Unit Technician - ED Observation

About the role

The Unit Technician is expected to be able to perform in the capacity of a Patient Care Assistant and a Health Unit Coordinator. Performs phlebotomy tasks and conduct lab draws, as needed for the unit assigned. Coordinates patient care and clerical needs by acting as the primary contact for the unit, while assisting and responding to information requests from all employees, patient families and others to effectively service unit staff and customers by providing a permanent information resource within the unit.

Responsibilities

• Performs phlebotomy tasks and conduct lab draws, as needed for the unit assigned.
• Captures and updates patient information in hardcopy and computerized patient files.
• Monitors patient status and notifies and assists nurses and other health team members in handling patient care needs.
• Admits, transfers and discharges patients by creating charts, checking rooms, and receiving, logging, and storing patient valuables and nonvaluable to facilitate the administration of patient services.
• Maintains work environment and patient care areas according to infection prevention and environment of care guidelines.
• Orders, picks-up and delivers medical supplies, non-medical supplies, laboratory requisitions, patient specimens and other items while expediting other routine requests.
• Performs all other duties as assigned by manager or manager's designee.

Qualifications

• Education: Must have completed or hold one of the following: a formal nurse aide course, a current certified nurse aide registry, a medical assistant courses, a current medical assistant certificate, a patient care technician course, a current patient care technician certificate, or be a currently enrolled in an accredited school of professional nursing and must have documentation of basic fundamentals of nursing from the school.
• Experience: One (1) year of experience in a healthcare setting. Equivalent Education and/or Experience: Successful completion of Parkland's job specific training program will be considered or graduate from an accredited school of nursing in lieu of one (1) year of experience in a medical/clinical setting. One year acute care hospital experience in lieu of educational requirements.
• Certification/Registration/Licensure: Must have a current Heartsaver CPR course completion card within 90 days of hire and/or placement in job from one of the following: American Heart Association or American Red Cross.

Skills or Special Abilities

• Must be able to demonstrate competence in performing a variety of patient care and clerical/administrative duties.
• Must be able to communicate effectively with all employees, patients and families.
• Must be able to demonstrate flexible work habits and skill at setting priorities.
• Must demonstrate enthusiasm and eagerness to perform a variety of assigned duties.
• Must be able to demonstrate patient center/patient valued behaviors.
• Must have computer skills to include data entry, report generation, printing, scanning, faxing, etc.

Benefits

This designation reflects Parkland Health's ongoing commitment to providing exceptional work environment to working parents and families.

Parkland Health has received the American Heart Association's Commitment to Quality award for achieving high performance across three or more clinical areas in the Get With The Guidelines® program.

This prestigious recognition places Parkland among an elite group of healthcare organizations recognized for exceptional Nursing professionalism, teamwork and outcomes.

Parkland Health has received the Get With The Guidelines®-Heart Failure Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award for implementing specific quality improvement measures.

The Commission on Cancer (CoC), a quality program of the American College of Surgeons (ACS), has granted three-year accreditation to the cancer program at Parkland Health.