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Form of workAbout NYC Health + Hospitals NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi is a 457-bed teaching hospital affiliated with the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. The facility has earned numerous Center of Excellence designations, accreditation, and recognition for its renowned Level 1 Trauma Center, Burn Center, Surgical Intensive Care Unit, regional Stroke Center, Snakebite Treatment Center, Breast Health Center, Bariatric Surgery Center, and Cancer Service. The facility also offers the region's only multi-person hyperbaric chamber, allowing up to nine patients to dive together at one time.
Jacobi's Ambulatory Care Pavilion is a stunning complement to its inpatient acute care, allowing staff to provide patients with high-quality service in a modern, state-of-the-art environment. Check us out online: www.nychealthandhospitals.org careers.nychhc.org Docs4nyc.org Job Description Under direct supervision of a licensed nurse or other professional medical staff in a health care setting, provides a variety of clerical and health-related duties associated with Patient Care: performs related work. Assists with obtaining and documenting complete vital signs.
Performs simple first aide, such as dressing changes, banding and cleansing of wounds. Administers emergency first aide, such as dressing changes, bandaging and cleansing of wounds. Maintains patient examination room: cleaning and changing linen on stretcher, maintaining a clean environment.
Reports observations of patients and families condition, mental status and social behavior to charge nurse or the medical staff caring for patients. Minimum Qualifications 1. A four-year High School Diploma or its educational equivalent; and, 2.
Successful completion of a NYS Department of Health prescribed training program for Phlebotomy, satisfactory to the Laboratory Director and appropriate to the workload of the facility; and, 3. Completion of a facility-based training program in the performance of electrocardiographs and basic life support procedures including certification in Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation. Note: Effective January 1, 2015, employees performing central service functions, while serving in the Group 12 title of Patient Care Associate (988010), must either possess valid certification as a Certified Registered Central Service Technician (CRCST) issued by the International Association of Healthcare Central Service Material Management or as a Certified Sterile Processing and Distribution Technician (CSPDT) issued by the Certifying Board for Sterile Processing and Distribution, or be grandfathered.
Grandfathering requires that employees provide evidence that they have been employed in a healthcare facility for a cumulative period of one (1) year occurring between January 1, 2011 and December 31, 2014 and that they have competently performed central service functions during the course of their qualifying experience and will continue to be able to competently perform such functions during the course of their employment at HHC. In addition, these employees will be required to annually complete ten (10) hours of continuing education credits in order to remain qualified to perform central service functions at an HHC facility. Department Preferences BCLS Proficient in English Language both verbal and written Valid CPR, EKG, CNA and Phlebotomy Rotating Tour How To Apply If you wish to apply for this position, please apply online by clicking the "Apply Now" button NYC Health and Hospitals offers a competitive benefits package that includes: Comprehensive Health Benefits for employees hired to work 20+ hrs.
per week Retirement Savings and Pension Plans Loan Forgiveness Programs for eligible employees Paid Holidays and Vacation in accordance with employees' Collectively bargained contracts College tuition discounts and professional development opportunities Multiple employee discounts programs
