Unit Coordinator II/Unit Tech

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As our Unit Coordination II/Unit Tech, you will help the healthcare team provide safe, therapeutic, and basic patient care under the direction of an RN, so they can ensure optimal patient outcomes and efficient unit operations across various age ranges.

Every day you will manage incoming information, answer calls, and perform patient care duties such as assisting with ADLs and obtaining vital signs. You will be expected to maintain cleanliness, requisition supplies, perform telemetry monitoring, and ensure accurate documentation related to admissions, discharges, and patient rhythms.

To be successful in this role, you must have prior experience as a Unit Coordinator II/Tech or similar position in an acute care facility, a Nursing Assistant course, or patient care experience, including a current Monitor Technician Certificate.

• Receives, organizes, and directs information that comes to the unit; answers the telephone and directs calls, records and relays messages, photocopies reports/information, files information, maintains and is accountable for the location, function, and cleaning of the telemetry units.
• Interacts professionally and appropriately with visitors, families, and others. Supports patient satisfaction goals and expectations.
• Performs patient care under the direction of the RN which includes assisting with patient ADL routine, measurement of intake and output, mobility activities and obtaining vital signs.
• Completes appropriate documentation which includes patient records, ensuring it is completed according to hospital policy. Performs other clerical duties related to procedures such as admissions, discharge, transfer, organ donation, and death
• Requisitions supplies, equipment, maintenance and repair services. Prepares related form.
• Maintains Monitor Technician Certificate and able to competently perform telemetry monitoring.

Job Requirements

Required

• Previous experience as a Unit Coordinator II/Tech or similar position in an acute care facility or Nursing assistant course and/or patient care experience
• Basic Life Support - BLS through an American Heart Association provider

Preferred

• High School Graduate and Nursing unit clerical experience

Where You'll Work

Founded in 1938, Dignity Health - Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta is a 25-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital located in Mt. Shasta, California. Serving over 40,000 patients annually, the hospital offers a full complement of services including a Level III Trauma Center, heart care, cancer care, and a family birth center. Additionally, Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta, has been recognized as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality High Performer by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation and a Joint Commission-certified Primary Stroke Center.

One Community. One Mission. One California

Pay Range
$32.06 - $36.05 /hour