Unit Secretary / Patient Care Tech - Pediatric Hematology/Oncology FT, Nights

Inspire health. Serve with compassion. Be the difference.

Job Summary

Multi-functional job requires incumbents to be cross trained to perform Unit Secretary duties as well as at least one other clinical support job at least 20% of time in each role. Cross training may be in jobs such as Patient Care Technician, Nursing Specialty Technician, Certified Nursing Assistant, and/or Monitor Technician. Under the direction of the Registered Nurse, provides excellent customer service while providing clerical and administrative services; monitoring, ordering, and stocking supplies; and maintaining a safe work environment for patients, visitors, and staff. Additional functions performed under the direct supervisions of a Registered Nurse may include one or more of the following duties: observing cardiac monitors to identify abnormal heart rhythms; data collection related to patient status; performance of basic nursing procedures; monitoring; measuring and documentation of patient responses; performing and/or assisting with treatments and procedures; assists with maintenance of patient care equipment. The specific job descriptions for Certified Nursing Assistant, Nursing Specialty Technician, Patient Care Technician, and Monitor Technician are to be referenced for the specific account abilities for those jobs. The % of time performing clinical support may vary from unit to unit, but at least 20% of the time the individual will function in a clinical support role.

Essential Functions

• All team members are expected to be knowledgeable and compliant with Prisma Health's purpose:  Inspire health.  Serve with compassion.  Be the difference.​

• Unit Secretary

• Performs general reception and other duties at the nurse’s station. Responds to patient calls via intercom or in person. Assists patients, family, visitors and staff in a kind, professional and efficient manner.

• Provides administrative and clerical support as needed for unit but not limited to data entry, meeting minutes, maintaining bulletin boards, and organizing downtime forms.

• Manages ordering, stocking, and inventory of equipment and supplies in collaboration with nurse manager which includes daily monitoring of supplies, ordering office or special supplies, monitoring PAR levels of supplies, and maintaining/organizing unit supply rooms.

• Coordinates the maintenance of a safe, clean, and functional physical environment in accordance with regulatory standards.

• Monitors designated patient safety systems for alerts and immediately notifies the appropriate RN.

• Patient Care Tech

• Provides direct patient care within scope of practice as directed by providers and licensed staff in accordance with established policies, procedures, and protocols based on assigned facility or unit.

• Assists patients with activities of daily living including eating, dressing, toileting, bathing and transferring.

• Assists with admission of patients to the unit by preparing room, greeting, and orienting patient and/or family to the unit (bed, call light, phone, TV).

• Assists with walking, turning, positioning and ambulating patient. Assists with removing and reapplying compression devices.

• Performs data collection including vital signs, oxygen saturation, temperature, cardiac monitoring, non-invasive blood pressure monitoring systems, collection of basic/sterile specimens, and documents fluid intake and outtake.

• Performs point of care testing as trained and delegated by RN.  Reports lab values to RN.

• Provides patient care based as delegated by the RN on the assigned unit including, but not limited to, sterile and non-sterile soaks, application of sterile simple dressings and non-sterile simple dressings, perineal care, basic ostomy care, nasal cannula, phlebotomy, EKG's and incentive spirometry.

• Insertion and removal of straight catheters (in & out catheters) and removal only of Foley catheters may be performed with appropriate training and clinical competency validation based on assigned unit.

• Assists with fall prevention interventions and patient restraints as delegated.

• Assists the patient care team with transporting patients to diagnostic studies and floor assignments.

• Provides and documents comfort and non-pharmacological pain management measures.

• Documents data on medical records and informs RN of activities performed, observations of patients and changes in patient status.  Charts all observations, clinical data, and procedures performed in EMR.

• Maintains use of appropriate medical equipment and supplies. Returns equipment to other