Critical Care Technician Emergency, Per Diem

Miami, FL - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 26 days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Current Employees:

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CORE JOB SUMMARY
The Critical Care Technician - PRN conducts drug utilization review studies and consults with medical practitioners on prescription orders patient reactions and errors. Additionally this employee works closely with patients and healthcare providers to provide information and guidance about the effects of prescription drugs and help plan effective drug therapy programs.

CORE JOB FUNCTIONS
1. Maintains and cares for all equipment to include cleaning of intravenous pumps poles glucometer and ultrasound machine with hospital approved disinfectant before and after use.
2. Maintains patient areas with adequate supplies.
3. Completes equipment log reports broken equipment and enters work orders for repair.
4. Ensures that medication refrigerator is clean maintains refrigerator logs and reports deviations in temperature range to supervisor.
5. Collects vital signs and communicates abnormalities to appropriate senior staff member(s).
6. Accompanies patients to the exam room for procedures.
7. Prepares clinic rooms for procedures to assure all equipment and supplies are present.
8. Assists with simple wound care and practices universal precautions per policy.
9. Assists in lifting positioning turning and ambulating patients.
10. Collects specimen of stool urine and sputum and transports to laboratory.
11. Reports any changes observed in the condition or behavior of patients to the assigned nurse.
12. Transports patients to and from various areas as indicated.
13. Adheres to University and unit-level policies and procedures and safeguards University assets.

This list of duties and responsibilities is not intended to be all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties or responsibilities as necessary.

CORE QUALIFICATIONS
Education:
High School Diploma or equivalent/relevant experience certification or license

Experience:
Minimum 3 years of relevant experience required

Certification and Licensing:
Refer to department description for applicable certification requirements

Knowledge Skills and Abilities:

Learning Agility: Ability to learn new procedures technologies and protocols and adapt to changing priorities and work demands.
Teamwork: Ability to work collaboratively with others and contribute to a team environment.
Technical Proficiency: Skilled in using office software technology and relevant computer applications.
Communication: Strong and clear written and verbal communication skills for interacting with colleagues and stakeholders.

This is a core job profile description and is not reflective of all duties that may be assigned to a specific position in each individual department. The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and primary responsibilities of this core job profile. Specific duties and tasks may vary based upon departmental needs. Other duties may be assigned to the above consistent with the knowledge skills and abilities required for the job.

The University of Miami offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package including medical dental tuition remission and more.

UHealth-University of Miami Health System South Floridas only university-based health system provides leading-edge patient care powered by the ground breaking research and medical education at the Miller School of Medicine. As an academic medical center we are proud to serve South Florida Latin America and the Caribbean. Our physicians represent more than 100 specialties and sub-specialties and have more than one million patient encounters each year. Our tradition of excellence has earned worldwide recognition for outstanding teaching research and patient care. Were the challenge youve been looking for.

The University of Miami is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Females/Minorities/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities are encouraged to apply. Applicants and employees are protected from discrimination based on certain categories protected by Federal law. Click here for additional information.

Job Status:

Part time

Employee Type:

Temporary-Intermittent

Pay Grade:

Required Experience:

Current Employees:If you are a current Staff Faculty or Temporary employee at the University of Miami please click here to log in to Workday to use the internal application process. To learn how to apply for a faculty or staff position using the Career worklet please review this tip sheet.CORE JOB S...