Unit Support Assistant

Maintains a safe and clean environment. Maintains established levels of supplies. Maintains proper equipment function. Transports patients and completes errands.

• Responsibilities :
• Maintains and cleans equipment as requested by Registered Nurse.
• Performs other transportation functions as required including but not limited to delivery of patient specimens, medical records and patient care equipment.
• Collaborates with members of health care team to promote the delivery of patient care and overall functioning of unit.
• Maintains, cleans and adjusts department's equipment including wheelchairs as needed. Keeps patient areas neat and uncluttered.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Education :
• High School Diploma or GED.
• Certifications :
• None required.
• Complexity of Work :
• Requires critical thinking, customer service, teamwork, multi-tasking skills and the ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Must be able to work in a stressful environment.
• Demonstrates a positive, concerned and sensitive response in the work place.
• Interacts with patient, visitors and all personnel in a courteous, helpful manner; and constructively resolves conflict.
• Maintains confidentiality regarding patients, families and co-workers.
• Demonstrates respect for individual cultural and social differences.
• Work Experience :
• Health care experience preferred.
• Physical Requirements :
• Requires full range of body motion including handling and frequent patient lifting, manual and finger dexterity and eye-hand coordination.
• Requires frequent standing, walking, bending / stooping, kneeling, reaching and squatting.
• Requires corrected vision and hearing to normal range.
• Exposure to communicable diseases and / or body fluids.
• Personal Protective Equipment :
• Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.

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