Thank you for your interest in joining our team! Please review the job information below.
General Purpose of the 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 into the electronic medical record; 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 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• 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 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. 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.
Skills Required
- Graduate from a Nurse Aide School
- Nurse Aide Certification
- Basic Life Support (CPR) certification
- Non-Violent Crisis Intervention (NCI) course certification
What We Do
We provide the absolute best pediatric care in South Texas, where care and community come together. Together, we heal
