Unit Tech Level II- Med/Surg

About the Role

To provide general clerical, equipment, 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; completes basic entries into the electronic medical record (EMR); 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 bloodborne 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-room 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 IVs; obtains Point of Care specimens and urine, wound, stool, throat, and nasal specimens.
• Performs other reasonably related business duties as assigned by the immediate supervisor and/or hospital administration.

Requirements

• Graduate from a Nurse Aide School.
• Nurse Aide Certification.
• American Heart Association Basic Life Support (CPR) certification (continuously maintained; may onboard with AHA or Red Cross CPR and 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.