Tech III Overnight Labor and Delivery
Company: ChristianaCare
Location: Newark
Posted on: February 2, 2025
Job Description:
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 Americas
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 care.com, access to backup care services for dependents through
Care@Work, 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 requiredShift/Hours:
- 72 Hours Bi-weekly
- 7pm-7am
- Every Third rotating weekends and holidaysRequired
Keywords: ChristianaCare, Newark , Tech III Overnight Labor and Delivery, Other , Newark, Delaware
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