the changing needs of the dynamic and growing community we serve.

Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center, located in Gilbert, Ariz. (the Phoenix Metro area) on the Banner Gateway Campus, provides world-class care for oncology patients - both inpatient and outpatient - and has also brought leading oncology programs to the Banner Gateway campus including designation as a Stem Cell Transplant Center of Excellence and comprehensive Head & Neck cancer care. Our capabilities include five linear accelerator vaults, a brachytherapy vault, an advanced diagnostic imaging suite with PET/CT scan, more than 70 infusion bays, a cryopreservation lab and much more. Our inpatient medical oncology unit also incorporates a program that utilizes the electronic surveillance partnership in caring for the patient, where remote nurses have the ability to interact with patients via two-way audio-video to assist the bedside nurse with patient care.