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About the Role

Presbyterian Hospital's NICU is hiring a Unit Secretary/Nursing Tech to perform secretarial/clerical duties, act as a communication center for the nursing unit, and perform specific patient care procedures under the direction of a licensed Nurse. The role also involves operating patient monitoring systems.

Responsibilities

• Courteously greet and direct customers, promoting and facilitating accurate and timely unit communication, and keeping locator boards current.
• Answer telephones and efficiently process information, including accurately transcribing physicians orders.
• Communicate and process necessary paperwork/information for patient admissions, transfers, and discharges, ensuring Medical Records are complete and in order at discharge.
• Maintain correct census and bed status reports, assemble patient charts, and organize them daily by filing pertinent reports and adding blank forms as needed.
• Maintain and account for office supplies for the unit, and assist in maintaining nursing units cleanliness and orderliness.
• Monitor, collect, and record information in the patient record. Collect and record vital signs, weights, and other patient data. Transport patients and document action in patient record.
• Participate in the nutritional well-being of patients through tray delivery, assistance with patient set-up and feeding, and accurately record input and output.
• Assist with activities of daily living such as personal hygiene (shaving, mouth care, foot care, pericare and bathing), positioning and ambulation.
• Communicate information pertinent to the end of shift summation before leaving the unit.
• Round on patients and families frequently to assess and address personal needs, concerns, or comfort related issues, reporting information to the responsible nurse for resolution when necessary.
• Insert and remove gastric and urethral tubes. Perform enemas and disimpactions. Remove peripheral, intravenous therapy lines. Perform phlebotomy on certain units after specific training.
• Operate patient monitoring systems specific to unit needs (such as, cardiac and fetal heart monitoring). Perform bedside testing such as Oximetry, ECG, Glucometery, urinalysis, and other tests.
• Perform wound care and dressing changes. Remove staples and sutures. Assist nurses and physicians with sterile procedures. Assist with application and removal of restraints under the direction of an RN.
• Apply oxygen delivery devices as ordered without altering settings or determining rates. Assist patients with portable or wall oxygen, and assure proper storage of E cylinders.
• Document all care provided in the appropriate place in the patient record. Assemble patient charts. Post laboratory and other results in patient chart. Use the computerized documentation system at the skill level commensurate with the responsibilities included in this description.
• Deliver specimens to Laboratory, Microbiology, and Pathology. Transport x-rays, blood products, and equipment.
• Ensure cleanliness of nutrition areas and general unit. Clean and store equipment. Empty trash, linen bags, and sharps containers. Stock medical supplies, linens, and paper goods. Inventory equipment as required. Process broken equipment as directed. Maintain equipment logs as required.
• Perform other functions as required.

Requirements

• High School/GED
• Clinical experience OR completion of Unit Secretary course OR completion of self-study module preferred.
• Must successfully complete competency verification before starting on assigned unit.
• BLS required at time of hire.

Skills

• EPIC electronic charting system

Location

• 1100 Central Ave SE Albuquerque, NM 87106-4930

Work Type

• Part time
• FTE: 0.50

Education Level

• High School/GED

Salary/Compensations

• Minimum Offer $16.37
• Maximum Offer $24.89

Benefits

• Educational and career development options, including tuition and certification reimbursement, scholarship opportunities
• Staff Safety (a wearable badge that allows nurses to quickly and discreetly call for help when safety is a concern)
• Differentials for night/weekend shifts, higher education, certifications and various lead roles (for eligible positions)
• Malpractice liability insurance
• Loan forgiveness through the New Mexico Higher Education Department
• Presbyterian employees have access to a fun, engaging and unique wellness program, including free on-site and community-based gyms, nutrition coaching and classes, mindfulness and meditation resources, wellness challenges and more.

About the Company

• Presbyterian exists to improve the health of patients, members, and the communities we serve.
• We are locally owned, not-for-profit healthcare system of nine hospitals, a statewide health plan and a growing multi-specialty medical group.
• Founded in New Mexico in 1908, we are the state's largest private employer with nearly 14,000 employees - including more than 1600 providers and nearly 4,700 nurses.
• Our health plan serves more than 580,000 members statewide and offers Medicare Advantage, Medicaid (Centennial Care) and Commercial health plans.

Equal Opportunity

• AA/EOE/VET/DISABLED.
• PHS is a drug-free and tobacco-free employer with smoke free campuses.