Unit Tech Level I

About the role

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

Responsibilities

• 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: responds to communication devices such as phone/Vocera/call bells, able to complete basic entries and communication orders into the electronic medical record.
• Room/Patient care equipment management: stocks supply, checks for expiration dates, orders supply, 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.
• Patients at risk for self-harm or harm to others: performs room safety check, performs non-clinical patient assistant role.
• Provide comfort care: direct patient contact/social interactions.

Requirements

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or one to three months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• American Heart Association Basic Life Support (CPR) continuously maintained. May onboard with AHA or Red Cross CPR and then transition to AHA upon first renewal.