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Livingston HealthCare · 3 weeks ago

Family Birth Center Technician (PRN)

Livingston, MT

Full-time

Onsite

New Grad, Entry Level

$21.20/hr - $21.20/hr

Livingston HealthCare is seeking a Family Birth Center Technician to provide direct patient care under the direction of Registered Nurses. The role involves assisting with various patient care tasks, monitoring vital signs, and ensuring a safe and comfortable environment for patients.

Health CareHealth DiagnosticsHome Health CareMedicalRehabilitation

Work & Life Balance

Responsibilities

Assist Providers, Nurses, and other medical personnel with providing the best quality patient care possible to every patient

Monitor vital signs and performs patient care. Upon completion of interventions, documents accurately and thoroughly in the appropriate area of the patient record

Assist with the safe movement of patients, such as from hospital bed to wheelchair, when necessary. May assist with ambulating patients within patient room and/or hallway

Weighs and calculates blood loss during delivery and postpartum care

Is able to independently restock supplies, removing waste materials, sanitizing hospital rooms and instruments, and deliver meals to patients

Unit secretary duties (typing birth certificates, updating patient list, ordering pantry supplies, providing notary services in the FBC, etc.) as needed

Provides personal care to patients, assisting them with all aspects of activities of daily living and provides postmortem care when required

Prepares patient rooms for receiving patients (triage, labor/delivery, postpartum). Orients patient to room

Assists in admission, transfer, and discharge of patients

Assists with transporting patients via wheelchair, stretcher, or bed

Exhibits age-appropriate competencies: newborn, child, adolescent, adult, and geriatric

Assists with collection of lab specimens, labels them correctly following LHC protocols and procedures, and delivers them to the laboratory in a timely manner

Reports any significant observation or changes in patient condition to the RN

Carries FBC Tech phone at all times

Answers call lights promptly

Maintains an attractive and comfortable environment for patients with special consideration to cleanliness of room, ventilation, and lighting

Maintains patient confidentiality at all times

Participates actively in Performance Improvement

Responsible for attending all mandatory in-service classes. Attends a minimum of 80% of all FBC staff meetings, drills, and review sessions

Able to set up and operate FBC equipment independently

Independently performs sterile technique following LHC policies and procedures

Floats to other departments as needed. Most often the Family Birth Center staff float to Med/Surg, this can occur 50% or more of the time. FBC Techs are expected to work as a Nurse Assistant and/or sit with patients who are high risk as well as other duties as assigned

Qualification

BLS certificationNRP certificationBaby Friendly Hospital EducationBasic computer skillsCNARMACMAHigh School DiplomaNotary PublicMedical terminology knowledgePrevious caregiving experience