Location: Dallas, TX
part of a diverse healthcare legacy that's served our community for more than 125 years. Put your skills to work with us, seek opportunities to learn and join a talented team where patient care is more than a job. It's our passion. Primary Purpose Coordinates patient care, clerical and administrative needs by acting as the primary contact for the unit, while assisting and responding to information requests from doctors, nurses, patients, patient families and others to effectively service unit staff and customers by providing a permanent information resource within the unit.
Unit Technicians perform phlebotomy skills, drawing labs and preparing these for testing. Minimum Specifications
Education: :Must have completed a formal nurse aide course; OR:Must hold a current certified nurse aide registry; OR:Must hold a current medical assistant certificate; OR:Must be a currently enrolled in an accredited school of professional nursing and must have documentation of basic fundamentals of nursing from the school; OR:Must be a graduate from an accredited school of nursing; OR:Must successfully complete Parklands job specific training program.
Experience: : One year acute care hospital experience Equivalent Education and/or Experience: : Successful completion of Parkland¿s job specific training program will be considered equivalent to 1 year experience. 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: American Red Cross Skills Special Abilities: :Must be able to demonstrate competence in performing a variety of patient care and clerical duties.Must be able to communicate effectively with personnel of other departments, nurses, physicians, 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.
Responsibilities: 1. The Unit Technician is expected to be able to perform in the capacity of a Patient Care Assistant and a Health Unit Coordinator. 2. Performs phlebotomy tasks and conduct lab draws, as needed for the unit assigned. 3. 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.
4. Performs specified patient care activities, under the direction of a Registered Nurse, including but not limited to providing basic hygiene care, injections, venipunctures, sterile and unsterile treatments, taking vital signs, and range of motion exercises. Lifts, ambulates, and feeds patients in accordance with the provision of patient centered/patient valued care, while providing optimal care services to patients and their families. Transports meal trays to patients to ensure sanitary and timely delivery when applicable. 5. Serves as a patient advocate by responding to a patients needs and special requests.
Maintains open communication, and honors patients rights and confidentiality, while providing optimal service to patients and their families. 6. Prepares and processes hardcopy and computerized patient files by entering, so
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