Thank you for your interest in joining our team! Please review the job information below.
GENERAL PURPOSE OF JOB:
To provide general clerical, equipment and patient care support to patient care
units.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive; employees will perform other reasonably related business duties as assigned by the
immediate supervisor and/or hospital administration as required.
• 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: respond 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 supplies, checks for expiration dates,orders supplies, 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.
EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE:
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.
CERTIFICATES, LICENSURE, REGISTRATION:
• American Heart Association – Heart Saver First Aide obtained within 3 months of hire and maintained continuously thereafter.
Skills Required
- High school diploma or GED
- One to three months of related experience and/or training, or an equivalent combination of education and experience
- American Heart Association HeartSaver First Aid certification obtained within three months of hire and maintained continuously
What We Do
We provide the absolute best pediatric care in South Texas, where care and community come together. Together, we heal
