Unit Tech Level II Oncology

Maintains utmost level of confidentiality at all times.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Responds to communication devices such as phone/vocera/call bells
• Able to complete basic entries into the electronic medical record
• Records patient data in EMR
• Transcribes written orders
• Maintains supplies, checks for expiration dates, orders supplies
• Cleans equipment
• Cleans toys
• Handles 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
• Supports patient care: 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 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, Licenses, Registrations:

• Nurse Aide Certification
• American Heart Association Basic Life Support (CPR) continuously maintained
• May on board with AHA or Red Cross CPR and then 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