Hospital Services Assistant II

Description

Under supervision, to perform the more difficult and complex nursing assistant tasks relating to the care and treatment of patients.

Current full-time and part-time vacancies are located at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, O'Connor Hospital, St. Louise Regional Hospital, and Regional Medical Center. However, the eligible list may be used for future vacancies as they occur and for extra help positions.

Please Note: Applicants who meet the employment standards will be invited to take an in-person examination tentatively scheduled for the week of April 26th 2025. The exam date(s) may change based on the number of applicants.

The Power of WE: Together, we can make a greater impact. Bringing better care and expanding healthcare services across the community. Santa Clara Valley Healthcare (SCVH) is the second largest public health care system in California and includes three acute care hospitals, 14 clinics and 60 specialty and sub-specialty services. Our mission is to provide high-quality, accessible healthcare and excellent service to everyone in Santa Clara County.

Santa Clara Valley Medical Center - SCVMC is a full-service tertiary acute care teaching hospital with 699 licensed beds providing a wide range of specialized services, including Rehabilitation, Burn, Trauma, and NICU. SCVMC was ranked by U.S. News and World Report as #6 Rehabilitation Hospital in the nation and #1 in the West and designated as a 2024 High Performing hospital for Maternity Care, Heart Failure, Stroke, Hip Fracture, and Pneumonia.

O'Connor Hospital - O'Connor Hospital (OCH) is a 358 licensed bed acute care facility offering a full range of inpatient and outpatient medical, surgical and specialty programs to residents of Santa Clara County. It was founded in 1889 as one of the first hospitals in the county. OCH has grown significantly over the past five years in both its inpatient volume and its Emergency Department visits. Along with these volume increases other ancillary and clinical departments like imaging, lab, pharmacy, and respiratory have seen growth as well.

St. Louise Regional Hospital - Since 1989, St. Louise Regional Hospital (SLRH) has been caring for the residents in Santa Clara and San Benito Counties, offering a wide range of inpatient and outpatient medical specialties. SLRH has 93 beds, is a Designated Primary Stroke Center, and is the only acute care hospital in the area. Located in Gilroy, SLRH maintains a CALSTAR 2 emergency helicopter base on the premises.

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Typical Tasks

• Assists in the admission, transfer and discharge of patients;
  
• Percusses, and/or vibrates, patients as directed;
  
• Positions, holds and/or restrains patients during medical procedures;
  
• Performs neurological checks and records results;
  
• Observes and reports patient's condition, status and/or attitude;
  
• Assists patients in passive range-of-motion exercises;
  
• Assists with application, removal and replacement of protective, comfort, and therapeutic devices (i.e., prosthesis);
  
• Performs simple tests (e.g., specify gravity, stool guaiac, sugar-acetone) and records results; (which are not charting nurses notes);
  
• Assists physician or nurse in special procedures (i.e., lumbar punctures, circumcisions, I.V. 's, dilation and curettage, vaginal exams, incomplete abortions, minor suturing, ulcer debridement, etc.);
  
• Assists in providing oral suctioning and colostomy care;
  
• Assists in catheter instillation and irrigation;
  
• May perform simple checking and monitoring of health maintenance equipment and machines;
  
• Performs "isolation" techniques;
  
• Maintains, sterilizes, counts and prepares instruments and materials for medical/surgical procedures;
  
• Guides or assists in orienting new Hospital Services Assistant staff, and/or volunteers, etc. to a particular unit;
  
• In addition performs duties of the Hospital Services Assistant I; and
  
• Performs other related work and comparable duties as required.

Employment Standards

Sufficient training, education or experience to have demonstrated practical application of, and success in the following knowledge and abilities. As an example: the equivalent to successful completion of four years of high school and one (1) year experience as a Hospital Services Assistant I or comparable classification, including training in critical patient care.

Knowledge of:

• Basic nursing practices and of the various types of materials and equipment relating to patient care and their application;
  
• Relevant medical terminology;
  
• Principles of asepsis;
  
• Isolation techniques;
  
• Basic communication skills;
  
• Patient observation skills;
  
• Record keeping practices;
  
• Operation, maintenance and simple calibration of specialized related equipment.

• Perform a variety of routine and complex patient care services and assist in simple and more difficult treatments;
  
• Understand and follow written and oral instructions;
  
• Stand and walk for long periods and exercise a moderate amount of physical exertion and manual dexterity in the handling of patients or equipment;
  
• Get along well with others;
  
• Provide direct patient care;
  
• Maintain complex and accurate records;
  
• Orient others in area procedures;
  
• Communicate effectively orally and in writing;
  
• Operate and maintain related equipment;
  
• Work quickly and accurately with minimal direct supervision;
  
• Organize and prioritize workload assignment;
  
• Follow-through with assignments.

• Ability to be patient, understanding and tolerant;
  
• Ability to endure illness, death and other unpleasant aspects of the job.