Are you seeking to expand your Technician skills with our outstanding Labor and Delivery Triage Team? ChristianaCare is the only Level I trauma service on the East Coast corridor between Philadelphia & Baltimore; honored repeatedly as One of America's Best Hospitals by U.S. News & World Report and three times recognized as a Magnet Status Hospital.
ChristianaCare Offers:
Incredible Work/Life benefits include an annual membership to access to backup care services for dependents through retirement planning services, an on-site gym, financial mentor, fitness and wellness reimbursement, and excellent discounts through several vendors for hotels, rental cars, theme parks, shows, sporting events, movie tickets and much more!
We also provide tuition assistance for degreed programs, and for some Nursing programs, we offer to pre-pay. Our medical/dental/vision benefits are available to our caregivers on their first day of employment! And we offer two different mechanisms for planning for your retirement, a 403(b) and a defined contribution plan.
ChristianaCare is searching for a skilled Technician III to perform a dual role with daily tasks covering both nursing and clerical responsibilities. The selected candidate will perform hygiene/support measures and selected nursing and phlebotomy procedures for patients under the supervision and direction of the professional nurse. When in the clerical role, the primary function is to promote proactive administrative services such as that of a receptionist, registrar, data entry clerk, order entry clerk and liaison to ancillary departments and outside agencies to facilitate effective patient care.
Responsibilities:
- Demonstrates skills and knowledge vital to providing care appropriate to neonatal, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients, including knowledge of growth and development. The ability to acquire information to identify patient needs and to deliver care as needed.
- Performs assigned nursing procedures that pertain to the comfort and well-being of patients.
- Responds to patient crisis situations and initiatives interventions within the scope of responsibilities and notifies RN.
- Performs successful venipuncture and finger sticks on adult patients, following all standard laboratory safety policies.
- Performs defined procedures on point of care instrumentation.
- Responds with promptness, courtesy, and curiosity about the needs of patients.
- Communicates to patients, employees, and physicians using courteous verbal and written communication skills.
- Performs crucial unit-specific tasks under the direction of RN, e.g. height and weight measurement.
- Receives records and relays messages promptly and courteously.
- Makes 911 calls for OB Emergencies e.g. Stat C/S, OBERT, NICU Alert, PP Hemorrhage. Fetal Heart Rate Alerts/ Codes, Code Blue, Code Yellow (infant abduction), and other related emergency code calls.
- Places call to physicians for patient disposition as requested.
- Adds and moves patients to OB Information System (OBIS)
- Facilitates patient and visitor flow.
- Demonstrates knowledge of facility regulations regarding visitors and confidentiality status.
- Receives and disperses inter- and intra-departmental communications.
- Advises physicians to appropriate nursing personnel for physician orders.
- Performs duties related to admission/discharge/transfer using the Sorian system including initial registration of emergency patients (quick-reg)
- Reviews orders placed for patient testing and enter and send lab specimens using the PowerChart system.
- Prints records as requested by physicians and nursing from MMF, Access Anywhere, and Centricity Systems
- Assists in precepting of new OB Triage employees.
- Actively participates in Obstetrician Triage and VIT teams, councils, and committees.
- Assists with records, reports, forms, and chart preparation/assembling.
- Reports to supervisor any unsafe activities, conditions, hazards, or safety violations that may cause injury to oneself, other employees, patients and/or visitors.
Education and experience requirements:
High school graduate or equivalent.
Previous work experience or completion of PCT and Phlebotomist programs
BLS certification - Basic Life Support required
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