UROLOGY SPECIALIST TECH

Job Description

Minimum Offer

$ 19.28 / hr.

Maximum Offer

$ 28.91 / hr.

Compensation Disclaimer

Compensation for this role is based on a number of factors, including but not limited to experience, education, and other business and organizational considerations.

Department : Urogynecology

FTE : 0.05

PRN

Shift : Days

Position Summary :

Assist with full range of advanced patient care duties to include triage, treatment and procedures. Perform a variety of clerical duties in support of department. Monitor Quality Assurance activities. Ensure adherence to Hospitals and departmental policies and procedures. Patient care assignment my include neonate, pediatric, adolescent, adult and geriatric age groups.

Detailed responsibilities :

ADMINISTRATION - Perform various administrative functions such as monitoring expenditures and preparing reports and correspondence; may participate in a variety of research projects to develop service plans; may propose changes to program policies and procedures

PATIENT CARE - Provide advanced patient initial screening; take and record vital signs; record chief complaint and patient medical history; ensure patient chart is signed by attending physician

PATIENT CARE - Collect and store specimens; conduct tests, triage patients and perform procedures as required within scope of practice

FACILITY - Maintain a sanitary work area to include patient care rooms, equipment and instruments; report equipment malfunctions, maintain appropriate PAR levels

INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS - Establish and maintain effective interpersonal business relationships with patients, visitors, physicians and all Hospitals personnel

PATIENT SAFETY 1 - Follow patient safety-related policies, procedures and protocols

PATIENT SAFETY 2 - Demonstrate proactive approach to patient safety by seeking opportunities to improve patient safety through questioning of current policies and processes

PATIENT SAFETY 3 - Identify and report / correct environmental conditions and / or situations that may put a patient at undue risk

PATIENT SAFETY 4 - Report potential or actual patient safety concerns, medical errors and / or near misses in a timely manner

PATIENT SAFETY 5 - Encourage patients to actively participate in their own care by asking questions and reporting treatment or situations that they don't understand or may "not seem right"

PATIENT CENTERED MED - Adhere to and promote the core expectations of the Patient Centered Medical Home or Patient Centered Specialty Practice as applicable

Qualifications

Education : Essential :

High School or GED Equivalent

Program Graduate

Education specialization :

Essential :

• Medical Assistant or Military Equivalent

Experience : Essential :

1 year directly related experience

Nonessential :

Bilingual English, Spanish, Keres, Tewa, Tiwa, Towa, Zuni, or Navajo / nMembership in Society of Urological Nurses Association (SUNA)

Credentials : Essential :

Physical Conditions :

Medium Work : Exerting 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and / or 10 to 25 pounds of force frequently, and / or greater than negligible up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects. Physical Demand requirements are in excess of those for Light Work.

Working conditions : Essential :

Department : Clinical Nursing Support