What are the responsibilities and job description for the Unit Coordinator II/Unit Tech position at CommonSpirit Health?
For more than 70 years Mercy Medical Center Redding has offered comprehensive health care in the North State providing acute care and a full range of medical services. The 267-bed hospital offers major medical services including a Level II Trauma Center as well as specialized Cardiovascular Care Stroke Care Orthopedics Neurological Surgery Comprehensive Cancer Care Maternity Care and da Vinci Robotic Surgery. It is the sole provider of obstetrical services along with the only Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in Shasta County. In addition the hospital’s network of care includes Mercy Home Health and Hospice and Dignity Health Connected Living. Mercy Medical Center Redding is a member of the Dignity Health system and is a sister facility to St. Elizabeth Community Hospital in Red Bluff and Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta. As one of the area’s largest non-profit employers we are proud to give back to the community by providing many programs and services to benefit overall health.Visit https://www.dignityhealth.org/north-state/locations/mercy-redding to learn more.
Responsibilities
Position Summary:
The Unit Coordinator II/Technician is a caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for patients ranging in age from newborn to geriatric. Responsibility is for a designated time frame. The Unit Coordinator II/Tech will help provide safe therapeutic care for our patients under the guidance of the Registered Nurse Physicians Assistant Family Nurse Practitioner and Physician. Other health care team members will be utilized with the multidisciplinary processes.
Please be advised that this location requires quarterly American Heart Association (AHA) Resuscitation Quality Improvement (RQI) competency certification post-hire. This ongoing competency is required through resources internal to the facility; outside RQI competency resources are not acceptable for CommonSpirit Health compliance requirements.
Qualifications
Minimum requirements:
- Previous experience as a Unit Coordinator II/Tech
- Six months monitor tech or equivalent level of experience in an acute care facility required (may waive based on operational needs of the department)
- BLS certification required (must be certified through the American Heart Association)
- Basic Cardiac Dysrhythmia
Preferred qualifications:
- Over two years experience as a Unit Coordinator II/Tech (or equivalent) in an acute care facility preferred
- Two years of college education preferred
