OB Technician LDRPN Unit - Full Time 36 hrs./week - Nights - Rochester

OB Technician LDRPN Unit – Full Time 36 hrs./week – Nights – Rochester

Eligible for Full-Time Benefits

Shift: Midnights 7:00 pm to 7:30 am, alternating weekend schedule

General Summary

• Under the supervision of the OB Department Manager, the OB Technician coordinates the provision and distribution of medical supplies to L&D; oversees maintenance of equipment for L&D, assists in preparations necessary to provide patient care in L&D, scrubs for cesarean sections.
• Assist in the preparation of the patient for and during examination of procedures.
• Take and record vital signs.
• Observe and report patient’s condition.
• Perform nursing care duties when requested to do so by a registered nurse, including: a) prepares, checks, and monitors the function of equipment. b) administer enemas to patients as prescribed. c) insertion and discontinuation of urethral catheters. d) discontinue intravenous infusions. e) application of oxygen per mask. f) responds to Code Blue page and other emergency situations within the unit. g) application of monitoring equipment. h) blood glucose monitoring. i) ECG (apply leads). j) venipuncture (lab draws/peripheral IV starts). k) Assist physician with obtaining specimens. l) initiation of requisitions, able to order lab work via the computer. m) deliver specimens to the laboratory. Records the following: a) recording of patient’s valuables. b) vital signs. c) source and name of specimens and time to lab. n) Perform a variety of technical functions including the following: a) Ordering and stocking of supplies and special equipment in delivery rooms. b) Checking as necessary sterility of supplies. c) Prepare used instruments, count, and return to case care. Prepare room for housekeeping to clean. d) Routine cleaning assignments. e) Assists with scheduling of patients. f) Assists with patient charges. g) Assists with orientation of personnel. h) Place purchase orders for re-order of L&D stock items, submit to Department Manager. i) Trouble-shoot problems with equipment before notifying biomedical technicians with full report of problem. Contacts contracted repair organizations. Verify completion of repairs. j) Maintain unit records of purchase orders and delivery, supplies location, and source file, equipment inventory. Preventive maintenance contracts, purchase contract, repair records, and a file of operator\’s manuals. k) Prepare and open set-ups for deliveries. l) Scrubs for Cesarean Sections. m) Assist in capacity of NA, on the MBU whenever L&D census is low or staffing allows.
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Education/Experience

Required:

• High School Diploma or G.E.D. equivalent required.
• Previous nursing assistant experience in last one year required.

Preferred:

• Previous experience in scrub procedures preferred.

Overview

HAP is a Michigan-based, nonprofit health plan that provides health coverage to individuals, companies and organizations. A subsidiary of Henry Ford Health System, we partner with doctors, employers and community groups to enhance the overall health and well-being of the lives we touch. With more than 1,100 dedicated and passionate employees, our goal is to make health care easy for our members.

Under the leadership of President and CEO Robert G. Riney, Henry Ford Health is a $6 billion integrated health system comprised of six hospitals, a health plan, and 250+ sites including medical centers, walk-in and urgent care clinics, pharmacy, eye care facilities and other healthcare retail. Established in 1915 by auto industry pioneer Henry Ford, the health system now has 32,000 employees and remains home to the 1,900-member Henry Ford Medical Group, one of the nation’s oldest physician groups. An additional 2,200 physicians are also affiliated with the health system through the Henry Ford Physician Network. Henry Ford is also one of the region’s major academic medical centers, receiving between $90-$100 million in annual research funding and remaining Michigan’s fourth largest NIH-funded institution. Also an active participant in medical education and training, the health system has trained nearly 40% of physicians currently practicing in the state and also provides education and training for other health professionals including nurses, pharmacists, radiology and respiratory technicians. visitHenryFord.com.

Whether it’s offering a new medical option, helping you make healthier lifestyle choices or making the employee enrollment selection experience easier, it’s all about choice. Henry Ford Health System has a new approach for its employee benefits program – My Choice Rewards. My Choice Rewards is a program as diverse as the people it serves. There are dozens of options for all of our employees including compensation, benefits, work/life balance and learning – options that enhance your career and add value to your personal life. As an employee you are provided access to Retirement Programs, an Employee Assistance Program (Henry Ford Enhanced), Tuition Reimbursement, Paid Time Off, Employee Health and Wellness and access to day care services at Bright Horizons Midtown Detroit, and a whole host of other benefits and services. Employee\’s classified as contingent status are not eligible for benefits.

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