Unit Tech Level II NICU

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Responds to communication devices such as phone/vocera/call bells.
• Completes basic entries into the electronic medical record.
• Records patient data in EMR.
• Transcribes written orders.
• Stocks supplies, checks for expiration dates, and orders supplies.
• Cleans equipment and cleans toys.
• 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.
• Provides in rooms support for patients on airborne precautions.
• Maintains confidentiality at all times.
• Adheres to hospital policies and procedures.
• Demonstrates ethical personal actions that adhere to corporate compliance and integrity guidelines.
• Performs clerical duties including responding to communication devices and completing basic entries into the electronic medical record.
• Assists with room/patient care and equipment management tasks such as stocking supplies, cleaning equipment, and cleaning toys.
• Manages infectious materials by transporting blood borne pathogens and other patient specimens, picking up blood from the blood bank, and preparing/sorting them for disposal.
• Supports patient care by measuring, recording, and emptying urine collection devices, bedpans/commodes, reinforcing established education material or room orientation with patients/families, and transporting 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
• Non-Violent Crisis Intervention (NCI) or other DHS deemed relevant course equivalent within 6 months of hire and maintained continuously thereafter